GLOGtober 2023-13

So multiple other people already did this prompt. Someone should mash them all into the same setting. That'd be neat/funny.

The prompt is: Atlantis-type situation but in reverse. It goes up instead of down.

Like this but maybe humanoid

The Lost City of Glubble

The Salamanderite city of Glubble doesn't seem lost to the average person. It's right over there, centered in the Mt. Holt caldera. But to the Salamanderites who inhabit it, it is dreadfully, hopelessly lost. Long ago, the Salamanderites were hunted for their magic powers. The Grand Sorcerer Bloop - the greatest mage of all the Salamanderites - cast a magic to hide the Salamander cities in the Earth's mantle.

For centuries, the Salamanderites enjoyed their isolation, expanding their cities through the gooey warmth of the inner Earth. With the firey energy surrounding them, their magic was strong and they thrived. 70 years ago, however, an ambitious mage by the name of Sloomboo claimed that it was time to rejoin the world above, and that he knew how to do so. His attempt at a social movement largely failed, so he decided to make it physical. Sloomboo broke in to the Chambers of Legacy, and used the artifacts there - the artifacts that stabilized and protected Glubble - to cast a spell. He intended to raise all the cities to the surface, but Sloomboo was no Bloop. Glubble burst from the Mt. Holt volcano, alone.

The people of the city have tried to learn the modern surrounding cultures, at least a little. Traders find it difficult to communicate in Glubble - as few Salamanderites speak any language but Salamander, and customs are so different - but the rare and unusual spices, vegetables, and magically-mutated bugs are valuable enough that some merchants try anyways. Only a handful of Salamanderites have ventured far from the city, but the newest generation seems to be gaining more interest in the outside world.