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A mighty bastion of power, this is one of the most powerful Manses the Bohdisattva controls. Situated on the western-most isle of the northern wastes, the Arctic Edifice towers over the surrounding countryside, looming out of the cliffside and scaring away all but the most strong-willed. Over 400 feet high, this tower is virtually impregnable, with only one entrance, and a multitude of frozen passages, empty rooms, and dead ends. The halls echo with wind, and the floors are always covered with a layer of snow, no matter how much it is warmed. All flame seem to dim within it’s walls, and sounds are muffled into near-silence. The main chamber, located at the top of the fortress, exemplifies these attributes, with fires unable to be lit, a deathly chill in the air, and the wind entirely silent, all sound killed instantly. It was carved out of a deposit of black basalt near the end of the First Age, and has only been taken once, during the Solar Purge, at the cost of many lives. The fighting caused the building to sink into a shadowland. | A mighty bastion of power, this is one of the most powerful Manses the Bohdisattva controls. Situated on the western-most isle of the northern wastes, the Arctic Edifice towers over the surrounding countryside, looming out of the cliffside and scaring away all but the most strong-willed. Over 400 feet high, this tower is virtually impregnable, with only one entrance, and a multitude of frozen passages, empty rooms, and dead ends. The halls echo with wind, and the floors are always covered with a layer of snow, no matter how much it is warmed. All flame seem to dim within it’s walls, and sounds are muffled into near-silence. The main chamber, located at the top of the fortress, exemplifies these attributes, with fires unable to be lit, a deathly chill in the air, and the wind entirely silent, all sound killed instantly. It was carved out of a deposit of black basalt near the end of the First Age, and has only been taken once, during the Solar Purge, at the cost of many lives. The fighting caused the building to sink into a shadowland. | ||
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The Arctic Edifice
A mighty bastion of power, this is one of the most powerful Manses the Bohdisattva controls. Situated on the western-most isle of the northern wastes, the Arctic Edifice towers over the surrounding countryside, looming out of the cliffside and scaring away all but the most strong-willed. Over 400 feet high, this tower is virtually impregnable, with only one entrance, and a multitude of frozen passages, empty rooms, and dead ends. The halls echo with wind, and the floors are always covered with a layer of snow, no matter how much it is warmed. All flame seem to dim within it’s walls, and sounds are muffled into near-silence. The main chamber, located at the top of the fortress, exemplifies these attributes, with fires unable to be lit, a deathly chill in the air, and the wind entirely silent, all sound killed instantly. It was carved out of a deposit of black basalt near the end of the First Age, and has only been taken once, during the Solar Purge, at the cost of many lives. The fighting caused the building to sink into a shadowland.
