By Danny "Ralsu" Gourley



style="font-weight: bold;">New Moon Camp

In the New Moon Forest there is a camp ground situated in-between
Silverfall, The Distiller and the Mirror Necropolis. For all travelers
heading
towards The Distiller and all adventurers on their way to the Mirror
Necropolis, the New Moon Camp is an important venue for rest and
supplies.

The Distiller Tavern

Some people think that there are three things to visit in the
Aslan valley –
The wood sea in the Jade Valley, the lake of Eternal Silence’s
Silverfall and
the Distiller Tavern in the New Moon Forest. But what kind of place is
the
Distiller Tavern? Take a building created by human hands and mix it
with
unfathomable nature and a pinch of adventurous spirit.

In the Distiller Tavern you can experience all of the
following: wild binge
drinking, mugs full of alcohol, opulent meals, fair bards, noisy
guests, heated
chambers, all kinds of wild rumors and wavering drunkards. In one
corner
they start to fight, while they argue so loudly in the next corner
about an
alleged theft, that you can not have a normal discussion. The black
market
trader at the corner table sells “lost” goods, while beefy adventurers
still tend
to their weapons. The Distiller Tavern has a sense of danger inside and
out.
People have a feeling of anticipation and excitement. Is that not the
meaning
of “adventure”?

Mirror Necropolis

The Mirror Necropolis is very old, but was discovered only
recently.
Seemingly a curse haunts the place though. Everybody who comes to close
will be struck with disaster. At the moment, the Eye of Wisdom is not
sure if
investigating it is the right thing to do. Some of its members think
that it
might be a site, where ancient magic was sealed and careless rummage
would cause great harm.

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On the Mirror Necropolis’ stone walls, crystals glisten and
reflect every
picture like mirrors. But since there is no life to be found anywhere
nearby,
it became known as the Mirror Necropolis. The caves in its center are
most
likely of natural origin, but there is an artificial atmosphere and
rumors
swirl around that many a visitor went insane and died down there.

The Jade valley

Thousands of years ago a meteorite fell down from the sky
changing the soil
in this area. The plants can reach tremendous proportions and are the
reason behind the Jade valley’s name.

Because humans still have no idea of space, they worship this
holy place and
conceive the plants as a manifestation of divine and inexhaustible
vital
energy. The Jade valley is the crater of a meteorite which formed a
basin in
the middle of the mountains. From the air you can sense the dense green
which surrounds this place with interwoven briarwood in its centre,
which is
called the Deep Aisle.

The Deep Aisle

In the middle of the Jade valley grows an old Banyan tree
right on the spot,
where the meteorite impacted. It was exposed to the full extent of the
cosmic
power, and became unbelievably majestic, with giant aerial roots
clawing
into the ground. Most people don’t even realize that the forest in
front of
them is one single tree, which is mistakenly referred to as a forest
and also
called the Deep Aisle.

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Basically the Deep Aisle is a green tunnel, where a leaf
ceiling covers the
whole sky. Only some rays of light make it through to illuminate the
foliagecovered
ground. All this green can be quite surreal, especially when the
foliage whispers, it fills the whole area is with a mysterious
atmosphere.

The Origin

The more you advance into the Deep Aisle, the bigger
everything becomes.
For that reason it is said to be a holy tree, which has existed since
the world’s
beginning. Even more mysterious though is the cavern beneath it. It
looks as
if the tree’s roots keep an underground space clear. In the great cave
some
things can be found, which are apparently not of natural origin.
Inferring from the roots growth the cave must have been there even
before
the Holy Tree, which is why it is called the “Origin”. Actually the
cave was
created by ancient mythical beings and in it the “Holy Truth” was
stored.
Later on all the knowledge was lost with the disappearance of the
mythical
beings. What kind of relation does that knowledge have with the oracle?
Is it
the oracle itself? Nobody knows for sure.