Eon Isle

Eon Isle is a decently sized island off the coast of Bane which can be found right in the center of the Shallow Sea and the Sea of Misa. It’s landscape is fairly bizarre, as it’s one of the only places in Mirror Domain which has a high Purple Magic Ambiance. Almost all of the plant and animal species found here are only found on Eon Isle, although many of them are simply offshoots of nearby native species.

   The island itself is relatively flat, but there is a single raised area towards it’s northern side. This cliff is a near vertical drop which goes down several hundred feet and houses a massive waterfall which trails down and leads to a river which nearly cuts the island in half. At the bottom of this cliff face is a large cave opening lined with purple crystals which leads to Meridian’s Citadel.

   Weather on Eon Isle is typically mild and consistent. It’s pleasantly warm, decently humid, and usually partially cloudy. On occasion it’ll see a rainstorm or two. Especially during the rainy season where weather on a day by day basis has at minimum a light drizzle. Like any island it’s prone to more water based natural disasters. During periods of heavy rainfall the central river may overflow leading to flooding. There’s also mild risk for things like hurricanes and tsunamis, but these aren’t nearly as common. When the river does flood it also brings along mudslides which can be tricky to navigate.

   The vast majority of animal life on Eon Isle are not only Magical Beasts, but ones which lean towards Purple Magic. Tanuki and Fey Fox are common. If you know how to spot them you can find one just about anywhere. Birds are by far the most common species on the island. It’s home to nearly 500 different species and more than 140 are only found within the island's borders. Eon Isle is also home to a species of spider known as the Sylv Spider which was made as a result of a resident's captive breeding program. While they aren’t native, Phoenix can also be found here due to the same reason. Meridian does need their feathers and ash for his research, after all.

   Sylv Spiders act as the island’s guard dogs. They were specifically bred by one of Meridian’s assistants to patrol the area and alert them of any intruders. These spiders have a powerful venom that’s easily able to paralyze someone with a single bite. It’s not lethal, but most people who end up getting bitten don’t survive anyway. Eon Island is not welcoming to visitors, and much like the Mirror Plane, anyone who enters will “disappear” to ensure Meridian’s identity remains a secret.

The only hints towards intelligent life on the island are a single dock at the southern side, a rope bridge crossing over the river, several small watchtowers near the cliff face, and a single cabin which is home to whoever Meridian’s current assistant happens to be. Otherwise the island is a massive labyrinth of uncharted wilderness and dangerous magical beasts.

Underneath the island itself is Meridian’s Citadel. It’s a massive underground area full of ornate carved stone buildings and a myriad of different temples and testing grounds for Meridian to try out whatever he may be working on. The area is laid out like any other city, but every building is distinctly lacking in both doors and windows. The openings for them are there, but no door frame has a door and no window has glass panes. They’re all wide open for all to see. Inside said buildings are the kinds of furnishings you’d expect in whatever building it’s made to resemble. The only difference is that every building is also lined with wall upon wall of bookshelf; all of which overflowing with Meridian’s journals.

   Placed on just about every building in the entire citadel is a ticking clock. The inside of the cavern it’s housed in is constantly filled with the “tick, tick, tick” of hundreds of thousands of clocks ticking in unison. Not a single clock is out of sync, which causes the ticks to almost boom in your ears.

   As well as any standard building you’d expect in a city there’s also a church, temple, or shrine dedicated to every god or false god in Mirror Domain. Meridian considers the other three gods his closest friends with the false gods being a close second. Naturally he’d want them to feel welcomed in his home, although with the exception of Aurora, Halcyon, Vex, and Tilvet none of them will ever see the place in the set timeline.

   The cavern itself is illuminated with softly glowing purple crystals. They line the walls, floor, ceiling. Some of them seemingly grow out of the buildings themselves! These crystals range in size, some fitting in the palm of your hand and some larger than a fully grown tree. It’s one of the defining features of the cavern. Given how much purple magic is in the area simply due to Meridian existing there on a consistent basis it’s only natural the excess would condense and crystalize.

   The residents of the city, if you can even call them that, are just as strange as everything else on the island. It’s undoubtedly overrun with Sylv Spiders. Cobwebs and shed skins can often be found in buildings or in the city streets. More prominent then them, however, are the wraiths. Many wraiths that either haven’t figured out how to fix themselves or have been brought there by Matrix can be found idly wandering the city, usually on the hunt for Meridian. They don’t like him.

   At the very farthest end of the cavern which holds the citadel there’s yet another cave opening which leads further underground. A narrow staircase has been carved here which leads down to a single door. This door is a rift opening which leads to The Room. Of course, this is where Meridian spends most of his time in the set timeline. This door is never left open and it’s pretty much always locked. If someone did somehow manage to get here they wouldn’t be able to get it open.

   Inside the citadel is home to a plethora of dangerous, deadly, and world ending magic items that under no circumstances should ever be used by mortal hands. One of the more notable ones is a small teapot stationed near the center of the city affixed to a large fountain. It has a near constant flow of Coagulant dripping from it’s spout. Meridian created this teapot as a means of keeping reality intact, as the creature sealed inside the thing was one of very few that lead to a total end to the timeline. This is just one of a myriad of insane relics housed within the Citadel walls.