Celestial pylons

The continent of Ûnduleah is home to 10 celestial pylons (also known as celestial shards or crystal cores). Strong magical remnants of the The Silver Rain. Each celestial pylon is embedded in the earth and is a source of magical power, emanating and transforming the landscape around it.

Pylons sorted by region:

Unem

The orange heat pylon

• Located in the Laraki Mountains. The capital city of Keadin is built around this pylon.
• After the sun, the biggest source of ambient heat on Ûnduleah. Each day, it sends out a magical warm pulse that rolls across the continent.
• Heats or cools things.

The red force pylon

• Located on the dry Azor steppe, on the northern plains of Unem.
• It is surrounded by a forcefield that pushes away all living things.
• Has a push/pull function: forcefield/gravity well.

Dûnn

The blue pylon of calming

• Located in the southern mountain plateau of the Kiridûn mountains, at the border of Unem, Naash, and Dûnn meet.
• It has relaxing and calming properties. It is part of the reason why the Dînn dwarves are so good at taming beasts.
• It can calm or enrage.

Ilinor

The purple enhancing pylon

• Located on the western side of the Deoki Kirei, it landed inside Lark Deoki (the purple lake).
• It has a mind sharpening effect on all creatures that come near it. Making them more sensitive to sound, touch (pain), sight, smell etc.
• Dull/enhance senses.

The olive growth pylon

• Located on the western side of the Deoki Kirei, near the Vaio Source Tree
• It makes plants grow very fast and strong, but with a high chance of mutations. Has minor healing properties.
• It multiplies/kills cells.

Naash

The grey pylon of whispers

• Located at the bottom of 'whisper mere', in the great bay, just north-west of the three view mountains
• It has mental effects, by placing thoughts in passerby's heads. These thoughts come from the Pylon's origin planet, but the reciever will always understand the thought in their own language with their own context. It can also take thoughts out of someone's mind.
• It can place thoughts in a mind, or take thoughts out.

Aachor

The white dormant pylon

• Located in the North-east of Aachor, between the Bari crater and the Ba'ar settlement.
• It created a large white stone crater around it. It acts as an inert material, not reacting to anything else, including magic. The source of most magic-blocking materials.
• It can block or enhance magic.

The black armour pylon

• Located inside The Inkwood, in the centre of Aachor
• It transforms all matter that touches it for too long. The source of most magical armours.
• It can harden/soften.

The turqoise spirit pylon

• Located in the south-west of Aachor, in the hills of Muil Riish (the red hills)
• It is the source of many ghosts and spirits that have been encountered in the red hills.
• It can open or close one's connection with the afterlife.

The yellow pylon of teleportation

• Located in the south-east of Aachor, on one of the rainforest Islands of the Reemu Kádi.
• It has powers of transportation. When using special signs/runes/materials, one can teleport to this place.
• It can teleport to or from.

The White crystal pylon by AI

The image above is a representation of the white pylon.

During the The Silver Rain, comets rained down from the twin planet Ceos onto the lands of Ûnduleah. Most comets were just fragments of rock or minerals, but some were magical crystals. These house-sized crystals lodged themselves scattered across Ûnduleah, creating the 10 known Celestial Pylons.

General 'rules' of Pylon magic:

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1. Pylon magic strives for balance, first cooling, then heating. etc
2. Pylon magic can be manipulated with the mind. Training increases accuracy
3. Pylon magic needs a 'conduit' to release its energy. This needs to be a non-living material like stone, copper, iron, silver, or gold.
4. Pylon magic responds differently to living things and non-living things. Generally, it affects ónly living things(growth), or ónly non-living things(heat)
5. Pylon shards want to 'reconnect' with their pylon. Laylines and directionality affect its effectiveness.
6. Pylon activity and power are greatest when the Twin planet is overhead.