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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Paxus Asclepius" data-source="post: 1382646" data-attributes="member: 15175">The Cimmerian bunches his muscles, heaving mightily at the door, and barely manages to catch himself gracefully when the door swings open as easily as if it were wood; evidently it has been well counterweighted.  Within is a chamber of almost offensive opulence.  The walls and floor are marble, covered in a myriad of rich rugs.  The room is lit by a pair of incredibly elaborate candelabras, showing a scantily clad couple dancing, the candles mounted on their branching antlers.  A four-poster bed occupies a large chunk of the room, the quilt on it a riot of orange and red feathers.  A green wyrmling sprawls catlike in front of a fireplace; it takes a moment to realize that it is a statue, exquisitely carved of a single piece of malachite and its glittering green eyes star emeralds.  A 6 foot tall soapstone carving of a staircase occupies one corner of the room; tiny human figures appear to be battling on it.  An elaborate chess set sits atop a small desk; the white figures are quartz beastmen, while black's forces are strange, draconic figures made from obsidian.  A pair of waist-high vases show blue dragons in flight; the detail work is mithral, inlaid into dragonhorn.  On a wooden stand next to the bed lies a jade ewer and an hourglass filled with strangely gleaming sand.  A divan of crystal, upholstered in rich red satin, reclines in the middle of the room, offering a clear view of a marble display case, filled with skillfully illuminated manuscripts.  A suit of black, clawed armor is propped against one wall, and an obsidian tiara too large for it rests loosely on its head.  A sword of pinks and indigoes is chained securely to the wall above it.  An adamant chest serves as a table for a glass statue, of two winged creatures much like pixies in a formal dance.  On an oak desk, amidst scattered papers, is a chest of a vibrantly golden wood, with a brass crank on the side.Clearly, the Seer's wealth far exceeded his fashion sense.</blockquote>

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