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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 5232467" data-attributes="member: 2012">TANTUS (Cont.)Tantus: Sliver's CanteenIn the heart of Tantus's infamous Magick District is the prestigeous Academy of the Arcane Word, a sprawling campus of magical learning that has trained some of Tarras's most powerful wizards and warlocks. It is an arcane university renown for having almost no standards other than if you can pay the high tuitions, you can attend classes at the Academy. Exceptions have been made for the gifted (known as The Magicked) but such unique students are very rare.While the Academy of the Arcane Word is famous in its own right, it isn't the university's magical history that sets it apart from the other magical colleges and institutes of the Magick District.It is Sliver's Canteen.For as long as anyone in the city can remember, Sliver's Canteen has stood on the edge of the university's Circle of Mages. The simple two-story building doesn't look like much from the outside and its interior is even less impressive. However, the watering hole is considered the first place that visitors to Tantus should investigate if they wish to find adventure opportunities in the city.All manner of heroes and magical talents can be found at Sliver's Canteen at all hours of the day. The Canteen never closes, which suits its owner just fine. Sliver is an enigma. No one is sure if he is even a real person since his "described appearance" varies depending on who you ask each day. What is known about the mysterious owner is that he has never been seen in his canteen -- at least, no one can prove it was him.The day-to-day operations of the infamous tavern is run by an old male catfolk named Nails (male catfolk Ftr5/Wiz6). The feline humanoid is a mainstay behind the canteen's bar, and he rarely sleeps. It is rumored that he has been cursed to live forever and that the only way he can die is if the God of Dreams kisses him on the forehead. Nails is mute on the subject; although, he takes great interest in anyone who has an affinity for dream magic.Sliver's Canteen is infamous for one other feature -- The Door of Forever.There is a door on the building's second floor that is rumored to be a magical gateway to other worlds (and possibly other time periods). Those that visit the canteen for the sole purpose of using this mysterious door always leave disappointed. The Door's magic is thought to be random and subject to the Will of the Gods. The truth is unknown but those that have been able to find and use the Door to travel 'elsewhere' always return changed in significant ways (if they return at all).Some believe that the Door of Forever is the key to unlocking a person's Fate. Those that have returned through the Door have often gone on to become renown heroes, leaders of nations, or black-hearted villains. As long as the Door continues to exist, Sliver's Canteen will remain a beacon of adventure for those heroes willing to seek out their destiny in Tantus.</blockquote>

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