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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sanglorian" data-source="post: 6009287" data-attributes="member: 83822">THE SUNKEN CATHEDRAL OF MASTER MEMIN (13.20) When the stone giants razed their monuments and buildings, they left this sunken cathedral untouched. Some say that was because the cathedral was carved into the stone rather than built up from stone blocks. Others claim it was protected by the intercession of Master Memin. Master Memin still teaches at the monastery, though the years have taken their toll. His brow is craggy, his skin cracked and mossy, and he is stooped almost half-over. He instructs initiates in the theory and meditation of the Stern Way, leaving the martial arts instruction to others. There is one manoeuvre that he has never taught another soul—the Emerald Priest Lunge—and perhaps he never will. All species are welcome in the monstery, and the focus of the Stern Way on throws and blocks makes it a valuable discipline for non-giants. Stone giants practice their technique on the monsters who come across the basin, showing that there are beasts against which even the brute strength of a giant cannot defeat. Hooks What is Master Memin’s manoeuvre? Why was this monastery spared destruction?  Who recently joined this monastery? THE CASTLE WITH FIVE GATES AND THE SUNDERING OF TIAMAT (26.16)  When Tiamat was slain and Alberon scattered her heads, her blood dripped across the Lands. Sometimes it fell upon groves and valleys, and the animals and plants in these places grew strange and monstrous. Sometimes it fell upon people. These men and women, basted in the blood of a goddess, grew fangs and scales. Their bellies filled with elemental power.  The essence of a deity is not strictly hereditary, but even today some are born with Tiamat in the blood. When their powers are tightly controlled, they can be channelled to cast spells and create magnificent effects. As their willpower is sapped, however, their control over their forms falter and they grow more beastly and draconic.    In the foothills of the Barrier Peaks is a castle made of a strange white stone. It has five gates, each topped with an improbably large crystal of a different colour.    This is the fortress of Tiamat Reborn, a dragonblooded man who believes himself the heir of the dead goddess of dragons. His followers perform dark rituals and sacrifices in an attempt to achieve his apotheosis; to this end they have gathered a menagerie of creatures twisted and transformed by exposure to Tiamat’s blood. Hooks  Which families have Tiamat’s blood coursing in their veins?  What toll does this magic have?  What does the Cult of Tiamat make of the dragonblooded?  What is the strange white stone the castle is built of? Is it Tiamat’s bones?  What plans does Tiamat Reborn have?   Where can Tiamat’s blood still be found?</blockquote>

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