The Sunken Circle, The Temple of The Archons Steps lead down from each of the five shrines into the sunken area at the center of the Temple of Archons. Along the wall of the depression at shoulder height, an inscription is carved, “It Belongs Not to the Pawn to Question the Intention of the Hand That Moves It”. The bulk of the sunken area is taken up by a single immense block of red stone that has been carved into a wondrous model of a city. When one descends the stairs, the model lights up, illuminated by the same light that currently falls on Zyan above. When you first viewed the model, the streets are lit by the mottled light of sun through dappled clouds. But later, when you poke your heads in to the temple, the model is lit by silver light of the moon and phantasmagorical pools that accumulate below the city's dangling colored lanterns. The model rises to shoulder height at its highest, and waist height at its lowest. It is stylized, with some buildings and locations of ou
No. The rectangle directly in front of the electrified gate has a white marble floor. But The floor of the whole area to the west that you’re looking down on from the wall now has a glass floor. Beneath you see strange pastel ruins, as though there was another ruined city, with narrow streets and buildings beneath the glass. So the silk pavilions, etc. are all sitting on top of what looks like a massive piece of glass, beneath which is another (level of the?) city.
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