Ampelas Rooted

Ampelas Rooted was a huge, dragon-shaped K'Chain Che'Malle keep in the Wastelands. It was home to Acyl nest.
== In Dust of Dreams==
Ampelas Rooted was described as having many constituent levels and chambers, with distinct functions, connected by a central staircase and lift. These areas, roughly from bottom to top, included:
* "Root", apparently the bottom-most of all the levels. The Root contained a maze of passageways strwen with heavy machinery, exposed metal and cables, and oil.Dust of Dreams, Prologue, US MMPB pp.31-32
* "Feed", some kind of farm, cultivating fungi in vats as well as orthen and grishol in pens.Dust of Dreams, Prologue, US MMPB pp.33-34
* "Womb", where young K'Chain Che'Malle were kept and converted into various types or imbued with "flavors" via forced surgeries. The chamber was full of "hissing shrieks of pain" and "the stench of waste and panic", so much so that Kalyth could barely stand to be there long.Dust of Dreams, Prologue, US MMPB p. 34
* "Heart". The function of this area is unclear, but it seemed to lay at the top of the central staircase that went all the way down to the Root, and it had a lift that went all the way to the Eyes.
* "Eyes", the Inner Keep, Acyl Nest, and home of the Matron Gunth'an Acyl. The Nest was heavily guarded by J'an Sentinels, including Bre'nigan.Dust of Dreams, Prologue, US MMPB p. 35
* "Brow", an area exposed to the outside air.Dust of Dreams, Prologue, US MMPB p.39
Ampelas Rooted was uprooted and used as a war machine, a skykeep, in a decisive battle between the K'Chain Che'Malle of Acyl nest and the flying citadels of the K'Chain Nah'ruk. According to Stormy it was much larger than Moon's Spawn.
==Notes and references==
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