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'''Title: Places of Power'''

'''Author: Azrundan Hawkwood'''
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Everyone is familiar with 
the various shrines and 
moongates that can be 
found in various places 
throughout the land.  

Moongates allow
passage 
from place to place and 
between the 3 facets.  

The shrines are mostly 
known for their benefits 
to the... metaphysically 
inconvenienced...  The 
purpose of this study is 
to analyze the ether in 
and around these places 
of power, or "hot spots" 
as I like to call them, in 
order to gain a better 
understanding of the flow 
of mystic energies 
through


'''-Felucca-'''

The energies of the 
places of power in 
Felucca were fairly stable 
for quite some time.  
The moongates drew from 
the ambient energy of 
the circle of stones, 
while the shrines acted 
mainly as a kind of 
etherial storage sponge.  

The first major 
disturbance occurred when 
Minax began her invasion.  
The corruption of the 8 
virtue shrines fueled her 
powers and subtly 
wounded the land.  This 
wound would become 
apparent when Lord 
British and his mage 
Nystul completed the 
ritual that would open 
the way to/create 
Trammel.  There is a 
disagreement among 
scholarly circles as to 
what exactly happened and 
who is to blame for the 
resulting cataclysm in 
Felucca.  In my own 
studies, I have determined 
that the structures built 
in the various cities were 
some kind of etherial 
projectors that diverted 
energies from the 
then-corrupted shrines 
and projected them onto 
a formless proto-facet.  
This would explain why 
Trammel is an almost 
exact copy of Felucca, 
and why it was 
uninhabited when the first 
Britannians arrived.  Such 
a great discharge of 
mystical energies cannot 
occur without consequence, 
as history has shown us.  

When the Shadowlord 
Faction revolted against 
Minax she relinquished her 
hold on the shrines, as 
they were of little use 
with most of their 
energy drained.


'''-Trammel-'''

The vast majority of the 
energies from the hot 
spots in Trammel are 
actively used to power 
the "Justice" effect that 
makes it much more 
difficult to do violence 
against another person.  
It is a crude and 
incomplete effect at best, 
but it does its part to 
keep the general populace 
safe from random violence 
(specific, organized 
violence by large groups 
is another matter 
however...).  The relative 
lack of etherial 
background energy in 
Trammel does make it 
much more difficult to 
work magic on a larger 
scale than simple spells.  
One has to wonder if 
this has something to do 
with the Council of 
Mages' disapproval of 
Lord British's actions...


'''-Illshenar-'''

Illshenar is something 
of a mystery.  The 
shrines and moongates 
each share hotspots, 
which leads to 
several... 
unconventional mystic 
areas.  The Tree of 
Life in the middle of 
the charred forest is 
one example of such a 
place.  Further 
exploration is 
necessary to determine 
more about the nature 
of these regions.  As 
for the shrines, most 
of their energies seem 
to be devoted to 2 
things: keeping the 
moongates stable and 
open across all 3 
known facets, and 
shielding Illshenar 
from other means of 
entry, either by 
moonstone gate or 
other means.  This 
same effect seems to 
be what prevents the 
Recall and Gate spells 
from functioning.  
The residual "justice" 
effect seems to "bleed" 
over from Trammel, 
though it is difficult 
to say whether this is 
in fact its true 
source.  Without 
more detailed 
knowledge of the 
actions of the previous 
inhabitants of 
Illshenar there is 
little else that can be 
determined.

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