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The '''Lotus Pool''' is a massive pool at the center of the Sere Palace.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Lotus_Pool|The Lotus Pool|Fallen London|}} ''"At the heart of the palace is a pond the size of a cathedral dome."''</ref> It is not filled with water, but rather a potent, multicolored mix of poisons.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Poisoner%27s_Library|The Poisoner's Library|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] the depths of the Lotus Pool. [...] not truly water but a potent cocktail of poisons [...]"''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Look_deep_into_the_pool|Look deep into the pool|Fallen London|}} ''"The shade of the poison changes."''</ref> It houses floating plant life,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Lotus_Pool|The Lotus Pool|Fallen London|}} ''"Lotuses and lilies float upon its surface [...]"''</ref> but the fish within it struggle to survive.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Look_deep_into_the_pool|Look deep into the pool|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] fish swim in the poison gloom. Some appear to be dying [...]"''</ref> The Pool can be used to control the Hinterlands' canals by draining or refilling them on command.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Lotus_Pool_2|The Lotus Pool 2|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] mosaics [...] they correspond to the waterways here. [...] an old trench off the canals. Dry now. [...] If [...] I fill this pool [...] it will open a gate that will flood one of the old routes."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Advise_the_Gondolier_to_take_the_empty_canal|Advise the Gondolier to take the empty canal|Fallen London|}} ''"He [...] pours the flask into the pool, [...] Deep within the pool, metal groans. [...] the pool roils. [...] dead fish rise to the surface, [...]"''</ref> | The '''Lotus Pool''' is a massive pool at the center of the Sere Palace.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Lotus_Pool|The Lotus Pool|Fallen London|}} ''"At the heart of the palace is a pond the size of a cathedral dome."''</ref> It is not filled with water, but rather a potent, multicolored mix of poisons.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Poisoner%27s_Library|The Poisoner's Library|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] the depths of the Lotus Pool. [...] not truly water but a potent cocktail of poisons [...]"''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Look_deep_into_the_pool|Look deep into the pool|Fallen London|}} ''"The shade of the poison changes."''</ref> It houses floating plant life,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Lotus_Pool|The Lotus Pool|Fallen London|}} ''"Lotuses and lilies float upon its surface [...]"''</ref> but the fish within it struggle to survive.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Look_deep_into_the_pool|Look deep into the pool|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] fish swim in the poison gloom. Some appear to be dying [...]"''</ref> The Pool can be used to control the Hinterlands' canals by draining or refilling them on command.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Lotus_Pool_2|The Lotus Pool 2|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] mosaics [...] they correspond to the waterways here. [...] an old trench off the canals. Dry now. [...] If [...] I fill this pool [...] it will open a gate that will flood one of the old routes."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Advise_the_Gondolier_to_take_the_empty_canal|Advise the Gondolier to take the empty canal|Fallen London|}} ''"He [...] pours the flask into the pool, [...] Deep within the pool, metal groans. [...] the pool roils. [...] dead fish rise to the surface, [...]"''</ref> | ||
The Lotus Pool is inhabited by a being known as the [[Poisoned Priestess]],<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Poisoner%27s_Library|The Poisoner's Library|Fallen London|}} ''"The Poisoned Priestess [...] She begins to sink back into the Lotus Pool, until the searing green waters cover all [...]"''</ref> the source of the Palace's poisons.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Poisoner%27s_Library|The Poisoner's Library|Fallen London|}} ''"The poison is produced from the Palace itself... [...] A text of the Second City indicates that some poisons are purgations [...] the Poisoned Priestess, the poison at the heart of the Sere Palace."''</ref> Once the eldest of the [[The Pharaoh's Daughters|Pharaoh's Daughters]],<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Dig_a_little_distance_from_the_river_2|Dig a little distance from the river 2|Fallen London|}} ''"You pull out six tiny clay women, [...] One carries a mirror, one an ankh, one a cat, one a rose. One is snapped in half, [...] The last holds [...] perfume or of poison."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Poisoner%27s_Library|The Poisoner's Library|Fallen London|}} ''"The Duchess [...] The woman in the Lotus Pool bears a family resemblance to one you know."''</ref> she was likely the Palace's original owner.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Poisoner%27s_Library|The Poisoner's Library|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] the poison that floods the waters around the palace. [...] the hazards of travel in that place, particularly around the palaces of [...] 'the Sisters.'"''</ref> After her death and transfiguration,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Attendants|The Attendants|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] hieroglyphs show a woman at the head of six, walking alone into a dark temple, [...] The youngest of us perished [...] the eldest in the House of the Feather."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Poisoner%27s_Library|The Poisoner's Library|Fallen London|}} ''"The Poisoned Priestess nods. "Both of us were transfigured to trick another's bargain. [...]"''</ref> the Lotus Pool became the center of her new fiefdom,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Poisoner%27s_Library|The Poisoner's Library|Fallen London|}} ''"The Poisoned Priestess [...] gestures to the Lotus Pool [...] within which she makes her queendom."''</ref> which she rules in perpetuity.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Poisoner%27s_Library|The Poisoner's Library|Fallen London|}} ''"Nor can I die. [...] The Poisoned Priestess gazes [...]"''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Poisoner%27s_Library|The Poisoner's Library|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] he could read men well, [...] In my loneliness, I allowed a substitution."''</ref> | The Lotus Pool is inhabited by a being known as the [[Poisoned Priestess]],<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Poisoner%27s_Library|The Poisoner's Library|Fallen London|}} ''"The Poisoned Priestess [...] She begins to sink back into the Lotus Pool, until the searing green waters cover all [...]"''</ref> the source of the Palace's poisons.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Poisoner%27s_Library|The Poisoner's Library|Fallen London|}} ''"The poison is produced from the Palace itself... [...] A text of the Second City indicates that some poisons are purgations [...] the Poisoned Priestess, the poison at the heart of the Sere Palace."''</ref> Once the eldest of the [[The Pharaoh's Daughters|Pharaoh's Daughters]],<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Dig_a_little_distance_from_the_river_2|Dig a little distance from the river 2|Fallen London|}} ''"You pull out six tiny clay women, [...] One carries a mirror, one an ankh, one a cat, one a rose. One is snapped in half, [...] The last holds [...] perfume or of poison."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Poisoner%27s_Library|The Poisoner's Library|Fallen London|}} ''"The Duchess [...] The woman in the Lotus Pool bears a family resemblance to one you know."''</ref> she was likely the Palace's original owner.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Poisoner%27s_Library|The Poisoner's Library|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] the poison that floods the waters around the palace. [...] the hazards of travel in that place, particularly around the palaces of [...] 'the Sisters.'"''</ref> After her death and transfiguration,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Attendants|The Attendants|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] hieroglyphs show a woman at the head of six, walking alone into a dark temple, [...] The youngest of us perished [...] the eldest in the House of the Feather."''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Poisoner%27s_Library|The Poisoner's Library|Fallen London|}} ''"The Poisoned Priestess nods. "Both of us were transfigured to trick another's bargain. [...]"''</ref> the Lotus Pool became the center of her new fiefdom,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Poisoner%27s_Library|The Poisoner's Library|Fallen London|}} ''"The Poisoned Priestess [...] gestures to the Lotus Pool [...] within which she makes her queendom."''</ref> which she rules in solitary perpetuity.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Poisoner%27s_Library|The Poisoner's Library|Fallen London|}} ''"Nor can I die. [...] The Poisoned Priestess gazes [...]"''</ref><ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Poisoner%27s_Library|The Poisoner's Library|Fallen London|}} ''"[...] he could read men well, [...] In my loneliness, I allowed a substitution."''</ref> | ||
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"The island, beset by poisoned fogs, rises barely a few feet above the water. Brackish puddles, noxious to the touch, lurk amidst creeping vines."[1]
"A stone causeway picks its way across the island towards the looming shadow of the ruin. The sandstone is shattered in parts, the broken rocks submerged in acidic waters."[2]
The Sere Palace is a structure located within the waterways of the Hinterlands.
Hazardous Environment
"It is forbidden! Never go there again. Its master is not to be disturbed."[3]
The Sere Palace is a ancient, sandstone[4] structure that dates back to the Second City.[5] It is located in a nexus of waterways in the Hinterlands; the surrounding area is suffused with poisons,[6] repelling any travelers from the Guild of Gondoliers or Hell.[7]
The Second City originally built the Sere Palace to improve on and harness the canals constructed by Hell.[8][9] Within the Palace are mosaics depicting female Ancient Egyptian rulers, all of whom wear feathered headwear.[10] The bodies of water in the mosaics correspond to the Hinterlands' waterways.[11][12]
The Lotus Pool
"At the heart of the palace is a pond the size of a cathedral dome. Lotuses and lilies float upon its surface, though its serenity is disturbed by the roiling, black and purple waters below."[13]
"And then, in the depths of the pool, you see her. A woman, crowned and robed in flickering weeds. Her crown is formed of reeds; her skin like leather. Her eyes are black as she speaks in a language you do not understand."[14]
The Lotus Pool is a massive pool at the center of the Sere Palace.[15] It is not filled with water, but rather a potent, multicolored mix of poisons.[16][17] It houses floating plant life,[18] but the fish within it struggle to survive.[19] The Pool can be used to control the Hinterlands' canals by draining or refilling them on command.[20][21]
The Lotus Pool is inhabited by a being known as the Poisoned Priestess,[22] the source of the Palace's poisons.[23] Once the eldest of the Pharaoh's Daughters,[24][25] she was likely the Palace's original owner.[26] After her death and transfiguration,[27][28] the Lotus Pool became the center of her new fiefdom,[29] which she rules in solitary perpetuity.[30][31]
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