MAY MINGLE

[stellafortunamods]

May Mingle: Entombed City
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Everyone's hard work resulted in the gate to upper Dragonspine opening. These ruins have not been traversed in years, if not centuries - everything within has been lost to time and living memory. An entire city has been buried in the snow.

People once lived there. The broken buildings host damaged furniture and weathered streets. There are various cloth-covered mounds in a house here and there, accompanied by a sprig of blue flowers. Someone has laid these people to rest after they passed away.

Traces of technology can be found in the city - golden boxes that contain crystals capable of recording and playing back holograms. One of the boxes introduces this place as Vindagnyr; a land once full of greenery and life. Just what happened to these people? What caused the eternal winter?

The highest point in the city is occupied by a temple built into a Domain. Within the Domain is a pale white tree, split in half by a strange object that has fallen through the Domain's ceiling. This temple was once a site for worship for Vindagnyr's people, and even in death they continue to pray for salvation. The priests have been frozen in ice, and the sheer cold emanating from the Skyfrost Nail makes it obvious that it is the cause of winter.

The city's inhabitants worshipped Celestia. Why then were they left to die?

State of the World

On October 1st, the entombed city of Vindagnyr becomes open for exploration. Travelers can choose to look for clues or try to scavenge the city for ancient materials or tools. Recording boxes all around the city tell stories of Vindagnyr's greener past, and of the days when winter suddenly arrived. This is the cruelty of Celestia that Forneus wished you to see.

For all questions regarding May's mingle and events, please head over to our OOC post.

Comments

[justicefang]

[Shirou pushes on the other side of the doors the moment he catches what is going on. Wind and fire, they'll be fine.]

What happened to this city, this is likely the source.

[Then he doesn't say anything else as the doors give way in near silence and they're within the temple proper. It looks like the buildings outside, but there are heaps of snow and ice on the floor and walls, as the cold wind flows, seeming to come from deeper inside.

He forces himself not to breathe in and calls a small amount of wind to his hand, holding it close enough to the fireball that it turns orange and red, carrying that warmth in the confines of the wind.] I don't see any bodies.

[Not yet. But there will be more bodies for sure.]

[unfriendliest]

They wouldn't have to be close to be killed by this kind of magic.

[ cryo is too pervasive on this mountain to avoid, no matter where they are... but it will be interesting if they find someone inside, won't it? maybe someone who tried to find the source of the magic to free their people... or just some priests in a block of ice, who knows! ]

We'll know when we find the cause of it.

[justicefang]

[Shirou only nods. There’s no need for more words. He crosses the main floor and heads for the open hallway at the back. More ice and frost cover the stone here. He walks carefully and breathes in.

The cold is worse this way.] At least it makes it obvious which way to go. Cold is worse this way.

[What he wouldn’t give to be able to be himself. Fur would be better. He touches the stone and jerks his hand back.]

Don't touch the walls.[The stone is so cold it feels like it burns the skin.]