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Message: <blockquote data-quote="howandwhy99" data-source="post: 5849244" data-attributes="member: 3192">The last 100 years have seen the resettlement of the southern peninsula, especially with new urban centers like New Town having finally grown up from a small village. Much of the land has yet to be explored by the peaceful settlers, but trappers and the adventurous have just starting making their way deeper into areas like the Devil Hills.Along the western shoreline of these hills still stands the remains of an ancient lighthouse tower. The human nation of Kal-ram ruled much of this area for hundreds of years before giving in to decadence and eventual ruin. Most of its treasures were stolen, but some still lay hidden, secreted in forgotten caches of the tower. The keepers of the lighthouse sought to preserve some of the nations history and glory, but were ultimately overrun by semi-intelligent giant geoduckmen spreading down from the coast. These beasts still keep a guard at an underwater entrance they built in the tower's stony foundation. These serve to defend the beasts treasures best kept dry. The rest of the edifice has been taken as a lair by several different beasts native to the hills.The true origin of the tower goes much deeper however. Before it was converted into a beacon to guide trade ships by the Kal-ram it had stood for over one thousand years. Laid by the Interel Burain, a trade family/co-mind aligned under the present shift of the errant galactic spiral, the tower is a dormant chrysalis. Daily psionic pulses emanate into the surrounding astral plane attracting for its food curious astral travelers passing by. A trio of devils have noticed these regular transmissions and have set up a nearby fortification in the astral in order to leech off those caught, albeit for their own more soul sucking purposes. The devils exploration into the surrounding material realm has lead to an eclectic cult of worshipers enacting typically hellish rites and rituals, finally resulting in routine sacrifices and the devils growing fat on their spoils. One of the unholy strictures upon these followers is to avoid ever entering the lighthouse and to drive off any who attempt so. Up until now this appears to have worked.</blockquote>

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