{{ :azemabones.png?nolink&400|}} ====== Azema's Bones ====== A foyer entrance to [[Undercity|Undercity]] constructed with the bones of [[azema|Azema]] the Great [[dragon|Dragon]]. Her dazzling scales are also present here, affixed to her skeleton. Flesh still clings to the bones, appearing to be caught between a state of decay and regeneration. >//You enter a wide, pillared hall with vaulted ceilings built entirely from the bones of [[azema|Azema the Benevolent]], Queen of [[dragon|Dragons]] and mother of this world.// - Outbreak in Undercity (RPA-ADV3) ---- ===== Denizens ===== * [[castien|Castien]] * [[mowla|Mowla]] * [[undead|Undead]] * [[yuvan_rokta|Yuvan Rokta]] ---- {{ ::adventure_1_-_servants_of_azema3.png?400|}} ===== History ===== Following her death, the remains of Azema were set at the entrance of [[undercity|Undercity]] so that those venturing in would receive her countenance and blessing; >//These bones were placed here to honor [[azema|Azema]], so that any visit to the ancient dead would begin with tribute to her.// - Outbreak in Undercity (RPA-ADV3) During the time of [[gimnax|Queen Gimnax]], [[servants_of_azema|Azema's servants]] inhabited the [[undercity|catacombs]], feasting on the remains of [[azema|Azema]]. ---- ===== Miscellaneous ===== ==== Regenerative Flesh ==== The power of [[azema|Azema]] sees to it that even in death her material form possesses regenerative properties; >//Though her [[servants_of_azema|undead servants]] feast on it, the flesh seems caught between a state of decay and regeneration. New muscle is growing slowly where the bones have been picked clean, spreading over it like mold across a stale slice of bread. Strangely, even in the dim light, the room seems to glow faintly with a full spectrum of colors.// - Servants of Azema (GS-ADV2) ==== Offering ==== If you are able to make an offering worthy of [[azema|Azema]], she will bless you; >//A swirl of glowing dust surrounds this offering and fills the chamber with the shape of a spectral [[dragon|dragon]]. Azema’s memory looks down on you with love and gratitude for your offering.// >//“Take a small touch of my blessing,” she tells you. “Look forward to my return.”// - [[azema|Azema]] - Outbreak in Undercity (RPA-ADV3) ---- ===== References ===== ==== Outbreak in Undercity (RPA-ADV3) ==== You pass through on your way into [[undercity|Undercity]], beholding the majesty of the Creator of the World; >//[[azema|Azema’s]] scales have been set in patterns along her bones. Your lantern light reflects back at you in a brilliant prism of rainbows, as if [[azema|Azema]] herself were smiling upon you now.// >//In a place like this, with rainbow beams of light reflecting in every direction, you can almost believe that the myth of [[azema|Azema’s]] return is real.// - Outbreak in Undercity (RPA-ADV3) The [[bastja|Bastja]] follower of the [[starlit_door|Starlit Door]], [[mowla|Mowla]], is first encountered here, and will result in two different outcomes. ==== Servants of Azema (GS-ADV2) ==== {{ ::azema_s_catacombs.png?400|}} In the time of [[gimnax|Queen Gimnax]], the site that would be known as Azema's Bones were catacombs; >//You head down a spiral staircase into the catacombs, following a long tunnel until you reach an enormous chamber built from the corpse of [[azema|Azema the Benevolent]], creator of [[ulos|Ulos]]. Her skeletal frame holds up the cavern walls, but some flesh still clings to the bone.// - Servants of Azema (GS-ADV2) [[gimnax|Queen Gimnax]] has sent you on a mission to stop the spread of the [[undead|undead]]. You must convince the cryptkeeper, [[yuvan_rokta|Yuvan Rokta]], to get rid of them ---- ===== Backstory Appearances ===== ==== Artificer ==== You are met by a few followers of [[azema|Azema]] on site and acquire one of her scales for bringing [[metheos|Metheos]] to life. ==== Devoted ==== You come to the resting place of Azema to pluck the petals of the Davorian flower for the healer Keyda to brew a potion for your ailing son: * Offer a sacrifice to respect [[azema|Azema]]. * Make no offering and please the lesser gods of mischief.