Alohein

## Sub-Realms

### Palace of Sin

Yaggrass, also referred to as the *Palace of Sin* by Summoners, is a location deep in the realm of the Forsaken. It is described as a towering structure of immense height and depht, being erected upon a barren hill. Its walls are made of marble, chalkstone and brass, highly ornate and covered in moving and twitching statues which eternally enact the sins it´s halls are devoted to. The titanic structure is in every sense of the word massive, appearing so heavy and bulky it is appears impossible that such a building woulding collapse under its own weight. Every wall, every story and every archway is covered in countless towers that appear like tiny spikes from afar, but are each large enough to house a hundred souls.

The outer walls of the palace are constantly climbed by smaller Follets known as *Defilers*. All these small and wicked creatures do on the outside is smear profane mantras on the outer walls, using their various bodily excretions as ink. They use long claws, fangs and thrasing tails to scale it´walls and brachiate between its countless statues; or climb the countless creepers and decaying plantlife up and down. Each time they move up and down their claws leave deep marks within the grimy walls. The only parts of the walls they avoid are the outer pulpits from which corrupted souls scream their preachings into the wind that carries them far and wide alongside the stink of their bodies.

The entire palace is mesmerizing to any outside observers, forcing anyone unfamiliar with it to stop and admire it, sometimes for hours or entire days. It is not its beauty that enthralls the looks of bystanders but its grotesque and obscene otherness, that is expressed in the finest details of its architecture, the words smirred on every pillar and stone, the noises it makes when the wind stems against its weight and the atmosphere that appears to become physical reality. The palace is perfect in its repulsive (...). All senses, including the mind, are offended by (...) It is the incarnation of everything the human and inhuman mind would condemn as indecent, lewd, scandalous, disgusting and wrong; and the worst part is that every observer becomes aware that all of these things are natural.

The entrance to the palace is known as the *Hall of Mirrors.* It is a seemingly endless corridor made of stone and metal, wide and high enough to fit even the tallest of skyscrapers into it. While the ceiling and walls are always visible, the path forward is not. The ground is covered in short screens that form a labyrinth like structure, its walls covered in countless mirrors of all shapes, sizes and materials. Some are simple pieces of glass, dirty and cracked; some are highly ornate mirrors adorned in silver; and some are hellish frames filled with a stream of reflective water. Each of these mirrors reflects not its surroundings but only the observer that stares into it. Each of the mirrors will reveal another hidden truth about the observer, bring to light an aspect that they worked all their life to forget. These mirrors are the only source of light in the entire Hall, and those that wish to see and find their way out of it will have to look into them eventually. But even those that just look to the ceiling or ground aren´t safe. There are countless Defilers that snicker across the corridors or climb on and over the screens holding smaller mirrors and holding them infront of those caught within as they walk or sprint across the labyrinth. Looking in these mirrors is torturous and transformative to mortals and Neverborn alike. These mirrors do not only depict the observer from their ugliest sides, but also show their worst and most supressed memories.

In the end it is the images that lead through the *Hall of Mirrors*, not ones choices. Anyone passing through will be lead to one of the great (sanctums/domes) within the Palace, each dedicated to what are described as the four "Great Vices". These are *Gluttony, Lust, Vainglory* and *Blasphemy*. The mirrors will lead to the one personally considered to be the most repulsive; but an initiate will have to visit all of them to complete their transformative journey.

The Dome of Gluttony is gay