Post by Kjara/Jyotic on Oct 1, 2007 15:51:28 GMT -5
As you look out to sea from the main island of Tengal, the golden stacks rise up from the ocean. Perching almost precariously ontop is a simple stone structure. The ancient stones are well weathered, but stand strong, forming the four walls of a large hall. There is no roof. Old trees grow up inside the room, twisting organically with the rocks, suggesting that both trees and building have stood there for many years. In the hall stand eight grand chairs in a semi-circle, grown out out of the trees. There is one for each Quental.
This is the Quental Meeting Hall. It is different from the villages in that there is no sign of any guards in the area. The Quental rely on the magic to keep the area safe, and their reputation means that very few dare approach the golden stacks at all. Nobody can enter the Hall without the knowledge and the permission of the Quental, because they have weaved complicated charms around the building, in the form of symbols scratched into the stone. These symbols have no particular meaning, they are simply an expression and medium for the magic to work through. Other than this, the Quental rely on their staffs.
There is a well in the centre of the Meeting Hall. In each village there is a similar smaller well. The villagers can drop problems or concerns carved into a stone into the water, and the same messages will appear on the stones in the Meeting Hall Well.
The Quental do not live here. They each have their own open roofed house hidden somewhere on the Golden Stacks. They meet at sun-up daily to check the messages in the well, before spending more time in silent meditation. They solve what problems they can for the villagers of the village they are responsible for.
The Quental Meeting Hall was first built when magic was first discovered in the villagers of Tengal. A young kitsune from Galan was given his staff in a typical ceremony, only to discover that he could use it to contol objects at will. He left Galan, and visited each of the other villages. In each village he found one other who could control magic as he could. The other villages were scared of them, so they set up on the then abandoned Golden Stacks, building themselves a hall with magic, and relying on no-one else for food or water.
The Quental have extended lives, and slowly they found themselves being asked to help with problems in the villages, as a new generation challenged the old prejudices and fears. To help as many as they could, they set up the wells in each village.
Every three generations or so, the Quental die, and new youngsters are born who find magic when they are given their staff. They must carve their own runes of protection on the stones around the hall, before taking their seats, to prove they have the neccessary ability, otherwise their magic leaves them, and they must return to the normal life of the Kitsune and a new Quental is chosen.
This is the Quental Meeting Hall. It is different from the villages in that there is no sign of any guards in the area. The Quental rely on the magic to keep the area safe, and their reputation means that very few dare approach the golden stacks at all. Nobody can enter the Hall without the knowledge and the permission of the Quental, because they have weaved complicated charms around the building, in the form of symbols scratched into the stone. These symbols have no particular meaning, they are simply an expression and medium for the magic to work through. Other than this, the Quental rely on their staffs.
There is a well in the centre of the Meeting Hall. In each village there is a similar smaller well. The villagers can drop problems or concerns carved into a stone into the water, and the same messages will appear on the stones in the Meeting Hall Well.
The Quental do not live here. They each have their own open roofed house hidden somewhere on the Golden Stacks. They meet at sun-up daily to check the messages in the well, before spending more time in silent meditation. They solve what problems they can for the villagers of the village they are responsible for.
The Quental Meeting Hall was first built when magic was first discovered in the villagers of Tengal. A young kitsune from Galan was given his staff in a typical ceremony, only to discover that he could use it to contol objects at will. He left Galan, and visited each of the other villages. In each village he found one other who could control magic as he could. The other villages were scared of them, so they set up on the then abandoned Golden Stacks, building themselves a hall with magic, and relying on no-one else for food or water.
The Quental have extended lives, and slowly they found themselves being asked to help with problems in the villages, as a new generation challenged the old prejudices and fears. To help as many as they could, they set up the wells in each village.
Every three generations or so, the Quental die, and new youngsters are born who find magic when they are given their staff. They must carve their own runes of protection on the stones around the hall, before taking their seats, to prove they have the neccessary ability, otherwise their magic leaves them, and they must return to the normal life of the Kitsune and a new Quental is chosen.
