Explore Zenith's lower levels

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From: The Peripheries of Zenith


Uneven, organic warrens adjoin the pillared halls of the fortress' public spaces.


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The outer halls

The lower levels of Zenith – […] bases of the great domes of the upper fortress – are sparsely populated, and swim in uneasy shade. Starved Men and Moon-Misers steal through the halls here, keeping to the shadows where the violant does not reach.

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Description summary:
The second paragraph varies based on Airs of Zenith. Wiki note: Numbers unaccounted for: 1 – 2, 18, 39 – 56, 70 – 79, 87 – 94

Airs of ZenithDescription
3-17Here, the courtyard of a peristyle has fallen in, leaving a gaping drop to the Neath below. The columns are […] smoothed […] by the caresses of many hands. Even when the rippling violant kisses a pillar, all you can see is the ruin of what might have been.
19-34This loggia has no floor, arches supporting only the empty air. Something has spun a web […] connecting pillar to pillar. The silk reflects the violant from above, glittering with bruised certainty. You could almost believe it would carry your weight.
35-38A maze of colonnades and airy halls, all empty, all dustless, ends in a sheer drop, glazed in violant light. Lit so fiercely from above, even the air looks more solid, more real, more present.
57-69An Illuminated Sentry riding a Miser stands watch by markers etched into the wall. […] a line of them, measuring […] up towards the High Sancta […]

"The strandlines […] of the violant floods. To mark […] its sacred reach." This much speech seems to exhaust her […]

80-86Your footsteps echo […] off dripstone walls and engraved reliefs. […] they sound irregular, not conforming to the pattern of your gait; as if there is another wanderer […] You look around; there is no one there.
95-100A long gallery of worn bas-reliefs, one wall open to the air. Across the abyss […] distant glints of Moon-Misers speak in bright code. It would be peaceful here, if a certain quality of the light didn't make your eyes itch, and your brain crawl.

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