Flowering Acanthus Retreat

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Aspect: Wood. 

Hearthstone: Wombstone

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Attuned: ?.   

The Flowering Acanthus Retreat is a secluded manse located in a hilly region of Lord’s Crossing Dominion, northwest of the Traiter Pass, reached by a route splitting from the True and Turning Root of the Dragon.

The main building is not large as Dynastic manors go, but contains a number of bedrooms on the upper floors, with balconies for viewing of the surrounding hills, sitting rooms and libraries below, and a number of ‘root chambers’ located deeper underground, including cells and a Genesis workshop. The property is surrounded by a moss-covered wall, with a common passage in from the north and a more ornate main gate entering from the south. In both cases, there is no gatehouse or watchtower, nor even a gate, the northern entry a circular opening in the wall while the southern a high arch whose keystone has been formed around a large sphere of red Adamantine Glass that sometimes catches Sol’s light to play beams of colour along the path leading up to the manse.

Between walls and main buildings is a large area of gardens, containing mostly mosses, thistles and Acanthus plants, with various paths winding to and fro. One corner is home to a small pond surrounded by cherry trees, another area (along the eastern wall) is a long stretch of open gravel for martial practice and archery.