The Palace of the Rising
"And then, hidden in a glimmering crevice, you see it: a Second City Palace, blue as the Ishtar Gate. Around it a river of serpents rises: the Writhing River."[1]
The Palace of the Rising is a grand, lapis-blue[2][3] fortress in Parabola, located on the banks of the Writhing River.[4] Built by the Obstinate Adoratrice and her sisters, it was meant to allow the people of the Second City to live beneath sunlight once more, free from the Masters and the Echo Bazaar.[5][6] However, their plans collapsed before they could be realized, as the Masters escaped their imprisonment sooner than expected. Some of the sisters were forced to flee, and the Palace was left unfinished and abandoned.[7] The Adoratrice remains there, and has become its sole architect.[8]
The Palace is a triple-walled complex containing six chambers, which radiate outward from a central garden.[3] Five of these, possibly dedicated to five of the sisters, now lie dormant; only the innermost is occupied, as the location of the Adoratrice's throne.[9] In an unfinished corner, still built of ordinary sandstone, the Adoratrice has stored the ushabtiu[10] that allowed her subjects to roam Parabola in an eternal dream.[11][12]
References
- ↑ Search for a pool that meets the description, Fallen London
- ↑ The Echo of Chambers, Fallen London "[...] Look for a palace, adorned with feathers of a [...] Royal blue."
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Palace of the Rising, Conquered, Fallen London "Beyond the river, the Palace rises. Its walls are lapis, its turrets gilded. Triple walls surround the inner complex. Through open windows, fountains and lawns can be glimpsed: a garden at the Palace heart."
- ↑ Search for a pool that meets the description, Fallen London "[...] And then, hidden in a glimmering crevice, you see it: a Second City Palace, blue as the Ishtar Gate. Around it a river of serpents rises: the Writhing River."
- ↑ The Attendants, Fallen London "This is Parabola. We [...] brought light to it. The ushabti were built to construct a new home for the Second City, where we could live forever beneath the skin of the sun."
- ↑ The Attendants, Fallen London "A new sun was raised in the sky so the citizens might walk in light again."
- ↑ The Attendants, Fallen London "But the House of the Feather was opened before the Palace was completed. We four survivors fled."
- ↑ The Attendants, Fallen London "[...] She maintains this place even though she did not approve of its construction. She wants to see it finished. [...]"
- ↑ The Palace of the Rising, Conquered, Fallen London "Beyond the doors are chambers, divided in six so that each segment of the Palace has its own style, decoration and atmosphere. Five such segments are covered in dust, even here, in dream. Only the last and most innermost is occupied. A haven of Second City opulence, and at its heart, a woman alone. She sits on a lacquered throne, as though expecting you."
- ↑ The Palace of the Rising, Conquered, Fallen London "The Obstinate Adoratrice motions for you to follow her. She draws you deep within the Palace, to a staircase that winds its way up through level after level, to where the lapis ends and the sandstone, half-constructed, begins. There, in a deep recess of the palace, the ushabti wait."
- ↑ The Palace of the Rising, Conquered, Fallen London "In dreams they wander, and are lost. But in clay, even here, they remain themselves. The ones I have known for centuries."
- ↑ The Palace of the Rising, Conquered, Fallen London "Our bodies were meant to endure in the Second, while our minds ranged, free."
