Five mountains ascended. If not for the sky-keeps, who were not rooted in the earth, these were the tallest mountains in the Mountains of the Rakkeru. And now they overtook the sky-keeps, and became the largest of them all. Silence Ascended, they were called, as they were melded together into a complex of mountains, one peak rising over four others. Inside, great caverns appeared and they were connected with hallways and many ancillary chambers, until a great city of caves had been created. It was made to house Rakkeru and Hajuraji (Hadradi), and within the heart of Silence Ascended lay a Heart meant only for them.

The Heart was a simple Hearth, a memory of nigh-forgotten Herenga. Its fire always burned, but it was surrounded by an everspring of fresh water from an aquifer with no end, and a green garden under magical light. In the Heart, the Rakkeru and Hajuraji sorcerers (and perhaps, though unlikely so, another Venaturgist) could connect to Silence Ascended, and control it. Control what? Everything. They could direct the Everspring, change the temperature, close hallways with sliding doors of stone, and perceive all through the veins of the rock. But most importantly, they could lift the Sky-Keep, and they could fly wherever they desired – slowly, but inevitably. Not of their own power, but of the great divinity that had been invested in this stone.

The peaks of Silence Ascended were marvelous too. The further one rose in the mountain hallways, the emptier everything became, until one reached the Halls of Meditation, which were in the shape of perfect cubes, or sometimes balls. Inside, the devotees of Ahe, the Solitude, could enjoy complete darkness in their spiritual exploration, as the sliding doors to the halls could be closed, to offer complete, yet secure, isolation. Further still, one reached the summits, which were temples to the open sky, and the open mind. A clearer view of the sky was only known to birds.

With its worship for silence and solitude, Silence Ascended was unsurprisingly invested by it as well. There was a barrier of sound, which kept both winds and noises outside the Sky-Keep, and sounds of the keep from the world outside too – which meant it could sneak up on a blind man, though not anyone with even the slightest bit of eyesight, given its immense size.

Lastly, Silence Ascended had the virtues of a castle. Its everspring could provide the nourishment for food, should it be assailed and find no safe landing, and its lay-out was perfected for the purpose of defense, should its foes overcome the hurdle of its being airborne. Finally, the Venaturgist of the Heart could open many windows, created for shooting at those who still had their feet on the ground.

Singular Boon: the creation of a self-defense flying mountain castle.

Mukr-Ukhuu: 30 pts.

Ahe: 10 pts.

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