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'''Anlabban's Grove''' {{Pronunciation|ahn-LAHB-bahn}} is a circle of forest, half a mile in diameter, surrounded by the city-state of [[Xelas]]. The broken, decaying ruins of | '''Anlabban's Grove''' {{Pronunciation|ahn-LAHB-bahn}} is a circle of forest, half a mile in diameter, surrounded by the city-state of [[Xelas]]. The broken, decaying ruins of a [[Anchor site|tempest hall]] lie scattered throughout, largely buried and out of sight. A strange anomaly called the [[Emptiness]], a roiling black void in reality, sits directly in the center of the grove. For at least eight thousand years the ancient arboreal [[Anlabban]] had guarded the grove from any invaders from beyond, aided in the last two millennia by the people of Xelas. At almost all times the grove is a calm and peaceful collection of trees and underbrush around an odd, black void - while unsettling, it is rarely dangerous. The people of Xelas, however, know how quickly this can change. | ||
The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cariniana_legalis trees] of the grove are themselves ancient, many having stood for thousands of years. Anlabban tends to them carefully - he sees them as some of the few companions with whom he can truly connect, the lives of younger folk passing by too quickly for him to understand. The entire grove is encircled by Xelas, the trees left exactly as Anlabban wishes while the rest of the city continues to grow outwards. | The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cariniana_legalis trees] of the grove are themselves ancient, many having stood for thousands of years. Anlabban tends to them carefully - he sees them as some of the few companions with whom he can truly connect, the lives of younger folk passing by too quickly for him to understand. The entire grove is encircled by Xelas, the trees left exactly as Anlabban wishes while the rest of the city continues to grow outwards. | ||
Latest revision as of 19:42, 7 January 2024
Anlabban's Grove (pronounced ahn-LAHB-bahn) is a circle of forest, half a mile in diameter, surrounded by the city-state of Xelas. The broken, decaying ruins of a tempest hall lie scattered throughout, largely buried and out of sight. A strange anomaly called the Emptiness, a roiling black void in reality, sits directly in the center of the grove. For at least eight thousand years the ancient arboreal Anlabban had guarded the grove from any invaders from beyond, aided in the last two millennia by the people of Xelas. At almost all times the grove is a calm and peaceful collection of trees and underbrush around an odd, black void - while unsettling, it is rarely dangerous. The people of Xelas, however, know how quickly this can change.
The trees of the grove are themselves ancient, many having stood for thousands of years. Anlabban tends to them carefully - he sees them as some of the few companions with whom he can truly connect, the lives of younger folk passing by too quickly for him to understand. The entire grove is encircled by Xelas, the trees left exactly as Anlabban wishes while the rest of the city continues to grow outwards.