Post by Ribitta on Oct 3, 2009 20:33:17 GMT -5
The Earth Temple
The Earth Temple is one of the Temples of Old that was forged to its purpose nearly on accident. When it was created, it was a simple Aztec-styled temple, huge and multi-layered, all side rooms leading toward the center room where the sacrifices to the earth god were made. The temple was built on the spot because the natives felt tremors in the earth always nearby, and thinking it was the earth god himself they built their temple to honor him, but the earth god had another plan.
One day as the natives entered the temple to make their sacrifices, they came into the main room to find that the floor had entirely collapsed, revealing a massive hole like none they had ever seen before. Feeling this to be a sign, they urged their entire civilization to move here, away from the sunlight and into the arms of the earth itself. They found the soil to be fertile and plants seemed to not need light in this precious soil, and so they erected buildings and farms and an entire civilization, finding everything they needed down there.
Then the Earth King struck, wiping out the entire civilization, leaving only ruins in its wake, reclaiming the burrow it had dug for itself over a hundred years ago. All the relics, altars, artifacts, and tributes to the earth god now left in this destroyed, underground tomb. This story is known from tablets recovered from the insides of the earth temple, and for this reason it is avoided as a sign of trying to become too close to the gods and feeling their punishment for it, but some would still dare to enter the lost labyrinths of the earth temple.
Bestiary:
Darkened Beast
Drake
Drakeling
EggDrake
Earth King - Temple Guardian
Gargoyle
Giant Spider
Griffin
Lizalfos
Minotaur
Rock Golem
Shadow Creature
Skeleton
Skulltula
Skullwalltula
World Eater
NOTICE: The Earth Temple's inner structure cannot be entered by any means currently.
The Earth Temple is one of the Temples of Old that was forged to its purpose nearly on accident. When it was created, it was a simple Aztec-styled temple, huge and multi-layered, all side rooms leading toward the center room where the sacrifices to the earth god were made. The temple was built on the spot because the natives felt tremors in the earth always nearby, and thinking it was the earth god himself they built their temple to honor him, but the earth god had another plan.
One day as the natives entered the temple to make their sacrifices, they came into the main room to find that the floor had entirely collapsed, revealing a massive hole like none they had ever seen before. Feeling this to be a sign, they urged their entire civilization to move here, away from the sunlight and into the arms of the earth itself. They found the soil to be fertile and plants seemed to not need light in this precious soil, and so they erected buildings and farms and an entire civilization, finding everything they needed down there.
Then the Earth King struck, wiping out the entire civilization, leaving only ruins in its wake, reclaiming the burrow it had dug for itself over a hundred years ago. All the relics, altars, artifacts, and tributes to the earth god now left in this destroyed, underground tomb. This story is known from tablets recovered from the insides of the earth temple, and for this reason it is avoided as a sign of trying to become too close to the gods and feeling their punishment for it, but some would still dare to enter the lost labyrinths of the earth temple.
Bestiary:
Darkened Beast
Drake
Drakeling
EggDrake
Earth King - Temple Guardian
Gargoyle
Giant Spider
Griffin
Lizalfos
Minotaur
Rock Golem
Shadow Creature
Skeleton
Skulltula
Skullwalltula
World Eater
NOTICE: The Earth Temple's inner structure cannot be entered by any means currently.