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Manse of Lilies and Flowing Water (Hidden Manse)
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=== Manse of Lilies and Flowing Water (Hidden Manse) ===
  
From a distance, it looks like nothing more than an area of wooded land with a hill in the centre of it. As
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From a distance, it looks like nothing more than an area of wooded land with a hill in the centre of it. As you get close, however, it becomes obvious that it’s not just a hill, though the nature of the thing is not immediately apparent. A stand of trees surrounds and covers said hill by a few acres and to enter the manse, one must first find the place that the earth opens to admit you. A doorway is covered with thick vines that sport hearty thorns that look almost… hungry. If studied closely, however, one can see a path through them that looks like someone regularly comes through this way. Once you pass the vines, the ‘hill’ reveals itself to be a structure of some sort. Maybe the builders were clever enough to disguise it as a hill, maybe Gaia overtook it… but for whatever reason, this place was lost from the world. The entryway is made out of carved blocks of some dark grey stone and down the hallway a ways there is a large fountain. The fountain runs, clear water flowing out from… somewhere and into a deep basin in which water lilies bloom and dance in the rippling water. Fish of some kind swim beneath their green expanse, the fish starkly white and orange against the otherwise very earthy tones of the manse’s construction. From the fountain, there are branches of hallway leading left and right that end up going nowhere but to elaborately graven shrines to both Gaia and the Unconquered Sun (one in each direction). This part of the manse is, for the most part, dark- though over the fountain is a hole in the ceiling that allows for light to come streaming down and grace the lilies with the glory of the Unconquered Sun himself.  
you get close, however, it becomes obvious that it’s not just a hill, though the nature of the thing is not
 
immediately apparent. A stand of trees surrounds and covers said hill by a few acres and to enter the manse, one
 
must first find the place that the earth opens to admit you. A doorway is covered with thick vines that sport
 
hearty thorns that look almost… hungry. If studied closely, however, one can see a path through them that looks
 
like someone regularly comes through this way. Once you pass the vines, the ‘hill’ reveals itself to be a
 
structure of some sort. Maybe the builders were clever enough to disguise it as a hill, maybe Gaia overtook it…
 
but for whatever reason, this place was lost from the world. The entryway is made out of carved blocks of some
 
dark grey stone and down the hallway a ways there is a large fountain. The fountain runs, clear water flowing out
 
from… somewhere and into a deep basin in which water lilies bloom and dance in the rippling water. Fish of some
 
kind swim beneath their green expanse, the fish starkly white and orange against the otherwise very earthy tones
 
of the manse’s construction. From the fountain, there are branches of hallway leading left and right that end up  
 
going nowhere but to elaborately graven shrines to both Gaia and the Unconquered Sun (one in each direction). This
 
part of the manse is, for the most part, dark- though over the fountain is a hole in the ceiling that allows for light to come streaming down and grace the lilies with the glory of the Unconquered Sun himself.  
 
  
To get deeper into the Manse takes a little ingenuity- one must go through the fountain. The water falls at such an angle that it conceals a door to the inner sanctum. You don’t have to get wet in order to pass through,  
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To get deeper into the Manse takes a little ingenuity- one must go through the fountain. The water falls at such an angle that it conceals a door to the inner sanctum. You don’t have to get wet in order to pass through,  
 
either, you can just walk behind the falling water and into the passageway that leads one to the inner chambers. As  
 
either, you can just walk behind the falling water and into the passageway that leads one to the inner chambers. As  
 
you enter this passage, the temperature rises slightly and the air is filled with the scent of damp earth and growing things, it retains this even in the depths of winter when cold grips this manse and strangles the life that  
 
you enter this passage, the temperature rises slightly and the air is filled with the scent of damp earth and growing things, it retains this even in the depths of winter when cold grips this manse and strangles the life that  
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tended by the touch of a gardener.  
 
tended by the touch of a gardener.  
  
The tree is clearly the centre of the flow of Essence and if you get closer, you will see a hollow in the  
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The tree is clearly the centre of the flow of Essence and if you get closer, you will see a hollow in the  
 
centre, reachable by stepping-stones that cross the ‘moat’ that surrounds it. Within that hollow is the place that  
 
centre, reachable by stepping-stones that cross the ‘moat’ that surrounds it. Within that hollow is the place that  
 
the hearthstone nestles so nicely. The whole manse emanates peace and well-being, as though encouraging life from  
 
the hearthstone nestles so nicely. The whole manse emanates peace and well-being, as though encouraging life from  
 
all whom enter.  
 
all whom enter.  
  
The hearthstone itself is a deep and rich emerald green with golden flickers near the centre and in the  
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The hearthstone itself is a deep and rich emerald green with golden flickers near the centre and in the  
 
sunlight, the flickers become a steady glow that could probably light a small room (though it could never be  
 
sunlight, the flickers become a steady glow that could probably light a small room (though it could never be  
 
proven, considering that the stone only does this when exposed to direct sunlight.)
 
proven, considering that the stone only does this when exposed to direct sunlight.)
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{{ BLOODY FECKING FORMATTING--- if someone wants to fix that, I'd be forever oblidged -_-;; }} - I think [[Kesai]]?
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There you go. Sorted out the wordwrap anyway. You might want to paragraph it differently, but that's up to you. Don't have leading whitespace at the start of any line, it makes it fixed-width which doesn't wrap. If you want indents of an entire paragraph, use : at the start. I don't know how to get leading indents unfortunately. <br> -- [[Darloth]]

Latest revision as of 20:22, 17 February 2006

Manse of Lilies and Flowing Water (Hidden Manse)

From a distance, it looks like nothing more than an area of wooded land with a hill in the centre of it. As you get close, however, it becomes obvious that it’s not just a hill, though the nature of the thing is not immediately apparent. A stand of trees surrounds and covers said hill by a few acres and to enter the manse, one must first find the place that the earth opens to admit you. A doorway is covered with thick vines that sport hearty thorns that look almost… hungry. If studied closely, however, one can see a path through them that looks like someone regularly comes through this way. Once you pass the vines, the ‘hill’ reveals itself to be a structure of some sort. Maybe the builders were clever enough to disguise it as a hill, maybe Gaia overtook it… but for whatever reason, this place was lost from the world. The entryway is made out of carved blocks of some dark grey stone and down the hallway a ways there is a large fountain. The fountain runs, clear water flowing out from… somewhere and into a deep basin in which water lilies bloom and dance in the rippling water. Fish of some kind swim beneath their green expanse, the fish starkly white and orange against the otherwise very earthy tones of the manse’s construction. From the fountain, there are branches of hallway leading left and right that end up going nowhere but to elaborately graven shrines to both Gaia and the Unconquered Sun (one in each direction). This part of the manse is, for the most part, dark- though over the fountain is a hole in the ceiling that allows for light to come streaming down and grace the lilies with the glory of the Unconquered Sun himself.

To get deeper into the Manse takes a little ingenuity- one must go through the fountain. The water falls at such an angle that it conceals a door to the inner sanctum. You don’t have to get wet in order to pass through, either, you can just walk behind the falling water and into the passageway that leads one to the inner chambers. As you enter this passage, the temperature rises slightly and the air is filled with the scent of damp earth and growing things, it retains this even in the depths of winter when cold grips this manse and strangles the life that bursts forth within these walls. Fifteen or twenty feet of this strange tunnel and abruptly you are in a large, open-air room. The ceiling extends out perhaps seven feet from the walls in all directions and in the centre there is a large square (15’x15’). Water encircles the base of a large tree that grows from the centre of the room, its branches all but covering the sky from where you stand. Sunlight is filtered down through those arcing boughs and dapples the floor (which is made of the same grey rock as the rest of the manse). The walls are covered in honeysuckle vines that bloom at the touch of the sunlight, their delicate flowers adding a sweet scent to the air that overlaps the deep scent of life that emanates from the very walls themselves. Along the edges of the skylight, there are boxes filled with dark earth that hold all sorts of flowers and growing things- none of which need to be tended by the touch of a gardener.

The tree is clearly the centre of the flow of Essence and if you get closer, you will see a hollow in the centre, reachable by stepping-stones that cross the ‘moat’ that surrounds it. Within that hollow is the place that the hearthstone nestles so nicely. The whole manse emanates peace and well-being, as though encouraging life from all whom enter.

The hearthstone itself is a deep and rich emerald green with golden flickers near the centre and in the sunlight, the flickers become a steady glow that could probably light a small room (though it could never be proven, considering that the stone only does this when exposed to direct sunlight.)


Comments:

Template:BLOODY FECKING FORMATTING--- if someone wants to fix that, I'd be forever oblidged - -;; - I think Kesai?

There you go. Sorted out the wordwrap anyway. You might want to paragraph it differently, but that's up to you. Don't have leading whitespace at the start of any line, it makes it fixed-width which doesn't wrap. If you want indents of an entire paragraph, use : at the start. I don't know how to get leading indents unfortunately.
-- Darloth