Difference between revisions of "Pagoda of Infinite Strategy"
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| + | The Pagoda is fronted by a gatehouse that stands on the shore of the lake of glass. Its sweeping blue eaves, in the same architectural style as the Pagoda, are supported by eight columns and the interior is open to the air. The gatehouse has no guards, only a blue jade statue of a [[lion dog]], nearly six feet high, in the center. Crossing through the gatehouse brings one to a thin stone walkway that spans the glass lake like a bridge and leads to the Pagoda's main gate. | ||
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| + | Just inside the Pagoda's gate is a screened foyer for discrete entrance, but the rest of the first story is given over to an open-chambered audience hall. | ||
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| + | The model of the Marukan hills that rests in the topmost story of the Pagoda of Infinite Dtrategy is perfect in every detail, including its miniature copy of the Pagoda itself, standing four and a half inches high. This tiny replica is the doorway to the spiritual sanctum of the [[Sweet Voice of Brass and Glory]]; those who wish to enter the sanctum, whether by invitation or force, must touch one of the miniature's gabled eaves, whereupon they find themselves shrinking down into the model until they stand at the Pagoda's gatehouse; the Pagoda of Infinite Strategy and Sweet Brass' sanctum are the same building. | ||
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| + | As expected, the sanctum's interior is identical to the original Pagoda in almost every way. The first four floors house the same audience hall and training rooms and are decorated with the same banners, maps, weapons and armor. The ninth floor, with its racks of detailed maps of Creation and its council table, is likewise the same, and its windows scry out onto the fields of Creation, not those of a model. | ||
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| + | It's only the middle floors that differ from the manse Rivers Between Us made. The barracks of the Qinglong Alliance and Zhuque Brotherhood, as well as the suite reserved for Cathak Nekuto, stand empty and waiting for visitors or an expected staff. The eighth story, where Storm of Amber's suite should be, is an apartment for Sweet Brass. | ||
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| + | A visitor leaves the sanctum the same way he entered it: by ascending to the top floor of the Pagoda and touching the minature building contained there. The leaving comes with the same sense of shrinking until the visitor is again standing at the gatehouse. The implications should be obvious: once a person enters Sweet Brass' sanctum, he never leaves. He only wraps himself further in the folds of infinite strategy. | ||
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[[Heaven's Mandate]] | [[Heaven's Mandate]] | ||
Revision as of 17:21, 30 July 2006
1:48 scale - 4.5 inches
Nine-Storied Pagoda
The Pagoda is fronted by a gatehouse that stands on the shore of the lake of glass. Its sweeping blue eaves, in the same architectural style as the Pagoda, are supported by eight columns and the interior is open to the air. The gatehouse has no guards, only a blue jade statue of a lion dog, nearly six feet high, in the center. Crossing through the gatehouse brings one to a thin stone walkway that spans the glass lake like a bridge and leads to the Pagoda's main gate.
Just inside the Pagoda's gate is a screened foyer for discrete entrance, but the rest of the first story is given over to an open-chambered audience hall.
- The Audience Hall
- Training #1
- Training #2
- Training #3
- Qinglong Alliance's Barracks
- Zhuque Brotherhood's Barracks
- Cathak Nekuto's Suite
- Storm of Amber's Suite
- The Chamber of War - replica of the steppes in miniature
The Brass Lady's Home
The model of the Marukan hills that rests in the topmost story of the Pagoda of Infinite Dtrategy is perfect in every detail, including its miniature copy of the Pagoda itself, standing four and a half inches high. This tiny replica is the doorway to the spiritual sanctum of the Sweet Voice of Brass and Glory; those who wish to enter the sanctum, whether by invitation or force, must touch one of the miniature's gabled eaves, whereupon they find themselves shrinking down into the model until they stand at the Pagoda's gatehouse; the Pagoda of Infinite Strategy and Sweet Brass' sanctum are the same building.
As expected, the sanctum's interior is identical to the original Pagoda in almost every way. The first four floors house the same audience hall and training rooms and are decorated with the same banners, maps, weapons and armor. The ninth floor, with its racks of detailed maps of Creation and its council table, is likewise the same, and its windows scry out onto the fields of Creation, not those of a model.
It's only the middle floors that differ from the manse Rivers Between Us made. The barracks of the Qinglong Alliance and Zhuque Brotherhood, as well as the suite reserved for Cathak Nekuto, stand empty and waiting for visitors or an expected staff. The eighth story, where Storm of Amber's suite should be, is an apartment for Sweet Brass.
A visitor leaves the sanctum the same way he entered it: by ascending to the top floor of the Pagoda and touching the minature building contained there. The leaving comes with the same sense of shrinking until the visitor is again standing at the gatehouse. The implications should be obvious: once a person enters Sweet Brass' sanctum, he never leaves. He only wraps himself further in the folds of infinite strategy.
