Nestled between the Skrill River and the Sun Peak Mountains is a geologically magical phenomenon known as The Shimmering Fields. Thousands of years ago, it is said that a great battle took place to the West and South of Xerdani. Protected by Muspi Ekla to the West, the Sun Peaks to the East, and the Skrill to the North, Xerdani was left untouched as war raged just beyond its border. But as the final assault came to a close, the magical creatures cast their death blows across the land; wreaking havoc and mayhem to the the sky, the water, and the earth itself. Great streams of magical hellfire rained down from the heavens, ripping space and time. The aftermath was brutal in all but one way: the mixing of magical elements created something beautiful: fields and fields of gemstones embedded in the rock like crops set for harvest. The Shimmering Fields.

The Kingdom of Xerdani cultivated, harvested, and polished the gems as if they were yearly bounty and discovered that, try as they might, the people could not reap the stones as quickly as they magically regenerated. The largest deposit, found beneath what is now Glisterhelm, grew (and continues to grow) into the great cathedral of stone it is today.

The living rock spreads roots deep beneath the mountains, causing some issues for the miners of Xerdani. While the plethora of precious gems is a great source of wealth for the Kingdom, and has allowed it to survive throughout millennia by trading with near an distant neighbors, the magical growth pushes or transmutates other ores and minerals from the stone. Some academics and tavern scholars believe that, without expanding, Xerdani will soon fall to ruin as its greatest treasure chokes the people of their sustenance.