Thursday, 15th December 2011, 07:47 by Mychaelh
Grimm explained my intention right. But I'm not a native English speaker, there is always the chance that I don't get it right. Thanks for all, who read over it.
I started to make description for altars. Here some examples:
A bloodstained altar of Trog
A barbaric altar to Trog the Wrathful, crudely made by
what seem to be the hands of giants and the columna
vertebralis of an ogre. This sacrificial altar and it's
surroundings are covered with limps, bones, blood,
entrails and what seems to be smokey remains of
a grimoire. All in all, this setting has the intellectual
charm of a sloughterhouse.
A blossoming altar of Fedhas
A natural altar to Fedhas Madash, covered in vibrant
and colourful plant life. A little natural font is
rising and falling, sparkling in mysterious lights...
Some closer look reveals the old bones of a huge animal,
partly covered with earth, perfoliated with roots and
grown over by lichenic, fungi, moos and ferns. The air
is filled with the smell of compost.
A white marble altar of Elyvilon
An altar to Elyvilon the healer, made from purest white
marble and incraved with protective signs of the Holy
Trinity. Topped by a sculpture of Chalice of
Purification the altar is also adorned with the
delineation of a white swan carefully drawing broken
weapons out of it's bleeding chest. A mood of
redemption and tranquility beleaguers this sacrosanct
place.
A shattered altar of Ashenzari
This crystal altar shattered to pieces when Ashenzari
was chained long ago. But still, there is power here: a
dark cursed aura holds the shards in mid-explosion,
suspended in time and space much like the god they
herald. A relief engraved in the lower front depicts an
obscure scene:
A full armoured figure, wearing abundant jewelry and
shouldering weapons of different kinds. This possesions
radiate courious bands, almost like chained snakes.
They coil around the figure and ultimately extend to a
glyph of Ashenzari nailed above. Altrough the eyes of
this 'marionette' rest trustfully at it's possessions,
you nevertheless have the eerie feeling that they watch
the surroundings and...you.
An iron altar of Okawaru
An altar of iron and steel dedicated to the Warmaster
Okawaru. It's decorated with all kind of weapons and a
simple relief is melted into the front: Standing on the
corpses of slain enemies, comrades in arms vow loyalty
to each other, while being showered from above in a rain
of projectils and weapons.
A burning altar of Makhleb
An ever-burning altar to Makhleb the Destroyer, rather
simple and straight-forward in design. Out of a block
of iron blaze evil flames of all-embracing delition.
Strange, twisting shapes are visible in the flames,
trying to seduce you to join Makhleb's Total War. All
you can perceive in the heat clearly is a demonic black swan.
A sparkling altar of Nemelex Xobeh
This odd altar seems to resemble a kind of fair tent
divulging a mood of deceptive mystery. It sparkles with
a lightshow brighter than any gambling den's to attract
followers for Nemelex Xobeh. For some reason, the place
around here has been cleaned up thoroughly from every
piece of debris.
A basalt altar of Yredelemnul
An evil altar worked from columnar basalt and cloathed
in the deadly silence of a cementary. This sanctuary is
consecrated to the mighty demon-god Yredelemnul, Lord
of the Dead. Below the altar a tomb, sealed with
hieroglyphic curses that blasphem against the the Holy
Trinity, is located. It contains the bones of a
distinguished knight-commander, waiting for the
battlecall of his master to arouse him again. A plaque
offers necromantic powers to all who volunteer for
Yredelemnul's demonic Crusade of the Dead too.
An ancient bone altar of Kikubaaqudgha
Bones were piled here since long time ago, adducting
the attention of an evil entity called Kikubaaqudgha
from ouside the circles of time. In turn this shunned
lieu has attracted those, who audacious dabble in
abhorrent necromantic arts of the worst kind. This
place is now used for feculent rituals, but it's even
not clear if 'Kikubaaqudgha' is a real name or some
kind of very ancient summoning-formular. Beware lest
lunatic fools unlash undead horrors beyond imagination,
feared even by demons and gods.
Critic, ideas and comments always welcome.