L'Mont Des Archontes

*L'Mont Des Archontes* or "The Mount of Archons" refers to both a rocky hill on a lowlands peninsula in southern Catania and the hilltop Fortress-Monastery placed upon it. In a lesser Extent, it also can Refer to the coastal village nearby, although this village is more properly referred to as Decales. The hill is considered a Holy Place To followers of the Empyreal Lord Ragathiel, as Legend states that one of the General's foremost servants, A Hammer Archon called Carander, manifested to defeat a dozen demons that were attacking Giles, the first high priest of Ragathiel. The place was consecrated, and became the home of the Order of the Burning Wing, a Knightly order dedicated to the General of Vengeance.

### The Rock

The rocky hill rises about 600 feet above the sea level, with an area of about 0.4 Square miles on the top, most of which it has been built over. However, the peninsula connecting it to the land is only a couple feet above sea level at low tide, and thus the hill becomes an island at high tide. The geological composition of the rock is a large hunk of hard volcanic stone deposited on the coast by a glacier in the ancient past. Before the coming of the Monastery, it was known as a slightly unusual home for phoenixes, who have flourished in cooperation the knights.

### The Monastery

The Monastery is a small, walled and fortified settlement high on the rock, with stairs running both to a small dock facility on the seaward side, and the half-submerged peninsula on the landward side.

#### The Chapel of Deliverance

The center of the Monastery is the *Chapel of Deliverance,* a tall, spired temple to Ragathiel built on the supposed site of the battle between the Archon and the Demons. The latest version is built in a tall, pointed, gothic style, and is roofed with green tile. Notable it the Lack of Gargoyles, in favor of space left for nests and perches for the eagles, seabirds and phoenixes of the rock. The upper floors are even devoted to space for the avian inhabitants of the Rock.

#### Other Important Buildings

Other important buildings in the monastery include cells for the knights, an armory, stables, a granary, a freshwater storage cistern, and a mausoleum/reliquary carved into the rock, where knights of the order are interred in a zone of consecration.

### Phoenixes

Since before the coming of the knights, a single family of Phoenixes has lived on the rock since ages unknown. This single bloodline of firebirds had protected the area for generations, and it was to meet them, that Giles, the first high priest of Ragathiel came to the rock in the first place. When his Demonic enemies attacked him, and both he and the Current phoenix Matriarch were desperately wounded, The Archon Carander came to the material plane, and rescued them both. Ever since that day, there has been a pact between her descendants and the paladins of Ragathiel, the phoenixes ever serving as advisors and patrons to the monastery, and some of it's fiercest defenders.

### Knights of the Burning Wing

The Knights of the Burning Wing are the current inhabitants and founders of the monastery on *L'mont Des Archontes.* This Knightly order of paladins, are templars to Ragathiel, The General of Vengeance, and are generally well regarded when it comes to their skills, even if they are slightly reluctant to accept unusual new technologies. For more details, see their dedicated page.