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Temples

The realm known as the Akashic Library can be reached from the mortal realm through libraries and great repositories of knowledge. There are legends and rumours of scholars stumbling into the eternal library of time by accident whilst perusing the collections of the great store-houses of knowledge. Hoping to stumble across an access point into the Akashic library however is not the best way. The most commonly used entrances to the library of time are the three temples dotted across the surface of the land dedicated to principal spirits of the Akashic Library.

These temples are:

• The Temple of the Sage on the Cerobi Steppes
  • This great templed dedicated to Ramuh is found upon a hill at the centre of the vast sea of grass known as the Cerobi Steppes. Famous for the herds who roam the grassland and the tribes of nomad hunters who live there it is also a major trade route by land or air and it is from atop its hill that the Temple of the Sage watches these travellers pass.
  • The temple is a grey marble structure with four huge towers that also act as lightning rods during the stepped frequent storms. More library then religious sight it is reknowned its order of clerics dedicated to recording the history of the world. It is here that the high priest of Ramuh, the Mortal Sage dwells and it is he who can unlock the portal to the inner sanctum should he have just cause to do so. It tends to take the offering of a book or some snippet of wisdom or knowledge for him to allow a mortal to pass through to the storm vestibule where a mortals journey into the Akashic Library begins.

• Carbuncle's Ruby Vault in Ambervale
  • Ambervale is a place of great natural beauty, a land bounded by picturesque mountains on three sides and forest to the south. A land of plenty, fertile, cultivated that experiences brilliant summers, memorable winters and whose communities never seem to lack in trade, commerce and security.
  • The great amber river flows through the centre of this fertile land, called so for the yellow crystals that cover its river bed and beneath the light of the sun give the waters a deep amber glow. It is on a small island in the centre of the vale that the Ruby Vault stands. An ancient memorial to all who die so that no one is ever truly forgotten, tended by a single enigmatic priest and servant of Carbuncle. Pounce a peculiar being of living crystal who appears when proper respect is given to the temple or a new name or memory is offered, always willing to open the portal to the Akashic Library if these offerings are made.

• Chasm of Shadows near the summit of Mount Roda the Volcano
  • This place is said to exist near the top of the fame volcanic mountain Roda, a dark chasm where no sunlight penetrates. A place of fell monsters, dangerous peril and ancient echoes that never die. Echoes that have according to rumour been known to drive people mad for the fell forgotten secrets they whisper of. Legend does state however that if a mortal can interpret the meaning being the whispering echoes and not be driven insane they can find the path to the Akashic Library or in truly astounding cases the wandering pathway to the Void.

Storm Vestibule

The Regions

There are only two main regions to the Akashic library though both are vast and unbounded by the normal rules of space. Beyond the storm vestibule is the main library. Endless rows of shelving extending out from the great rotunda that seem to extend in all directions forever. Then there is the Vault of Memory, below the main library, past the deepest stacks is the Vault of Memory a place of shifting crystals, ancient stone tablets and aging parchments wherein the memory keeper Carbuncle keeps watch upon his charges. Finally someplace deep within the long forgotten stacks of the main library is the chamber with the Dark Mirror of Mephistopheles the dark sage.

• Main Library where Ramuh can be found

• Vault of Memory home of Carbuncle lord of memory

• Dark Mirror contact point for Mephistopheles

There are some simple rules that govern the library and its regions and travellers are cautioned to remember them.

• Silence is Golden: speak only in a low whisper, loud noises will disturb the books.
• All items are Reference only: No book may be taken out of the library, any attempt to do so will result in a ban.
• Information from books may be written down in pencil in your own note-book. No pens or ink allowed
• Fiddling with the Pneumatic Tube system will result in the offender being packaged off to the catalogue
• The Memories of the Vault are sacred. Anyone attempting to take them will be ejected from the Vault forever.

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