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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by LordofBones[/i] [br][i]Death's Embrace:[/i] The necropolis-city of the lich god Velsharoon is a parody of the cities of Faerun. Necropolitans and select living beings roam throughout the city's seven districts, and each district is presided by a greater undead or moderately powerful cleric. Death knights and skull lords patrol the city, keeping their lessers in line. The city's buildings are made of black basalt, and some of the most esoteric necromantic lore, spells and magical items can be found, commissioned or acquired here, assuming you have the coin and the spine to deal with the city's merchants. The odd arcanoloth can sometimes be seen debating the merits of this spell or that with a necromancer or lich; don't bother interrupting unless you're a spellslinger or like being condescended to. The only splashes of colour in the whole place are the flickering lights of nearby Ebonspire and the city's windows, as well as the aptly named bloodroses. The bloodroses are a beautiful, if morbid, sight, although Velsharoon amuses himself by letting deathfangs live in the gardens. That's without mentioning the flesh golem gardeners. [i]Ebonspire:[/i] The eight-peaked tower called Ebonspire is Velsharoon's seat of power, and reaches under the undead city itself. A pair of flesh colossi guard the doors, and an avatar will sometimes be in attendance in the throne room. The power himself is usually in one of the laboratories or libraries beneath the tower, and day-to-day affairs are usually left up to the Necromancer's proxy, a tall, black-cloaked and black-robed human male called Norn the Tainted Master (Necromancer 13, Master Necromancer 10, Archmage 5). Norn has the ability to manifest the special attack of any undead creature found in the Realms, and can additionally imbue negative energy into his magic as gifts from Velsharoon. [i]Endless Crypts:[/i] The crypts under the tower are vast, elaborate tombs patrolled by undead creatures. The necromantic laboratories and arcane treasuries here constantly update with every advancement of the dark art made in the Realms, and new forms of undead are studied and experimented with daily. Velsharoon's most powerful servitors dwell here, so it's best to try and keep a low profile. Death-by-lich is rather inconvenient in a place where you're more than likely to find yourself resurrected on some necromancer's autopsy table, and kept alive while you're "studied". [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.