Alor of Clan Tal
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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a location within the Vanquo Desert for Clan Solus to explore and utilize
- Image Credit: X Triskele
- Canon: N/A
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- City Name: Anam City
- Classification: Abandoned City
- Location: Vanquo Desert, hidden inside the largest mountain range in the region.
- Affiliation: Clan Solus
- Population: Insignificant
- Demographics: No forms of life can be found inside the city area itself, but inside the temple at the top of the city there are creatures in stasis.
- Wealth: High, as there are many centuries old treasure left behind by the cities former inhabitants. Why their wealth was left behind, is unknown.
- Stability: Nonexistent, the city has been abandoned for millennia.
- Freedom & Oppression: High oppression, as the current inhabitants were forced into their stasis.
- Description: Anam is a very large city, able to house over a thousand people. Millennia of neglect and not being occupied have left much of the city in disrepair, however. Most of it is still habitable, if fixed up. Within the walls are nicer, larger buildings. Some examples include a college, a theater, and many nice homes and shops. Outside the walls are smaller homes, where it can be assumed the less wealthy lived.
High above the city, rests Anáil na Beatha Temple, former home of an ancient religion that worshiped a Goddess of Life, and her son, God of Earth. The treasures owned by the temple still rest inside, waiting to be claimed by anyone able to get to it. A militia garrison occupies the entire lower level of the city within the walls, as well. On the center level of the city, a sprawling park with what was once a beautiful fountain at it's center.
SECURITY
High, ancient magic runes activate upon entrance to the city if one does not have a city key, and mark the intruders with a red triskele. This mark has no negative effects on the marked, and can be removed by a spell found in Anáil na Beatha Temple. Inside the temple, there are many Nekghouls in stasis pods, as well as the God and Goddess of the temple in stasis.
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
Long ago, the Anam people were watched over by their Goddess of life, and built Anam city at Her direction. She carved out the largest mountain She could find, and sent Her worshipers to work. After some time, She gave birth to Her Son, God of Earth. For many years the God and Goddess ruled Their people, until the Goddess of Life was corrupted by the Dark Side. Slowly, She also corrupted Her Son, and together They were slowly driven to insanity. The Anam, sorrowful they could not save their God-rulers, evacuated the temple, and put everything inside into stasis using their magic and their runes. If they ever intended to return, any survivors of their culture no longer know of their former God and Goddess.
