- The ancient city of Xin-Shalast once served as the capital of Runelord Karzoug's decadent empire. In the ten-thousand years since the fall of Thassilon, Xin-Shalast, the City of Spires, has become the home of giants and dragons, and has faded into the stuff of legend. Now, armed with knowledge and magic from an ancient runeforge, the heroes must find Xin-Shalast and defeat its newly risen runelord before he raises an empire of sin from the dead. This issue of Pathfinder closes out the Rise of the Runelords Adventure Path, and includes full details on the ancient lost city of Xin-Shalast, a presentation of Runelord Karzoug in all his might, and six powerful new monsters to populate the Lost City of Spires.