A very strange place indeed, this Shrine to the Holy Triumvirate is nestled within the icy peaks of the Fe'gan Mountains. You will find the warmth of spirituality here, together with works of great sculptural design based on the Holy Triumvirate religion. (+2 Fame)

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Postby BaalsBaby » 09/01/2007 11:58 AM

~*Basantha Shrine*~

As you enter through two imposing, wooden doors set into a most elaborate facade of marble and odd black stone, you feel a warm rush of heat against your face. Recovering from the shock you see the immense room is actually like that of a church, the place lit within by a few melting candles here and there, making the interior appear orange and white and warm...

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In here, there is a grand ceiling that reaches far up, and upon it are odd niches and symbols carved into the stonework. To your surprise there are also actually people here, brown-robed monks that are chanting, their harmonious voices echoing into your very bones. They don't seem to notice you...

There also appears to be trainers here as well, some apparently praying and some talking softly amongst each other; normal people just like you who seem to have known about this place. However, there is something else that attracts your attention the most...

Three grand statues of marble, each of them elevated over three passageways and clearly lifesize, gaze down upon you with unseeing, stony eyes. It isn't clearly distinguishable as to what gender they each were, leaning towards slight masculinity but at the same time having feminine qualities as well; perhaps it was meant to be that it was not so important... Each figure was dressed in regal armor with flowing, stone-carved cloth that draped elegantly around them, and four wings of the most grand design spread out from the shoulders of each. The first figure up on your left, holds within it's clasped hands before it a chalice that seems to be empty, and at it's feet a scorpion is carved jutting out of the pedestal with it's tail elegantly curved around the figure's left foot.  Of the second figure at your front, you see within it's one hand a beautiful stone-carved lantern and in the other a perfect stone sphere. On the right, the figure clutched closely what seems to be a mask and at it's feet a hyena-like creature with a worn-out muzzle is curled...

Besides this, you see those three entrances leading somewhere else, underneath the stone sentinels, that seem to be dark halls that disappear into the darkness.  You begin to wonder what is in each, as none of the other trainers and their pets seem to want to venture in...

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Postby BaalsBaby » 09/01/2007 11:58 AM

~The Halls Of Amnesty And Rememberance~
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As you near the end of the dark hallway, you see a room somewhat smaller than the main one. All along the walls here are small marble ledges with melting candles, some of them left unlit. Here, there are some trainers, some seem to be mourning the loss of something... perhaps pets that have past away? Perhaps loved ones?

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A monk stands at the entrance, seemingly like a statue, saying nothing unless prompted by someone else. The room smells of warm lavender and incense as well... On the far side of the room you see what a large, door-like indent and a symbol upon it... it doesn't look like it does anything though... yet...

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There seems to be nothing else here of interest unless you decide to linger here...
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Postby BaalsBaby » 09/01/2007 11:59 AM

[center] ~The Halls Of Purity~

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Entering into the middle hallway, you find it winding and long, the smooth walls becoming rough and jagged. Suddenly, ahead you see more light, brighter than it was in the first room...

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In the center of this large room, you see the many candles all arranged in circular patterns, and there appears to be no one around. More of the wax sticks decorate nearly every inch of the place; this place could be a horrible fire-trap if anything went wrong... In the center of the candle formation, upon closer inspection, you see a large symbol imprinted into the ground as the flickering candles' fire warms your cheeks... But it doesn't seem to do anything... yet...

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There is nothing else in the room that seems appealing...
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Postby BaalsBaby » 09/01/2007 11:59 AM

~Halls Of The Lost~

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The journey through the tunnel on the right seemed to take forever to finally end, and, expecting the bright fire-light as in the other rooms, you find no such comfort here. The large room ahead is cast in a deep blue light filtering from a tiny hole in the stone ceiling... apparently this room relies upon the outside light to keep it lit. There are dark, stone pillars that loom before you out of the darkness, and a cold feeling passes down your spine...

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From the pinhole in the ceiling, small shavings of slowly drifting snow fall, almost in a measured, unified manner and land into a small, bowl-like indent in the ground. Upon closer inspection, you see that the circular indent is connected to larger indented concentric circles, in which the melting snow-water seems to travel along. The largest, outer ring eventually runs into a perpendicular line that carries the water to where another door-like indent in the wall appears to be. Upon that wall, the farthest from the entrance, is another peculiar symbol, one you're sure you've seen before...

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Feeling that creeping feeling tickling the hairs on the back of your neck, you decide to either part this place or explore a little more...
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