In Lucem

[Sale Bête]

 

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What was once a circle of tents in the lonely, dark reaches of the Shadowlands has become so much more. The influence of the camp expands further beyond its humble bounds.

Some of them still remain, but woodsmen have been hard at work clearing trees, and masons labor to build foundations of sturdy stone.

A tower rises, looming above the trees, topped with a beacon of flame and tall, ominous standing stones carved with foreign runes. Banners on its walls are soon to follow.

A field of blue, with a snarling wolf's head in black.

The woods of the Shadowlands are always filled with shadows. This itself is not new. It's in the name, after all. What is novel is the amount of them, and their shapes, that slink in patrols around the foot of the structure. More and more souls come to make it their home despite this; they can be seen coming and going from its walls.

Atop the tower, keeping the fire among others at its edge, is not the shape of the Black Wolf that has been prowling these camps.

It is a tawny-haired young woman, with a scarred face, a visage that most in the living memory of Meranthe do not remember - that is, if they had ever really known it at all to begin with. From this tower, this home clawed from the edifice of the dark wood, the keeper of this Sanctuary speaks:

  

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"Four now Free." 

"Five, if we really want to get technical. I should count myself, right? Five, and still so much left to Break.

Cycles continue. Conquests march on. Some're bloody and boisterous. Some're silent, bloodless. But Freedom's still here, if any want to taste it. All you've got to do is reach out. It's that easy. Don't even charge.

These things can be taught - but if you serve any kind of Master? I don't care what kind of boot you're licking."

"This place isn't meant for you."

  

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Word stirs of more rites, more lessons to come, now with a permanent structure in place.
 
Yet clearly not all are so welcome to linger...

Upcoming Events:

Lessons in Creation and Destruction - Theory of the Arcane: Date To Be Determined
Feast of the Sineater: Date To Be Determined  

(Sanctuary and its denizens are located at 934, 359)