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Manses and Demesnes by CrownedSun

Celestial Manses

Solar Manses

the Tower of Adalon (Level 5 Solar Manse)
A great spire of crystal and gold that rises up from the flat plains of the South, the Tower of Adalon is located at the heart of the deserted and broken ruins of a forgotten First Age city whose buildings were split apart by some unnatural sorcerous diaster. Of all the buildings in the city, only the Tower itself still stands, and it soars over the rubble that was once a glorious city. None have entered into this lost manse, until the last five years, when a young Del`zahn exile named Toril who had been Exalted by the Noonday Sun discovered the rubble and it's imperishable gates opened themselves to his essence. He has explored much of the massive manse, girding himself in it's ancient armaments and plundering it's lost secrets. Even the ruins whirr with activity, as outcastes and followers flock around the charismatic Solar and return the lost city to it's former splendor.

The tower itself is in strangely good condition, ancient enchantments keeping away dust and wear. Several bedrooms still lurk in the lower levels of the tower, still filled with luxurious furnishings and strange decorations, while the rooms set aside for entertainment are almost frightening in their alien nature. The rest of the manse is filled with quiet studies, small workrooms, and a single great library. The very top of the manse, where the Hearthstone forms, offers a beautiful view of the surrounding landscape.

Lunar Manses

Luna's Stones (Level 4 Lunar Manse)
A massive pentagon of five great monoliths, each marked with symbols of one of the five phases of the moon (and the associated Lunar Caste), with smaller essence-guiding stones making the patterns and shapes formed by the stones even more intricate and complex. The Record of the First Age known as Luna's Stones is located deep in the East, where a massive clearing forms out of the Heart of Jorst' domain. A small silvery pool marks the very middle of the manse, a moonsilver-and-obsidian altar where the Hearthstone forms marking the center of the manse. The Manse itself is ringed with geomantically precise hills, and the ground itself is marked with elaborate tracings that remain whole even over the many years that have passed.

The stones were created sometime after the No Moon caste created the new Lunar Caste. They were intended to be a record and a reminder of the Five Castes that once formed the Society of Luna, as well as a holy place for all of Luna's Beloved. While the Manse is said to belong to all of the Beloved, it is guarded over and kept by the ancient No Moon "Kallista", who has long since grown somewhat territorial. Only those Lunar's able to prove themselves to the reclusive No Moon are allowed to see the Manse, and none has been gifted with it's powerful Hearthstone in some time.

Caer`Hallo (Level 3 Lunar Manse)
A massive burial mound located deep in the hill country of the Marukan Range Lands, Caer`Hallo has served as the final resting place of the greatest leaders of the Marukan since the end of the Great Contagion. It is a huge spectacle of dirt and stone, visible for quite some distance over the flat terrain that leads up to it. The hill into which it's been built is rocky and wild along it's southern half, with the northern half has been crafted with great stone murals and sculptures of great heroes of the Horse Lords. The interior of the manse serves equal duty as a fortress and a resting place, with the crypts delving deep into the hill. The great hill-hall also has a massive antechamber, where the lore and history of the Marukan are displayed and where the Hearthstone forms from a plate of Orichalcum and Moonsilver.

The deepest levels of the Crypts, below the Manse proper, give way to even older crypts -- where the kings buried are not immediately recognizable, and the writing changes to that of the Old Realm. Deep deep below the hill itself, guarded by traps and ancient sorcery, lay the tomb of a murdered Solar atop whose final resting place this hill-Manse was formed.

Comments

Nice work. I particularly like Luna's Stones, though I will note that it would seem logical that the Lunars would have more than enough Level 5 sites on the edges of Creation wherein to place a unique memorial. - Quendalon