Greater Aenilia/Lord High Chancellor's Athenaeum
Greater Aenilia's Athenaeum
So reads the carved wooden sign in ornate lettering overhead.
If you have found this sanctuary, then you must come with good reason. It has been rough going, travelling up the winding stairs carved into the mountains outside of Ipsosez. However, you finally reached the small cavern, hidden in the living rock of the mountainside. This part of the moutain never sees sunlight, it is always shrouded in the shadows of the mountains. You have either miraculously found or been told which runes to press upon the heavily carved stone door to move it aside. As you step inside, the door closes with a silent thud...enshrouding you in darkness.
Nonetheless, a dim light can be seen in the distance. As you walk toward it, your eyes beign to adjust and you realize the small passage is growing into a massive central room. In the room sits a single, mahogany table at the very center. At each of its corners burns a torch, casting light around the entire room. Through the shadows, one can detect rows and rows of books upon tall shelves, going off in all directions. It is almost impossible to be sure how large the room truly is, due to the shifting glimpses of light from the otrches.
After taking in all of these sights, you finally settle down to the task at hand and exhale deeply. You know each book is specifically bound in a certain color to denote its relative importance and subject matter. So which do you pursue?
