Great work on the revamped Kur and Eltibule.
Kur truly feels like a enchanted forbidding forest and everything ensnared in it is quite realistic, trees removed just enough to build, unlike old Kur that looked like mainly a frozen rocky desert. Just like old Kur over time people will remember all the location by heart it's always the same thing with new zones.
As for the Necro Dust thank you for a great alternative compare to old, i actually went ahead and made 2 stacks of the stuff and didn't mind at all the time required seems right, you are receiving a much better method and it comes at a cost.