The Aerie and All Clans Isle (CWS)

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The Council Aerie rises over the grassy plains and rolling hills of All Clans Island. This massive structure, built by vassals from every clan, stretches 
16,000 feet from one end to the other, while its tallest point reaches 5,000 feet above the ground. Built from a single chunk of solid rock taken from a mountaintop on nearby Exaurdon Island, the aerie took the vassals and their dragon masters nearly fifty years of ceaseless labor to complete. Great magic was used to remove and transport the piece of mountain, which in itself was a wondrous feat. Then, through the efforts of dwarf and gnome engineering coupled with the aid of elf and dragon magic, the aerie was built to match the dream visions of Exaurdon. 
The only visible openings into the stone edifice are the 15 holes carved equidistant around the top of the aerie. Each opening is meant for a specific dragon type, and by tradition only those dragons may enter through each specific portal. An icon over each opening declares which dragon type may use it. Appropriately, the icons signifying the metallic and gem dragons are made of precious metals and stones matching the type. The icons for the chromatic dragons are colored plaques. 
While members of both the Platform of Wyrms and the Platform of Dominates use the entry portals appropriate to their type, the custodians may use any portal. Custodians are considered members of all clans because of their duties in caring for hatchlings and in watching over the aerie. (Further details of custodians are provided below.) 
Outside the cavernous aerie, many open surfaces exist where visiting dragons can sun themselves, rest, or sit and debate the issues of the day. The grassy plain east of the aerie can be used as a gathering place should the interior meeting hall become too crowded, though it usually serves as the arena for formal challenges. Great pillars of stone outline the open field, each rising 500 feet into the sky. These perches not only provide places for dragons to rest and witness the combat, they also determine the boundary of a Challenge of Claw and Wing. See the map of the aerie exterior for a visual representation. 
Inside the aerie, a great open hall dominates the interior. (See page 99 for an interior view of the aerie.) It stretches 10,000 feet from one wall to the other, with a width of some 4,000 feet. The hall is nearly 5,000 feet high, with a latticework of stone perches providing support and resting places throughout the upper 2,000 feet. Tunnels from the great hall lead to the visitor lairs, a series of multilevel caves for use by members of both Council platforms. Those lairs reserved for members of the Platform of Wyrms are much more opulent and spacious than those reserved for the dominates, as these caves may be occupied by specific Council representatives for hundreds of years. The caves set aside for use by visiting dominates and other nonvoting dragons are smaller and designed for more transient occupation. The custodians use some of these caves as lairs, as storage for supplies and Council treasures, and as a hatchery for the eggs every clan must provide to the Council (by the ancient covenant between the clans and Io's avatar, as described below).