[h3][center]The Cy'Lathak Expanse[/center][/h3]

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[right][i]"It stretched, endlessly. A vast, empty, frigid plain devoid of...everything. A hunger permeated the air, the cold, still air, demanding to be filled with knowledge of the outside world."[/i][/right]

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When one exits a portal in the wall, they will likely end up here. Atop a huge mountain, with the vast empty plains that surround the Library. In essence, it's a storage space. A place for Iva to put things. A place that is ravenous for knowledge, a lonely vista where the Library looms in the distance. It is the first stepping stone upon the path to the Library. In the future this place will likely be filled with all sorts of Iva's abominations and whatever else he decides to keep here. For reference, and to deter potential threats to the Library.

Currently, nothing exists here. Just a cold, still expanse where nothing moves or breaths. A completely sterile realm where nothing lives or dies. No indication of how to travel to the library, just its pristine visage looming in the distance.

One does not simply walk down the mountain. There is no path, no indication of the way to go and the route is far too steep to traverse without the aid of clever thinking. However, if one were to look - they would find an ancient, old stone structure made of the same white stone as the Library. The second test one must pass, unless they have a more clever way of traversing the mountain.

The structure is a simple structure, that moves one to a similar location at the base of the mountain after solving a riddle.

The Expanse proper is far more easily traversed, if not more deadly. A human can not cover its distance before succumbing to the cold or starving to death. How would one cover this endless expanse?

[i][right]"...No Don't leave...you'll come back...right? Stay...here..."[/right][/i]

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