Hallowvale

The Hallowed Lands is a name given to a region—now emcompassing Morytania, the Sanguinesti Region, and possibly parts of the Southern Sea—which was ruled by the Icyene during the Second Age of Gielinor. The kingdom was heavily wooded, but arable. The capital, Hallowvale, became known as Meiyerdictch during the Third Age, after Lord Drakan's conquest of the region.

History
It is unclear as to when the Hallowed Lands first arouse; however, most historians are fairly confident of their existance by the mid-Second Age. It is likely that the Icyene engaged in trade with the Menaphites of the Kharidian Desert, the people of the mysterious Eastern Lands, and possibly even with the realm of Zaros to the west.

After the collapse of Zaros' empire during the early Third Age, the realm most probably went into economic and social decline, as the surrounding areas rapidly fell into war and chaos. It was not, however, untill well into the God Wars that civilisation in this area collapsed.

Collapse
There is some confusion as to the time of these events. One account tells that it was "eight centuries and score" since Hallowland's founding—though it may be in reference to something else—and during the Fourth Age; however, it is generally known that Zamorak invaded the Hallowed Lands during the God Wars. The following details may, therefore, be innacurate or contradictory with other sources.

The end of the Hallowed Lands came about when Lord Drakan invaded the region in Zamorak's name. He captured King Ascertes, and made false promises to the Queen of Hallowland, Queen Efaritay, in order to make her surrender. He then used his powers—Vampyres do not appear to have such abilities today; he may have been more powerful then, or Zamorak may have granted him powers—to flood the land and blot out the sun, turning Hallowland into a ravaged and largely inhospitable swamp. He converted Hallowland's cities into ghettos, where Humans (and still are) farmed for their blood, and subjagated the northern parts of what is now Morytania to Blood Tithes.