Zarephon is a city on imperial Valrindor, within the Malverand Intergalactic Empire. It occupies the position corresponding to the heart of the Plains of Eternity in the other Valrindor.
City and cave
Mountains surround the city on all sides but one. Its wide streets run among spacious buildings, trees and parks. Murals and colorful artwork decorate the buildings, and many inhabitants wear flowing robes. The air contains little essence, though it grows denser near the mountain cave.
A river follows the cave's natural passage to a deep lake. Locals pray there, while imperial scientists monitor the lake with machinery, cables and submerged equipment. The machines are protected by repeller coatings and connected to the empire's autonomous systems. A breach on the lakebed draws essence toward it.
Zarephon also has a large, windowless metal training arena reached through glass doors. Its walls repair damage from magical attacks.
Thalena's visit
Amos brought Thalena to the cave. She enlarged the breach slightly and persuaded the connected system to accept her essence. In exchange for her agreement to destroy a core beneath Isandro's palace in Maraveth, it sent fragmented messages through the breach, warning of a destroyer and asking for help to bring her stranded companions home.
Zarephon is a city on imperial Valrindor, within the Malverand Intergalactic Empire. It occupies the position corresponding to the heart of the Plains of Eternity in the other Valrindor.
City and cave
Mountains surround the city on all sides but one. Its wide streets run among spacious buildings, trees and parks. Murals and colorful artwork decorate the buildings, and many inhabitants wear flowing robes. The air contains little essence, though it grows denser near the mountain cave.
A river follows the cave's natural passage to a deep lake. Locals pray there, while imperial scientists monitor the lake with machinery, cables and submerged equipment. The machines are protected by repeller coatings and connected to the empire's autonomous systems. A breach on the lakebed draws essence toward it.
Zarephon also has a large, windowless metal training arena reached through glass doors. Its walls repair damage from magical attacks.
Thalena's visit
Amos brought Thalena to the cave. She enlarged the breach slightly and persuaded the connected system to accept her essence. In exchange for her agreement to destroy a core beneath Isandro's palace in Maraveth, it sent fragmented messages through the breach, warning of a destroyer and asking for help to bring her stranded companions home.
Breach research
Imperial researchers used the cave to investigate the connection between worlds. Mike sent a shapeshifting defensive construct through the breach, designed to remain near it and protect it.
Eira, Kaelion and Xarion arrived through the breach after escaping the destruction of Zarephon. They met the imperial leaders and learned how the lake connected the two Valrindors. The empire depended on the connection while fighting in the Proxion system, and they agreed to leave it open until that threat had been pushed back.