<em>Once widely believed to be dead itself, House Eilservs, whose schemes on the surface world led to disaster, once controlled this dark and horrifying district of Erelhei-Cinlu. Now house Archwinter holds control of the place. The Ghetto of the Dead, also called the Necropolis, is a fitting locale for the fallen house and its still-ambitious leader. Long ago, the ghetto was a traditional place of the dead, known for its mausoleums, cemeteries, and tombs. But necromancers started coming here to experiment, raising corpses of the recently deceased to do their bidding. In the end, the ghetto became a place of the walking dead, and conventional interment of corpses was finally abandoned. Most avoid the district, venturing into the ghetto only when they must dispose of mortal remains. Bodies are deposited according to varying degrees of ceremony, depending on the importance of the deceased. Once the mourners depart, the district's permanent residents — the hungry undead — descend to feast upon the corpses. Ghouls are the most common inhabitants of the ghetto, but vampires and necromancers are the unofficial rulers. Once a year, the ghouls are allowed out of the district to terrorize Erelhei-Cinlu in a ritual known as the Time of the Hunters. Most barricade themselves in their estates or homes during this time, but the ravenous horde overcomes many security measures, and the event results in many deaths.</em>