Sacred Valley - Revision history

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Sacred Arts in the Valley

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School Paths, Sacred Valley

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 '''To the east, Mount Samara''' rises as the tallest of the four holy peaks. It is blanketed in snow, and crowned in a ring of pale white light, called Samara's Halo, that circles the summit. The halo appears at sundown and disappears at sunrise, so that no one in Sacred Valley has ever experienced a dark night. Samara’s halo is a construction of light aura bound into form by an expert millennia past, and it is the reason why so many sacred artists in the valley practice light-aspect arts. The '''[[Heaven’s Glory School]]''' has claimed this peak, using the power of Samara’s ring to gather light aura even on a moonless night. The '''Ancestor’s Tomb''' is near the top of the mountain. The '''Wei clan''' claims the countryside beneath Mount Samara.
-==Sacred Arts in the Valley==
+==Sacred Arts Study and Culture==
 <b> SCHOOLS </b>

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 ==Sacred Arts in the Valley==
-==School Paths, Sacred Valley==
+<b> SCHOOLS </b>
 Sacred Arts study and discipleship at the four mountain-top schools is granted to only the most gifted.
 *Students at [[Heaven’s Glory School]] on Mount Samara to the east study a Path that employs light madra. The Path of Heaven’s Glory enables artists to burn others with their light techniques.  The vital aura comes from the ring above the peak.

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 ==Sacred Arts in the Valley==
-===Path per School===
-Sacred Arts study and discipleship at the four mountain-top schools is granted to only the most gifted.
+==School Paths, Sacred Valley==
-Students at [[Heaven’s Glory School]] on Mount Samara study a Path that employs light madra. The vital aura comes from the ring above the peak. Members of Holy Wind School on The Greatfather peak follow a strange Path of wind, light, and dream techniques that create zones of unnatural weather.  Golden Sword disciples on Mount Venture study a Path of sword madra that uses Enforcer techniques on their weapon. The name of their Path comes from the goldsteel swords they use more than from their techniques. Attendees of [[Fallen Leaf School]] on Yoma Mountain focus on using life madra to guide the growth of spirit-fruits and sacred herbs. They are especially proud of their harvest of treasure fruit from their orchards of purple orus tree. (also see [https://www.abidanarchive.com/events/1/#e174 Abidan Archive e174])
+Sacred Arts study and discipleship at the four mountain-top schools is granted to only the most gifted.
 ===Perpetual Ignorance===

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 The most important man-made landmark in Sacred Valley is the ancient mysterious '''[[Labyrinth]]''', located beneath the valley and within the mountains. It contains the monstrous prisoner, [[Subject One]]. It has two known entrances: 1) through the huge Nethergate at the foot of Yoma Mountain and 2) through the immense Ancestor’s Tomb, high on Mount Samara. There could also be hidden or unknown entrances. <br> Another important landmark is the tall white tower where the Wei clan keeps [[Elder Whisper]] locked up, much of the time. <br>Geographical landmarks include the four holy peaks, or mountains, described below.
-===Landmark Peaks===
+===Landmark Peaks & Passes===
-The four mountains bracketing Sacred Valley are known to the locals as the “'''holy peaks,'''” locations of myth and mystery. The four sacred arts schools in the region have each claimed a peak as their home, and the secrets found within have given these organizations strong roots.
+The four mountains bracketing Sacred Valley are known to the locals as the “'''holy peaks,'''” locations of myth and mystery. The four sacred arts schools in the region have each claimed a peak as their home, and the secrets found within have given these organizations strong roots. There’s a pass through the mountain on each peak. Each school must guard its specific pass from outsiders and uninvited intruders.
 '''To the north, Yoma Mountain''' is carpeted in purple orus trees for most of the year. '''The [[Fallen Leaf School]]''' processes the fruits of these trees into products to be sold, as well as secret elixirs to strengthen their own students. They also possess the largest and most obvious entrance into the labyrinth that forms the foundation of the entire Sacred Valley, an entrance they call the '''Nethergate'''. The door stands thirty meters high, and is carved with the image of a [[Dreadgod]]. Every ten years, it opens, and the Fallen Leaf elders are able to retrieve some treasures from the shallowest levels of the labyrinth within.

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 The most important man-made landmark in Sacred Valley is the ancient mysterious '''[[Labyrinth]]''', located beneath the valley and within the mountains. It contains the monstrous prisoner, [[Subject One]]. It has two known entrances: 1) through the huge Nethergate at the foot of Yoma Mountain and 2) through the immense Ancestor’s Tomb, high on Mount Samara. There could also be hidden or unknown entrances. <br> Another important landmark is the tall white tower where the Wei clan keeps [[Elder Whisper]] locked up, much of the time. <br>Geographical landmarks include the four holy peaks, or mountains, described below.
-==Holy Peaks==
+===Landmark Peaks===
 The four mountains bracketing Sacred Valley are known to the locals as the “'''holy peaks,'''” locations of myth and mystery. The four sacred arts schools in the region have each claimed a peak as their home, and the secrets found within have given these organizations strong roots.

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 ==Sacred Snowfox==
 Important to the Valley — and especially the Wei clan — is [[Elder Whisper]], an ancient [[Sacred Beasts|sacred beast]], several hundred years old. The oldest inhabitant in the valley. His species is native to this valley. He is a white snowfox with five tails and the ability to create illusions with light aura, using foxfire. He is usually locked in his white tower for some unknown reason, but he can easily break out, being the strongest artist in the valley. He has fathered numerous snowfoxes — a protected species here. His offspring only have three tails, but he has five.
-<blockquote > Elder Whisper had joined the clan founders to create the Wei clan, dominating the native Remnants to carve out a section of wilderness in Sacred Valley. He had created the Path of the White Fox, the most common Path in the entire clan, and used its powers to control and assimilate several lesser clans. Not even the current Wei Patriarch was as honored as Elder Whisper. (Soulsmith chapter 3)</blockquote >
+<blockquote > Elder Whisper had joined the clan founders to create the Wei clan, dominating the native Remnants to carve out a section of wilderness in Sacred Valley. He had created the Path of the White Fox, the most common Path in the entire clan, and used its powers to control and assimilate several lesser clans. Not even the current Wei Patriarch was as honored as Elder Whisper. (Unsouled, ch 3)</blockquote >
 ==Ancestral Orus Tree ==

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 ==Three Clans==
-This valley is home to almost a million people, living within three clan territories  - the [[Wei Clan|Wei clan]], the [[Li Clan|Li clan]], and the [[Kazan Clan|Kazan clan]]. Also, criminals and outcasts roam the valley. <br><br>The protagonist in the Cradle series, [[Wei Shi Lindon Arelius]], is from the Wei clan, in the northeast section of the valley. The Wei clan lives under the light-aura ring above Mount Samara and Heaven’s Glory School. They also live near Yoma Mountain, carpeted with purple-leafed orus trees and home to Falling Leaf School.<blockquote > "Most buildings in the Wei clan were purple and white, reflecting the purple leaves of the orus tree and the white fur of the snowfox. From a distance, the clan was a collage of those two colors. Only one tower stood out: a needle of white, so tall that it seemed thin." (Soulsmith, ch 3).</blockquote >
+This valley is home to almost a million people, living within three clan territories  - the [[Wei Clan|Wei clan]], the [[Li Clan|Li clan]], and the [[Kazan Clan|Kazan clan]]. Also, criminals and outcasts roam the valley. <br><br>The protagonist in the Cradle series, [[Wei Shi Lindon Arelius]], is from the Wei clan, in the northeast section of the valley. The Wei clan lives under the light-aura ring above Mount Samara and [[Heaven’s Glory School]]. They also live near Yoma Mountain, carpeted with purple-leafed orus trees and home to [[Fallen Leaf School]].<blockquote > "Most buildings in the Wei clan were purple and white, reflecting the purple leaves of the orus tree and the white fur of the snowfox. From a distance, the clan was a collage of those two colors. Only one tower stood out: a needle of white, so tall that it seemed thin." (Soulsmith, ch 3).</blockquote >
 To the west, the hardworking Kazan clan mine Mount Venture and their young sacred artists hope to attend Golden Sword School. To the south, the snooty Li clan live near the Greatfather and Holy Winds School.

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 '''To the south rises The Greatfather'''. The top of the mountain is broken, its peak shattered into a shape resembling the mouth of a bottle. Water pools up there, cascading down the cliffs in a stream known as the '''Dragon River.''' Fueled by the water aura at the top of the mountain, storms wrack these slopes year-round, and the '''Holy Wind School''' maintains shelters for unlucky travelers caught outside. Holy Wind School elders can bathe in the pool at the top, known as '''Greatfather’s Tears''', regenerating their vitality of body and spirit. The '''Li clan''' live in this area.
-'''To the east, Mount Samara''' rises as the tallest of the four holy peaks. It is blanketed in snow, and crowned in a ring of pale white light, called Samara's Halo, that circles the summit. The halo appears at sundown and disappears at sunrise, so that no one in Sacred Valley has ever experienced a dark night. Samara’s halo is a construction of light aura bound into form by an expert millennia past, and it is the reason why so many sacred artists in the valley practice light-aspect arts. The '''Heaven’s Glory School''' has claimed this peak, using the power of Samara’s ring to gather light aura even on a moonless night. The '''Ancestor’s Tomb''' is near the top of the mountain. The '''Wei clan''' claims the countryside beneath Mount Samara.
+'''To the east, Mount Samara''' rises as the tallest of the four holy peaks. It is blanketed in snow, and crowned in a ring of pale white light, called Samara's Halo, that circles the summit. The halo appears at sundown and disappears at sunrise, so that no one in Sacred Valley has ever experienced a dark night. Samara’s halo is a construction of light aura bound into form by an expert millennia past, and it is the reason why so many sacred artists in the valley practice light-aspect arts. The '''[[Heaven’s Glory School]]''' has claimed this peak, using the power of Samara’s ring to gather light aura even on a moonless night. The '''Ancestor’s Tomb''' is near the top of the mountain. The '''Wei clan''' claims the countryside beneath Mount Samara.
 ==Sacred Arts in the Valley==