Ancient Wonders of Palamoa

Palamoa is old land and there are many places that have stood through the ages to this day. These are the nine most well known of these locations.

### The Temple of Liacah

Built in the years before Ascension, the temple stands in the eastern forests of Palamoa. Now overgrown with plant life and foliage, it was hidden from civilization for some time. Upon it’s discovery again in 702 A.A., many scholars have tried but the entrance still has yet to be opened.

### Tower of the Imperionus

A tower that pierces the sky in the *Ratru Badlands*. The top of the tower, haven been blown apart, is in a crumbling state of ruin. The tower has been ransacked by bandits over several years of its open exposure to the badlands. There is a myth that there is an underground section of the tower that no bandit or adventurer has ever been able to reach.

### The Golden Forge of Malli

A magical forge that was built by the dwarfs, found within their city of *Malli*. Since the second rising of Rhizadiel, the city of *Malli* has been thrown into a civil unrest. The forge was sealed away by an unknown magical source and its surrounding area has been thrown into ruin. Many attempts have been made to re-open the forge, but all have been unsuccessful and any who have tried have either been met with the fate of death by either sickness or disease.

### Fortress Skorian

The fortress was built 6 years after the first Day of Ascension for the Aj’Snaga. Built in *Rillasheje*, it should almost be classified as its own city. The fortress can contain up to 300,00+ citizens of *Rillasheje* in a time of crisis or seige. The fortress has never been successfully assaulted or seized from the Aj’Snaga in its 1211 years existence.

### The Sky Citadel

100 Miles northwest of the *Nihjazurrean Waterfall*, deep within the *Rhiqi Mountains* is a citadel carved into the north facing side of the mountain top. Located at the highest point in Palamoa, it appears in almost every instance of historical writings, but no one has dared ever travel there. Its direct proximity to *Mount Draxignmo* instills fear in citizens, many of them believing that the citadel is cursed.

### Dusterburyan Lighthouse

Only being able to be seen from the ocean, the lighthouse is a sight to behold. Cutting in the sky like a red sword, the top appears to have been forged out of pure gold. No adventurer or individual has dared brave the journey through the Maltrop Strip to reach it by land and it is inaccessible by the ocean, because of the monstrous cliff face it sits atop. Its location also has a very unstable connection to the Æther, so no one has been able to reach it by any magical means either. It is unknown to when it was constructed or even as to when the last person to set foot on it was.

### Gopjessez Bridge

A massive stone bridge that spans an enormous canyon, which at the bottom the Wicheapton River flows. Connecting the edges of the canyon, the bridge is a structural impossibility. With the canyon descending roughly a mile to the river below, two massive statues of hooded and crowned figures are cut into the canyon side to support the bridge. To date, no one has been able to figure out how the bridge was constructed or built or even who built it. The bridge is also used by the Aj’Snaga Holy Enclave as a site for executions. Death by the *Gopjessez* is one of the more sought after penalties, usually being turned into a spectacle for the public.

### Naviq City

Just outside the territorial borders of both the Skorian Empire and the Pu’han Trading Company is a forest where the fabled city of *Naviq* can be found. Since the departure of the Varimathas and the loss of their knowledge, the treetop city has become overgrown and taken back by nature. Becoming so well hidden, that its general location can never be exactly figured out, even with the use of magic. Those who have been able to come across it speak of its wonders.

### Vupjinas

A smuggler/refugee camp that has been built on the inside of a downed airship, which crashed several hundreds of years ago. The sheer size of the airship is daunting and never been seen before or anywhere else in Palamoa. The Fortress Vayilcor *Clockwork Castle* is technically an airship, but is only about half the size of the downed *Vupjinas*.