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• The gardens were said to have been intoxicating. Now, all that remains are the odd petrified branch and, miraculously, the intact, calcified edifice of a magnificent hedge maze built in honor of the gods.
• And the people?
• We can hope that life might someday flourish here again.
• It is possible for one to mourn the loss of even those they do not know. The Priory scholars say that four generations of the same family lived here at the time the continent sank.
• So many tragedies that day.
• I wonder if they had warning enough to seek one another out...to cling together at the end. Or was the deluge too sudden? Too cruel to allow them even that one last comfort?
• But how can you mourn for plants?
• I can understand your desire to mourn for them.
• There were four generations of one family here when the continent sank. I wonder if they had warning enough to seek one another out...to cling together at the end. Or was the deluge too sudden? Too cruel?
• There were so many tragedies that day.
• I mourn for what the world lost. You wouldn't guess it now, but scholars say this area used to be a breathtaking assemblage of rare and exotic plants from all corners of the world. A plant sanctuary.
• It's hard to imagine that anything beautiful ever thrived here.
• The gardens are said to have been intoxicating. Now, all that remains are the odd petrified branch and the calcified edifice of the hedge maze built in honor of the gods.
• I should leave you to your mourning.
• Dulla
• I think even Melandru herself might weep were she to see the condition of this cathedral.
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• Do you think it can be restored?
• It seems the Sea of Sorrows didn't spare any part of Orr.
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• Melandru is the goddess of earth and nature. The rangers, earth elementalists, and earth prayers dervishes who once worshipped in her cathedral kept it vibrant and alive.
• The sinking of Orr destroyed that?
• No living thing has set foot on these grounds in the 250 years they came to rest beneath the Sea of Sorrows. Sadly, when the ocean—the second domain of the living—died, it took the land along with it.
• We can only hope that that can all now be restored.
• Perhaps. If those who once worked so hard to maintain the earth, and the goddess who seeks to protect it, were to put themselves to the task, this place could live again.
• We must hold out that hope.
• Take a good look. What you see here hasn't been seen in over two hundred years. Well, not by any living thing. And not exactly like this.
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• Ehn, you've seen one ruined temple to Grenth, you've seen them all.
• Krewe Researcher
• This is the legendary Altar of Murdered Dreams. It's been underwater for 250 years, hence the barnacles, general dank smell, and overall disarray.
• Altar of Murdered Dreams is kind of a grim name, isn't it?
• Grenth's temples tend toward the grim, but you can't name shrines to the god of death after flowers and bunnies. Grim architecture, too. Helps the necromancers relax and enjoy their rituals.
• So now that it's been cleansed, what will happen to it?
• I'll just do a little poking around on my own, thanks.
• When a continent sinks, it tends to take all the altars, temples, and shrines with it. So this shrine to Grenth was been at the bottom of the Sea of Sorrows for 250 years. Hence the general disarray.
• What used to go on here?
• I guess being submerged for a couple centuries does have its wear and tear.
• Before Orr sank, this was a gathering spot for ritualists, necromancers, and assassins. It's where they performed their rituals for Grenth, god of death. Since the sinking, they don't come around anymore.
• Kudu was Snaff's apprentice before me. He stole Snaff's discoveries and is using them for the Inquest.
• I guess being at the bottom of the sea would make the trip more difficult.
• Probably be restored to its original purpose. Grenth still has his fans. Besides, what else would it be good for? Not many people want to live in a formal temple to the god of death and ice.
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• Probably be restored to its former glory. Plenty of assassins, ritualists, and necromancers like me who'd like a convenient place to perform our rituals.
• Why here?
• Can't you feel the dark energy that emanates from the land and living plants? Even from the animals here. It's palpable.
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• This was Orr's temple to their death god, Grenth, before it went to the bottom of the Sea of Sorrows along with the rest of the continent.