The Black Rock

The Black Rock is a natural feature located on Soghal, the capital of Quadratica. It serves as the headquarters for the Followers of the Master, the only Shadelinium mine in existence, and a temple to the Master. It is extremely dangerous to enter without permission and will almost certainly result in death.

## Location

The Black Rock is located on a short mesa in the middle of the Deep Forest. It is heavily surrounded by trees and bushes. The Black Rock is quite literally an enormous black rock. It is basically a hill that is one single boulder. It sticks up randomly in the middle of the forest.

## Protection

The Black Rock is under heavy protection at any given time. There is a barrier about 50 feet thick that will give a feeling in the minds of all organisms inside of it that they should turn around. If you are determined to reach the Black Rock, you can resist this feeling.

After the warning zone, the "turn around now" feeling will go away and you will be slain by the current guards. (All plants in the warning zone after the warning zone have permission to be there, and will not try to run away.)

At all times, the Black Rock's exterior is guarded by 15 or more Followers of the Master and 3 or more Lurkers. They hide in the shadows, constantly waiting for an enemy to enter the warning zone.

## Inside

The Black Rock has five floors, each with different rooms in it.

Floor 1: Medical treatment center, armory, guard room, sacrifice room, recreation room, Room of Learning, tool shed.

Floor 2: Several rooms of quarters for everybody who stays there.

Floor 3: Ian's quarters, library, meeting rooms.

Floor 4: Portal to the Realm of the Master, Shrine to the Master, Shrine to Nature.

Floor 5: Room of Relics.

Major details about each room must remain secret.

## Shadelinium and Mining

40 feet under the Black Rock, encased within the warning zone, is the only deposit of Shadelinium in existence. It is rarely mined, and the miners mainly exist to guard the Shadelinium. The miners also lightly mine other materials that exist in the area.

In the mine is a large network of mineshafts, a planning room, a tool shed, a Shadelinium item factory, a Shadelinium storage rom, and an "other material" storage.

Only a small portion of all Shadelinium has ever been mined. Most of it that has been mined stays in the Black Rock, save the Shadelinium that went into making Shade, Ian's sword.

## Attack Incidents

The Black Rock has only been attacked 3 times.

1) Date unknown. During the War of Rhombus, the Cearivors attacked the Black Rock. The Followers of the Master attacked back. The only reason the FotM won was because all 55 Lurkers, as well as 16 spinner demons, 21 arntaquills, and 30 rorgams were present. Death count unknown on both sides.

2) July 8, 1902 BCE. Triadikan sorcerers attacked the Black Rock during the Quadratican Revolution. They were stopped when Ian and a force of 15 Lurkers intervened, killing every enemy. The death count was 1829 enemies, 947 allies.

3) August 21-23, 25, 2021 ACE. Section 3 troops attempted to go to the Black Rock to retrieve Shadelinium. Almost everybody died, with only a few escapees (they were smart enough to heed the warning zone). On August 23 and 25, body retrieval attempts were made but resulted in more deaths, and on the 25th, a band trying to make a peace treaty with the Followers of the Master also died. The total death count ended up being 236 for the enemy, 0 for allies.