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Toward the East lies the region of Anatol, wherein the eclipsing fringe of the Obsidia Mountains heralds Tenebre, which is known for its use and supply of unique ore, metals, stones, and jewels. Tenebre is bordering on becoming a flourishing city-state due to its recent military power and ascension to independence, an alarming occurrence to neighboring regions, especially with Tenebre's blooming success and isolation. Tenebre was once a fiefdom given to Duke Emmerich for his loyalty to the crown and his military success over the years in conquering regions of the North and East, once thought inhabitable. Due to his long-standing rule and fairness to his people, they have expanded their borders with many attempting pilgrimages and "rights of passage" through the mountains riddled with latent magic. Rumors of ancient beasts towering over their blackened peaks, lost creatures stalking through the caverns and canyons, and tribes nestled beside these tales that'd thwart travelers merely curious of the walled-off city. Tenebre is uniquely staggered through what most refer to as The Golden Valley, named for the rays of sun that glisten and gleam off the exposed forms of polished rock and stone, dazzling in the graces of the sun. Bridges connect every level with vast stairways and arches marking one sector from another, from market to slum, to the royal gardens, and even to the hidden Midnight river below that carves through the deepest reaches of Tenebre. Touches of gold shimmer through the waters, courtesy of unmined jewels. Most of its economy fluctuates around the mines and the utilization of a dark, rich, malleable alloy known as Obscurm. Obscurm is used in their unique armor, weapons, and sometimes architecture, fringing old and new houses in shades of black. Obscurm varies from shades of grey to the darkest of blacks and gives off a fuzed shimmer of gold and silver in direct light, pure veins of Obscurm βeatβ light, making it uniquely void-like.
The Lustre Keep is home to the Volerailes, the most prominent and ruling family of the East. With Obscurm-infused stone-work, it stands as an ivory testament of time and architecture with its vaulted halls, ceilings, and open concepts that yield large windows of gold-fused, earthen stone to overlook the sprawling city below it. These unbarred windows and vast levels of open gardens and stations allow for their birds to come and go at their leisure, Tenebre also being home to various avians that nestle within the craggy faces of the Obsidia Ridge from the tiniest of sparrows to the rare and gargantuan creatures known as the Argentavis, a bird of prey once thought to be extinct, now worshipped as direct reincarnations of The Lord of the Air. Traveled through a hidden passage way of stone and Obscurm arcs, high up on the tallest peak lies the shrine meant for their patron God, though Tenebre worships all the Old Gods, it is the creator and father of the sky they revere. Once within the peaks of Obsidia, they whisper that griffins also lived and hunted as apex predators of both earth and sky, children from The Lord of the Air and his consort, a silver lioness known as The Lady of the North, which also serves as the sigil of the Volerailes. |
