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| The first layer of Arcadia is mostly flat, though there are mountains and hills arranged just so. Forests, lakes, fields, and streams are all found here. It is a layer of plenty, and everything, even common beasts, is dedicated to the good of all. | | The first layer of Arcadia is mostly flat, though there are mountains and hills arranged just so. Forests, lakes, fields, and streams are all found here. It is a layer of plenty, and everything, even common beasts, is dedicated to the good of all. |
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| Formians are rightly feared for their dedication to spread to all planes and all worlds. Not so the colony of formians on Arcadia, or so the myrmarchs and queen are quick to demonstrate to the paranoid einheriar. Their hive-city is called Mandible. Unlike a common hive-city, Mandible is open and mostly above ground. From the outside, the hive looks like an appealing geometric mix of two- and three-story buildings, parks, and spires. The tunnels hidden below the city are rarely seen by nonformians. Still, visitors are welcome above in the markets and inns. The Queen Mother K'l'tk'thra (called Clarity by nonformians) rules Mandible from her royal chamber deep within the tunnels. Clarity spends her days overseeing the business of the hive, breeding, and protecting the Place of Eggs.
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| A perfectly conical mountain, standing apart from any range, rises at least thirty thousand feet above the fields below, its peak wreathed in clouds and storms. This edifice was raised by the great dwarven hero Clangeddin Silverbeard. The mountain's interiors are riddled with great halls, galleries, and dwarven-carved roads paved with flagstones. Costly lamps, hot and cold forges, and city-wide feasting halls all provide light and merriment for the underground visitor. Strangers are welcome here, especially those who come to order special weapons from the legendary smiths who labor in the hottest portions of the forge. The dwarves who live within Mount Clangeddin, both mortal and petitioner, spend half of each day drilling, training, and perfecting their military skills to honor their lord Clangeddin. Visitors seeking to raise an army sometimes come to Mount Clangeddin, tempting the deity with stories of righteous warfare. Sometimes, Clangeddin is moved by such appeals and assigns axes to the cause.
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| =Basilica of Saint Cuthbert=
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| High walls manned by specially chosen paladins surround this mighty edifice of St. Cuthbert. Within the walls stands the basilica itself, whose highest dome reaches a mile into the sky. At the very center of the basilica is Cuthbert's seat, called the Seat of Truth, though he rarely takes it. A curved open canopy supported by four serpentine pillars shelters the seat. St. Cuthbert brought the pillars home as trophies after a brief crusade into the Nine Hells. As the deity of common sense, wisdom, and similar sentiments, St. Cuthbert is noted for his rulings on matters of state, philosophy, and everything else. However, he is also called St. Cuthbert of the Cudgel, and wherever the deity goes, so goes his bronzewood weapon. If words do not suffice, St. Cuthbert's cudgel does. Einheriar and privileged clerics, paladins, and others of deep faith stay in the basilica with St. Cuthbert, though he sends many out on missions in his name. Modest accommodations are set aside for occasional supplicants wishing to hear the wisdom of St. Cuthbert.
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The first layer of Arcadia is mostly flat, though there are mountains and hills arranged just so. Forests, lakes, fields, and streams are all found here. It is a layer of plenty, and everything, even common beasts, is dedicated to the good of all.