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==Geography== | ==Geography== | ||
East of the road which runs through the [[Savannah]] from North of [[New Thera]] is the Great Rock. Like a huge, black stone anvil, the Great Rock is placed upon a bleak and flattened plain north of the [[Pachacacha River]]. On the southern face of the rock, a daring adventurer might find the entrance to a cavern. | East of the road which runs through the [[Savannah]] from North of [[New Thera]] is the '''Great Rock'''. Like a huge, black stone anvil, the Great Rock is placed upon a bleak and flattened plain north of the [[Pachacacha River]]. On the southern face of the rock, a daring adventurer might find the entrance to a [[:Category:Caves|cavern]], which contains the subterranean '''Dungeon of the Beastlords''' the '''Fortress of the Beast''' and the [[Temple of the Beastlords]]. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Just as winter was passing in 396 | Whilst the existence of the Great Rock in the Savannah has been known since antiquity, few knew of the interior before the [[Modern Age]]. Its moss-laden interior was discovered in the winter of 236 after a man named [[Lotash]] begged the public to help rescue his daughter from the beast cultists who inhabit it. | ||
Just as winter was passing in 396 AF, a great rumbling alerted all of [[Sapience]] to the fact that the statue of Lord [[Sartan]] upon the summit of the Great Rock had come alive. It quickly made its way to [[Shallam]], slaughtering everything and everyone who got in its way until it was finally defeated. All that remains upon the summit is a large, stone base. | |||
In 646 it became apparent that [[newbies]] were being targeted by [[pygmies]] in a conspiracy connected to the [[Great Rock]]. From then on it became customary for new [[adventurers]] to escape this plot, evading the secret machinations of [[Miba]] and the cultists. | |||
==Inhabitants== | ==Inhabitants== | ||
*[[Arinas]], the Entomologist | *[[Arinas]], the Entomologist | ||
*[[ | *[[Bearnath]], the Beast Cultist | ||
* | *the [[Beastlord]] | ||
*[[ | *cultists | ||
*[[Grithaxodon]], the Beast | |||
*[[Glash]], The Three-headed Cerberus | |||
*[[Hellitha]], The High Priestess | |||
*Hellitha's Attendant | |||
*[[Inish]], Head Cultist | |||
*[[Jarxrit]] | |||
*[[Kasha]], a young maiden | *[[Kasha]], a young maiden | ||
*the ophidian chieftain, [[Skt'all]] | |||
*[[ophidians]] | |||
==Flora and Fauna== | ==Flora and Fauna== | ||
Mature bloodroot plants and patches of irid moss can be found growing in the caverns. | Mature [[bloodroot]] [[:Category:Plants|plants]] and patches of [[irid moss]] can be found growing in the caverns. | ||
The tight corridors of the Great Rock are home to bat-like [[stirges]], and giant [[slugs]] have made their home in the moist environs of the cavern as well. Two-headed [[cerberi]] accompany the cultists, and a number of them reside in a kennel near the cultists' living quarters. | |||
[[Category:Caves]] | [[Category:Caves]] | ||
[[Category:Dungeons and Tombs]] | |||