Spotted from afar is a great symmetrical basalt mountain in the middle of a vast clear field that ensures it’s solitude. Visible at daytime, and unmistakably prominent at night, is a bright red glow splitting the monolith vertically in twain. Taking a closer look isn’t a menial task. The closer one gets to it the appearance of the maws in the ground gets more and more frequent, until they simply stop, and for a good reason. With a better inspection, what appeared to be an active volcano reveals itself to be something much more unusual. The beacon is made of two twin basalt pillars each with a constant lava stream that leaves the pillar at its summit facing the other pillar. Both streams clash in the center and flow down as one in the space between the rocks. The impact has enough force to fling droplets of lava up and outward creating a constant rain of fiery death in a 200 meters radius around the Beacon. Still, the most notable observation is the lack of any kind of lava flow leaving the pillars, which indicates that all the magma flowing down from the pillar’s summits must continue further downward into the earth. Who knows what might be down there?
Mistress of Pain
Aengellania sat in her study, the first time in quite a while since she's been absent from...