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The Castle of Lux-Anima
Four hundred feet high scaffolding hazardously disposed across a rocky landscape. The castle has never once been finished. The hundred something workers are calmly assembling wooden structures and lifting metal beams with rusty, rumbling cranes. A technician carries a blue acid battery, harvested from a ship or a fallen satellite to a nearby wood splitting automata.
Here is a detailed plan of the current castle configuration (Configuration 22b):
The first three stories are made of crude blocks, assembled many decades ago. It used to be the main entrance, but it is now hardly maneuverable since its reinforcement. Many Maleas can be seen turning the cracked pillars into permaglass.
The fourth is made of pine wood and host a large community dining room and bakery.
The fifth is a temple to the late Nekkedy - hexavatar of luck. He was a neighbour to the Castle and ferryman of the Coral Agora.
The sixth and seventh have both been purged clean. The plans not yet approved.
The eight floor is made of ceramic and pearls and is where the Queen rests and studies. This floor is situated at 233ft, the heights at which the Red Wing Blackbird prefers to fly.
The ninth floor is the strategy room. The few old colonels and architects meets there to plan the defense of the castle - no army has been seen for 7 decades, allies or rivals. Arch-architect Hobb’s drawing table takes 1/4 of the level’s floor.
The tenth floor will be a garden or an armory. Both inspires and display wealth extravagance.
The eleventh floor is for guests and baths. It always smells of lavender and salt. There are 2 prison cells which holds at least 1 Alchemist.
The twelfth floor is an astronomy center. It is important to keep in touch with the stars and observe approaching ships. This is how The Queen met The Pilot some years ago, with whom she is still friend.
There might be more floors eventually, following Arch-architech Hobb’s wishes and drawings.
Emerald Domain
Omnipresent and invincible are the century old oaks. They are the only masters of the Emerald Domain - gargantuan fields of trees and vines.
With the pyrochilds and blade golems now vanquished - only a handful of humanoids are trying symbiotic life with the oak-masters. The forest is full and plenty of everything needed for the ones who can participate fully in the chain of life and decay.