Shanshananshanikashan

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A very large room with two Filigree tables. The room is in an enormous stone chamber with stone flagstones. Bats cluster on a vaulted ceiling 100 feet above supported by vast stone pillars.

There is a massive statue:

Six figures of Builders stood at the points of a hexagon, holding aloft a large circle, which may have once contained a fountain. Between each of the figures, the image of a towered city projected into the ring.

Taking a closer look at the figures, we could see they were all different, and appeared to represent different professional trades. They were also marked with the Builder glyphs 0, 2, 4, 6, 8 and A on their chests:

  • Desh (0) wore a satchel containing paints and brushes, clearly an artist.
  • Ta (2) was a craftsperson of some sort, with a belt of tools and a pick strapped to their back.
  • Ur (4) carried books and charts. I recognised the constellation of the Axe, but it appeared different – some of the stars were in the wrong place, and the handle of the Axe was too short. Had the very stars changed their place in the heavens since this statue was constructed?
  • The face of Ika (6) was obscured by its hood and strange eyeglasses. Bottles hung from its belt, densely covered in innumerable Builder glyphs.
  • Orta (8) was also cloaked, but their hood was lowered. They carried a satchel of twigs and flowers, and wore a brooch of an unfamiliar 8-petalled flower.
  • Finally, An (A) was clearly a soldier, though their plate armour seemed impossibly thin to offer any protection. On their back was slung a long, cylindrical weapon of some sort, with a crossbow-like handle and trigger at one end.

Outside the building is a hot and humid jungle spreading endlessly. To the back of the building was a colossal cliff face

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