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<blockquote data-quote="Daztur" data-source="post: 5857835" data-attributes="member: 55680"><p>The compilation and map do not include this post and the two above by chutup. It will be brought up to date tomorrow (probably).</p><p></p><p><strong>The Creche of a Million Young: additional information relating to 29.14</strong></p><p>Inspired by some snippets at rolang.com, but the text and most of the details are mine.</p><p></p><p>In a dark back alley near the Gnomish Quarter of the City of Shuttered Windows (29.14) one can find the Creche of a Million Young. Almost completely obscured from sight by criss-crossing walkways, the only entrance is what was once an upper window that leads down into the halls of this temple.</p><p></p><p>Inside the Creche of a Million Young, the buzzing of flies almost drowns out the droning of the priests who surround a deep pit, the Creche itself. Within the pit is a vast swarm of insects and other things that creep and crawl. The priests draw these out of the pit and give one to each worshiper who approaches. Some release their gift, others consume it, while others take it home to burn it while composing a prayer or do stranger things. Some worshipers, in a display of devotion, leap down into the pit and sink into the Young.</p><p></p><p>Until recently the Creche was a marginal temple with a small knot of regular worshipers and a few aging priests. Soon it seemed that there would not be enough funerals to keep the creatures of the pit fed. All of that changed when a strange man, veiled and robed in black, stormed into the temple. When he was challenged by the surprised priests, he cast their leader into the pit and took his place.</p><p></p><p>The new High Priest claims to be Dormond of the Crooked Oak (see 04.31) but, as he never removes his veil or cloak, who can say? A supporter of the old High Priest once claimed, before being found in bed with his blood drained dry and the marks of ten thousand mosquitoes on his skin, that he is in fact Ogwyn Egglurs (08.03, see chutup's post above).</p><p></p><p>Whoever the High Priest is, he has certainly been active. The Creche now throngs with worshippers, so many that the press of their numbers occassionally knocks one of them into the pit and, while the Creche of a Million Young looks as dingy as ever, its worshipers have established a strong presence in the Undercity. Many still mock the Creche of a Million Young as the "bug pit" but they now make sure to do so quietly or they could end up like Armond Sauvaughn a proud man who mocked the "bug eaters" but who now refuses to leave the well-netted gondola of his balloon for wherever he goes his very presence draws thousands upon thousands of insects that crawl over his skin with no regard for their own safety.</p><p></p><p>To his most dedicated followers, the High Priest speaks of the final researches of Severard of the Seven Circles (13.08) and how his final and greatest work was never completed...</p><p></p><p>Hooks:</p><p>-Just what were Severard's final researches? What is the High Priest planning to do?</p><p>-Who is the High Priest anyway? Dormond? Ogwyn? Severard's lich? Someone else?</p><p>-What other practices does this cult have?</p><p></p><p><strong>The King in Splendor: additional information relating to 25.04</strong></p><p></p><p>The King in Splendor, the Sword that Slays the Night, is a sun god. He is usually portrayed as a muscular man with an eyeless lion head, a whip grasped in one hand and a manacle chained to the other. However, in his most ancient temples he is sometimes portrayed as a snake with a lion’s head and gems in the place of eyes. He promises his faithful a day that never ends, when all things that creep in darkness will be rooted out and when the fields will never be fallow.</p><p></p><p>While popular across the waters, the King in Splendor has few followers in these lands. But those few followers are uncommonly devout. In his temples and in the homes of the faithful, an opening is always left in the ceiling for the light of noon to pour down through, in order to be a reminder of the blessings of the King and of the need to perform the Threefold Rite. The hole that lets in the light of noon into the Sundial Inn (25.04) was surely built by a devotee of the King in Splendor, no doubt Pork Pie Stannev, the previous owner of the Inn who was abducted by the Whispering Sisters (see 29.14) some years past.</p><p></p><p>The Lost Lighthouse was once maintained by the "lion priests" of the King in Splendor but due to the actions of Nikos Farver, this is no longer the case (see 46.10).</p><p></p><p>Hooks:</p><p>-What is the Threefold Rite?</p><p>-How did Regulus Verlime secure ownership of the Sundial Inn after the abduction of Stannev?</p><p>-Anything of interest about the cult of the King in Splendor?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Daztur, post: 5857835, member: 55680"] The compilation and map do not include this post and the two above by chutup. It will be brought up to date tomorrow (probably). [b]The Creche of a Million Young: additional information relating to 29.14[/b] Inspired by some snippets at rolang.com, but the text and most of the details are mine. In a dark back alley near the Gnomish Quarter of the City of Shuttered Windows (29.14) one can find the Creche of a Million Young. Almost completely obscured from sight by criss-crossing walkways, the only entrance is what was once an upper window that leads down into the halls of this temple. Inside the Creche of a Million Young, the buzzing of flies almost drowns out the droning of the priests who surround a deep pit, the Creche itself. Within the pit is a vast swarm of insects and other things that creep and crawl. The priests draw these out of the pit and give one to each worshiper who approaches. Some release their gift, others consume it, while others take it home to burn it while composing a prayer or do stranger things. Some worshipers, in a display of devotion, leap down into the pit and sink into the Young. Until recently the Creche was a marginal temple with a small knot of regular worshipers and a few aging priests. Soon it seemed that there would not be enough funerals to keep the creatures of the pit fed. All of that changed when a strange man, veiled and robed in black, stormed into the temple. When he was challenged by the surprised priests, he cast their leader into the pit and took his place. The new High Priest claims to be Dormond of the Crooked Oak (see 04.31) but, as he never removes his veil or cloak, who can say? A supporter of the old High Priest once claimed, before being found in bed with his blood drained dry and the marks of ten thousand mosquitoes on his skin, that he is in fact Ogwyn Egglurs (08.03, see chutup's post above). Whoever the High Priest is, he has certainly been active. The Creche now throngs with worshippers, so many that the press of their numbers occassionally knocks one of them into the pit and, while the Creche of a Million Young looks as dingy as ever, its worshipers have established a strong presence in the Undercity. Many still mock the Creche of a Million Young as the "bug pit" but they now make sure to do so quietly or they could end up like Armond Sauvaughn a proud man who mocked the "bug eaters" but who now refuses to leave the well-netted gondola of his balloon for wherever he goes his very presence draws thousands upon thousands of insects that crawl over his skin with no regard for their own safety. To his most dedicated followers, the High Priest speaks of the final researches of Severard of the Seven Circles (13.08) and how his final and greatest work was never completed... Hooks: -Just what were Severard's final researches? What is the High Priest planning to do? -Who is the High Priest anyway? Dormond? Ogwyn? Severard's lich? Someone else? -What other practices does this cult have? [b]The King in Splendor: additional information relating to 25.04[/b] The King in Splendor, the Sword that Slays the Night, is a sun god. He is usually portrayed as a muscular man with an eyeless lion head, a whip grasped in one hand and a manacle chained to the other. However, in his most ancient temples he is sometimes portrayed as a snake with a lion’s head and gems in the place of eyes. He promises his faithful a day that never ends, when all things that creep in darkness will be rooted out and when the fields will never be fallow. While popular across the waters, the King in Splendor has few followers in these lands. But those few followers are uncommonly devout. In his temples and in the homes of the faithful, an opening is always left in the ceiling for the light of noon to pour down through, in order to be a reminder of the blessings of the King and of the need to perform the Threefold Rite. The hole that lets in the light of noon into the Sundial Inn (25.04) was surely built by a devotee of the King in Splendor, no doubt Pork Pie Stannev, the previous owner of the Inn who was abducted by the Whispering Sisters (see 29.14) some years past. The Lost Lighthouse was once maintained by the "lion priests" of the King in Splendor but due to the actions of Nikos Farver, this is no longer the case (see 46.10). Hooks: -What is the Threefold Rite? -How did Regulus Verlime secure ownership of the Sundial Inn after the abduction of Stannev? -Anything of interest about the cult of the King in Splendor? [/QUOTE]
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