Editing Religions (section)

==The Cenoby==

There is a place place dedicated to solving riddles and puzzles, a society or like minded individuals.  This is the Cenoby.

-- by stphen_dean

The mysterious and hidden Cenoby, which is areligious, is dedicated to piecing together scraps of knowledge of the pre-cataclysm ancients.

No one knows where the Cenoby is located, because it is only found by accident or fate -- it is reached by an endless number of doors that open up from many cities and places, but which are not always there. Walking through one of these doors is like entering the spirit-world, but it leads to the Cenoby, which itself is in the physical world. 

Though even the inhabitants of the Cenoby -- known as "oblates" -- do not know where it is located. It is a confusing succession of rooms and doorways, and sometimes not all the rooms are there. The oblates do not control the doors, but can predict the opening of some of them. They do so to bring in food and to recruit new members, and to go forth seeking their clues.

-- by Kakita Kojiro

The inhabitants of Cenoby travel to dangerous and exotic locales. They discover the lore and artifacts of the [[Other_kingdoms|Thousand Flowing Waters]]. Sometimes, their adventures force them to negotiate with the vampires and Blind Masters that haunt the ruins. They hide their treasures in bizarre labyrinths, so only the worthy will find them.

Perhaps, the mirrored maze beneath [[Narcissus]] is just one section of a greater, underground complex. While Cenoby is not a part of the spirit world, their study of the spirit world and knowledge of foreign magics inspired the oblates.

They must predict the doorways because the doors appear according to a mathematical pattern. Unfortunately, those who knew the pattern have either died or forgotten it. Some mathematicians suggest that they may use the Mandelbrot set.

-- by shanoxilt