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Ayliana

2021-06-13T04:01:49Z

THEGREATAXOLOTL:

{{PC
|name=Ayliana Caulin
|status=a
|race=Elf
|gender=Female
|guild=Moon Mage
|instance=Prime
|relat=Haizcelya,Mathghamhain,Pelataora,Sanbidaya,Sugunjan
}}
Creepy Crafting Lady Extraordinaire. Also the Speaker for the Order of the Apostles.
{{PCSkills
|Collapse=No
}}

Custom Maker's Marks (new)

2021-06-13T02:16:19Z

THEGREATAXOLOTL: /* Prime */

{{RTOC}}
These [[Maker mark]]s are more {{sloot|i|complex steel stamp|complex designs}} to the basic version of the stamp. The function and use will remain the same as the basic marks. The basic guidelines for these designs are:
:* You must provide your own basic stamp. Work cannot be performed on someone else's stamp.
:* Design can be no more than 150 characters in length, and will be automatically prefixed with ''is the image of'' (not counted in character count limit).
:* This is an actual, physical marking. The design cannot be animated or magical, nor can it shimmer or shine. There is no guarantee of complete uniqueness — some elements may be shared with other stamps.

These designs are unique and were given during the following [[Alteration#Maker.27s_Marks|Alteration sessions]]:
* [[Halvon]] during [[Hollow Eve Festival 432]] (2019) and [[Hollow Eve Festival 436]] (2020)

For marks created during the [[Forging (old)|old Forging system]], see the [[Custom Maker's Marks (legacy)]] page.
==Custom Maker's Mark Designs==

All marks start with '''the image of ''' and end with '''impressed into the material's surface'''.

===Prime===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Smith!!Mark (Impressed into the metal)!!Created In
|-
|[[Ayliana]]||an image of four moons surrounding a bat-winged skull with the letter "A" in one socket and "C" in the other||438
|-
|[[Agalea]]||a skull-shaped anvil carved with the initials "A. A."||438
|-
|[[Anuind]]||a laurel wreath centered with a stylized bull's head and crowned with the initials "A. S."||432
|-
|[[Arixin]]||a slumbering phoenix nestled beside a heated anvil||432
|-
|[[Ayliana]]||four moons surrounding a bat-winged skull with the letter "A" in one socket and "C" in the other||438
|-
|[[Broichan]]||the initials "B.L." stylized as cracks in ice beneath a fierce rimewolf||438
|-
|[[Dhalinar]]||a flaming anvil piled high with various blades over an arc of elegant script which reads, "Metal Matters" in stylized letters||432
|-
|[[Dreamheart]]||a mirrored double D initials with a tiny wren perched inside the reversed letter over flowing script which reads, "Bardess of Dreams" in a graceful arc||432
|-
|[[Dytt]]||a woman wearing an eyepatch and a wolf's faces in opposing profile, separated by a ribbon that reads "Jo Dzirta." A second ribbon reads "Dytt" below.||436
|-
|[[Gimdrak]]||a stocky Dwarf hammering on an anvil in the shape of a stylized letter "G."||438
|-
|[[Hebion]]||a multi-rayed sunburst||436
|-
|[[Kerizon]]||a rampant dragon brandishing a wand and sword while exhaling bolts of lightning that cleverly form the initials "KJ"||436
|-
|[[Kurtus]]||an anvil stylized into the shape of a leaping fish with a thin stream of water from the mouth enclosing the design around the initials "K.R." ||432
|-
|[[Kythryn]]||an elaborate mariner's compass centered around a stylized "K.S." monogram||432
|-
|[[Lagu]]||a large "LK" ligature, stylized as a constellation, enclosed by a circle of the words "Mana, Mathematics, Mastery" in elegant copperplate||436
|-
|[[Muleie]]||a well-muscled Kaldar stands before a roaring forge, his strong hands bending a thick metal bar. "Muleie Steelbender" is engraved below the image.||436
|-
|[[Naniaki]]||a stylized letter "N" separating a stack of ingots from a bag of gems and encircled by the name "Naniaki Felyran" ||432
|-
|[[Rairken]]||a silhouetted outline of a gryphon gliding above a battle scene depicting fallen orcs ringed by proud warriors at the base of the Gemfire Mountains||432
|-
|[[Sekmeht]]||a roaring Gor'Tog Barbarian raising a forging hammer high above his head, the word "Usho" set into the handle with stylized flame lettering ||432
|-
|[[Szoengi]]||a one-eyed kingsnake twisted into the symbol of a treble clef||432
|-
|[[Vaerek]]||a pattern of stars surrounding a divination bowl potted with a moon lily in full bloom||432
|-
|[[Xixist]]||a slender, sleepy-eyed salamander writhing about the inscription, "X marks the spot"||legacy <ref name="Legacy" />
|}

===Platinum===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Smith!!Mark (Impressed into the metal)!!Created In
|-
|[[Uzmam]]||an abstraction of outward-facing triangles surrounding an almond shape. Centered within, the inscription "Kauje Jundanhai" circles a sleeping figure.||436
|}

==Notes==
<references>
<ref name=Legacy>''Legacy'' denotes a stamp design that was converted from [[Custom Maker's Marks (legacy)|the previous system]].</ref>
</references>
{{RefAl}}

Order of the Apostles

2021-01-27T22:44:56Z

THEGREATAXOLOTL:

{{PCOrg}}
{{Order
|ordername=Order of the Apostles
|province=[[Zoluren]]
|city=[[Crossing]]
|activemembers=9
|website=http://orderofapostles.com/index.html
|twitter=apostlesorder
|speaker=[[Ayliana]]
|vicespeaker=[[Kiks]]
|treasurer=[[]]
|official=yes
|council={{Mem|Erons,Plake,Zynell}}
|members={{Mem|Aislynn,Damiza,Elizzibiana,Gemith,Taurture}}
}}

[[File:ApostlesWiki.png|right]]

==Flyer==

:~~ Order of the Apostles ~~ 
 
Sanctioning Province: [[Zoluren]] 
 
The Order of the Apostles commits themselves to the organization of citizens in times of conflict, defends Elanthians against invading forces, develops an exceptional information network, sets strong moral values and educates and trains members in an effort to actualize their true prowess based on their race and their profession of choice, through instruction taught by individuals specializing in those fields. 
 
While the leadership of the Order is most often felt during times of war, peacetime assessments are constantly made in the name of finding areas of weakness in the defense of the Crossing. Furthermore, the Apostles provide invaluable intelligence and reconnaissance, enabling the citizens under its protection to make informed decisions and act in their own best interests. 
 
'''Sponsorship Required''': Yes 
'''Minimum Circle Requirement to Join''': None 
'''Guilds Welcome''': All Except Necromancers 
'''Races Welcome''': All 
 
'''Speaker of the Order''': Ayliana 
'''Vice Speaker''': Kiks 
'''Treasurer''': [[]] 
'''Council Members''': Erons,Kingdok,Neryndil,Plake,[[Zynell]]

==Charter==

'''Preamble''' 
It is our belief that in times of turmoil, as well as times of peace, there stands a need for people of like mind and purpose to unite their efforts in order to guard and defend the greater good. To further this cause, the call has often been sounded and we, who have responded, pledge ourselves to a purpose beyond that of personal advancement or gain. We, who once fought alone and who now stand united, seek strength in unity while embracing the individuality in each member. Held together through strength of purpose, we strive to make the lives of all Elanthian citizens safer by providing leadership and valued service to the community.
 
'''Mission Statement''' 
The Order of the Apostles strives To protect, inform, lead and serve the law-abiding citizens of Elanthia.
 
'''Reason for Founding''' 
In the early years, those adventurers who would become the founding members of the Apostles, began to draw people together to instruct the young, exchange information and strengthen the bonds of community. During the period of time known to some as the Red Winter War, when community resources were pushed to the breaking point, it was quickly realized that without strong leadership the invading forces of the Gorbesh would quickly overcome the defenders of Elanthia. The first members of the Apostles answered this need by organizing patrols, rally points and leading the citizens of Elanthia in repulsing the aggressors.
 
Once the war had come to an end, it became apparent that the need for leadership did not end in the absence of a common enemy. Quite the opposite became evident over time and led to the formal founding of an Order meant to fill this need. The Apostles stand ready to provide leadership in times of war; while continuing to gather the young and teach them the skills needed to thrive in times of peace.
 
'''Purpose''' 
While the leadership of the Order is most often felt during times of war, peacetime assessments are constantly made in the name of finding areas of weakness in the defense of the realms as a whole. Furthermore, the Apostles provide invaluable intelligence and reconnaissance, enabling the citizens under its protection to make informed decisions and act in the best interest of Elanthia. All members of the Order are rigorously trained to make full use of their talents, regardless of race or guild standing, to ensure the Elanthian public will have leadership they are able to respect and follow. The Order of the Apostles believes respect can not be demanded nor is it the "right of might". Respect is won through good deeds, friendship and conducting oneself in an honorable fashion. It is something each Apostle assists their fellow members not only to achieve, but maintain.
 

'''Goals of the Order''' 
1. The Apostles will educate and train its members in an effort to assist them in realizing their true potential. Members are then encouraged to share their knowledge and experience with other citizens of Elanthia.
 2. The Apostles will develop an exceptional information network and provide it to the public.
 3. Individual members of the Apostles will set strong moral values and encourage others to uphold them as well.
 4. Members of the Apostles will commit themselves to the organization of citizens in times of conflict.
 5. The Apostles will work together with Elanthian citizens towards neutralizing any threat against Elanthia as a whole.

==Insignia==

'''Badge''': a ceremonial pauldron etched with a white shield overlaying crossed longswords 
:Etched into the brightly shining metal is the image of a white shield overlaying twin, crossed longswords. A perfect circle of thirteen ruby stars crests the shield's center. Beneath the etching, fine lines detail the mission of the Order of the Apostles.
 
'''Official Description''': The crest of the Apostles, two swords crossing behind a shield, stands as our symbol of leadership and strength. The shield represents the defense of Elanthia. The white in the body of the shield symbolizes goodness and purity. The thirteen red stars in the field of shield are placed for remembrance of those whose lives poured out on the field of battle defending Elanthia and her gods and goddesses. The two crossed swords characterize wisdom and purpose; that which guide the strike of a weapon. The shield and sword mounted on display declare the readiness and vigilance of an Apostle member. 
 
'''Blazon''': Argent, 13 mullets gules in annulo.

{{cat|Martial organizations,Zoluren organizations,Active organizations}}

Order of the Apostles

2021-01-27T22:43:35Z

THEGREATAXOLOTL:

{{PCOrg}}
{{Order
|ordername=Order of the Apostles
|province=[[Zoluren]]
|city=[[Crossing]]
|activemembers=9
|website=http://orderofapostles.com/index.html
|twitter=apostlesorder
|speaker=[[Ayliana]]
|vicespeaker=[[Kiks]]
|treasurer=[[]]
|official=yes
|council={{Mem|Erons,Plake,Zynell}}
|members={{Mem|Aislynn,Damiza,Elizzibiana,Gemith,Taurture}}
}}

[[File:ApostlesWiki.png|right]]

==Flyer==

:~~ Order of the Apostles ~~ 
 
Sanctioning Province: [[Zoluren]] 
 
The Order of the Apostles commits themselves to the organization of citizens in times of conflict, defends Elanthians against invading forces, develops an exceptional information network, sets strong moral values and educates and trains members in an effort to actualize their true prowess based on their race and their profession of choice, through instruction taught by individuals specializing in those fields. 
 
While the leadership of the Order is most often felt during times of war, peacetime assessments are constantly made in the name of finding areas of weakness in the defense of the Crossing. Furthermore, the Apostles provide invaluable intelligence and reconnaissance, enabling the citizens under its protection to make informed decisions and act in their own best interests. 
 
'''Sponsorship Required''': Yes 
'''Minimum Circle Requirement to Join''': None 
'''Guilds Welcome''': All Except Necromancers 
'''Races Welcome''': All 
 
'''Speaker of the Order''': [[]] 
'''Vice Speaker''': [[]] 
'''Treasurer''': Ayliana 
'''Council Members''': Erons,Kingdok,Neryndil,Plake,[[Zynell]]

==Charter==

'''Preamble''' 
It is our belief that in times of turmoil, as well as times of peace, there stands a need for people of like mind and purpose to unite their efforts in order to guard and defend the greater good. To further this cause, the call has often been sounded and we, who have responded, pledge ourselves to a purpose beyond that of personal advancement or gain. We, who once fought alone and who now stand united, seek strength in unity while embracing the individuality in each member. Held together through strength of purpose, we strive to make the lives of all Elanthian citizens safer by providing leadership and valued service to the community.
 
'''Mission Statement''' 
The Order of the Apostles strives To protect, inform, lead and serve the law-abiding citizens of Elanthia.
 
'''Reason for Founding''' 
In the early years, those adventurers who would become the founding members of the Apostles, began to draw people together to instruct the young, exchange information and strengthen the bonds of community. During the period of time known to some as the Red Winter War, when community resources were pushed to the breaking point, it was quickly realized that without strong leadership the invading forces of the Gorbesh would quickly overcome the defenders of Elanthia. The first members of the Apostles answered this need by organizing patrols, rally points and leading the citizens of Elanthia in repulsing the aggressors.
 
Once the war had come to an end, it became apparent that the need for leadership did not end in the absence of a common enemy. Quite the opposite became evident over time and led to the formal founding of an Order meant to fill this need. The Apostles stand ready to provide leadership in times of war; while continuing to gather the young and teach them the skills needed to thrive in times of peace.
 
'''Purpose''' 
While the leadership of the Order is most often felt during times of war, peacetime assessments are constantly made in the name of finding areas of weakness in the defense of the realms as a whole. Furthermore, the Apostles provide invaluable intelligence and reconnaissance, enabling the citizens under its protection to make informed decisions and act in the best interest of Elanthia. All members of the Order are rigorously trained to make full use of their talents, regardless of race or guild standing, to ensure the Elanthian public will have leadership they are able to respect and follow. The Order of the Apostles believes respect can not be demanded nor is it the "right of might". Respect is won through good deeds, friendship and conducting oneself in an honorable fashion. It is something each Apostle assists their fellow members not only to achieve, but maintain.
 

'''Goals of the Order''' 
1. The Apostles will educate and train its members in an effort to assist them in realizing their true potential. Members are then encouraged to share their knowledge and experience with other citizens of Elanthia.
 2. The Apostles will develop an exceptional information network and provide it to the public.
 3. Individual members of the Apostles will set strong moral values and encourage others to uphold them as well.
 4. Members of the Apostles will commit themselves to the organization of citizens in times of conflict.
 5. The Apostles will work together with Elanthian citizens towards neutralizing any threat against Elanthia as a whole.

==Insignia==

'''Badge''': a ceremonial pauldron etched with a white shield overlaying crossed longswords 
:Etched into the brightly shining metal is the image of a white shield overlaying twin, crossed longswords. A perfect circle of thirteen ruby stars crests the shield's center. Beneath the etching, fine lines detail the mission of the Order of the Apostles.
 
'''Official Description''': The crest of the Apostles, two swords crossing behind a shield, stands as our symbol of leadership and strength. The shield represents the defense of Elanthia. The white in the body of the shield symbolizes goodness and purity. The thirteen red stars in the field of shield are placed for remembrance of those whose lives poured out on the field of battle defending Elanthia and her gods and goddesses. The two crossed swords characterize wisdom and purpose; that which guide the strike of a weapon. The shield and sword mounted on display declare the readiness and vigilance of an Apostle member. 
 
'''Blazon''': Argent, 13 mullets gules in annulo.

{{cat|Martial organizations,Zoluren organizations,Active organizations}}

Grazhir

2020-02-07T22:59:41Z

THEGREATAXOLOTL: /* Skill needed */

{{RTOC}}

Grazhir is the now-destroyed fourth moon of [[Elanthia]], formerly alongside [[Yavash]], [[Xibar]], and [[Katamba]]. It was of a pearlescent, silvery-white hue and said to be the smallest of the moons.

== Mythology and the Cataclysm ==

Mythology has it that Grazhir was somehow the "egg" of the [[World Dragon]], and that its hatching caused to moon to cataclysmically explode. The [[World Dragon]] then wreaked havoc upon Elanthia, but was eventually soothed by the goddess [[Peri'el]], who continues to sing to it somewhere deep within the bowels of the earth in order to keep it pacified.

Another possibility that has been presented is some catastrophic celestial event - such as a meteorite strike - occurred which caused the moon to explode and collide with Elanthia, while simultaneously setting Katamba's surface or atmosphere on fire.

Whichever is true, the impact of the pieces of Grazhir on Elanthia was devastating. As the bulk of the shards landed in the ocean, massive tidal waves engulfed a great deal of the Kermorian and Albarian coastlines, utterly destroying the civilizations there. Its impact elsewhere was said to lead to fatal shockwaves, huge dust clouds and even volcanic eruptions.

== Connections to Gemstone IV ==

The fact that Grazhir seems to exist in the game world of [[GemStone|Gemstone IV]] has caused players to speculate the DragonRealms takes place in a time period that is the far future relative to Gemstone. Some locations and characteristics of both games' Elanthias parallel one another, but the world has been rearranged by several thousands of years of intervening history and at least one global near-apocalypse. In accordance with DragonRealms mythology, astronomers within Gemstone IV have noted that the moon (Makiri) appears oddly egg-shaped, and seems to be growing ever so slowly.

== Grazhir's Legacy ==

The bulk of Grazhir fell to [[Elanthia]] when it exploded, a vast number of its pieces landing in the [[Reshal Sea]] between mainland [[Kermoria]] and the [[Qi archipelago]], where they still lie. These Elanthia-bound pieces of Grazhir are still powerful enough to disrupt teleportational energy (making [[Teleport]] and [[Moongate]] more difficult to use on the islands) and possess the synergistic magical sympathy which makes [[Astral Travel]] possible. As a result, Grazhir shards are prized by [[Moon Mage|Moon Mages]] as artifacts of incredible magical power.

Once in deference to their rarity and now to aid lesser-abled mages in entering and exiting the [[Astral Plane]], the [[Naming Ritual]] is performed on each shard discovered by the Moon Mage guild and it is granted a unique name. Knowledge of this name and the unique pattern of sympathy it creates within the shard is necessary for most mages to use them to enter or exit the Astral Plane.

:Note: {{com|RECALL}} HEAVENS GRAZHIR will tell you the names of the shards you have learned.

===Aliaes===
:Name means "White Fire" in Gamgweth. Originally located on [[Taisgath]], Aliaes once powered the Taisgath side of the Heritage House turtle. It was not recovered by the guild after the turtle was destroyed and its whereabouts are currently unknown.
===Auilusi===
:Located behind the Peri'el Prayer Gate on [[Aesry]], within a grove of birch trees designated as a shrine to [[Peri'el]].
:Appearance: ''While unusually large, this Grazhir shard has a rough finish and dim coloration that seems more grey than silvery-white. Auilusi sits at the apex of a slender, white birch pedestal situated in the center of the grove.''
:Conduit Description: ''The ground below heaves and roils with fluid waves, though it remains stable against your weight. Beams of hot, silver light cut through the region in a perfectly horizontal web of connections, seemingly unaffected by the waves. Each stream is mirrored in the sky above, as each grey star is connected to the others by sharply defined lines, creating a lattice of alien constellations that stretch to the horizon. You also see the silvery-white shard Auilusi.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Tradition
===Asharshpar'i===
:Located in a hidden chamber in the catacombs beneath [[Oshu'ehhrsk Manor]] just south of [[Leth Deriel]], which is [[Bonedancer]] [[Lasarhhtha]]'s ancestral home.
:Appearance: ''Though shaped like a jagged stake, the shard has a silvery-white sheen as if it were regularly polished.''
:Conduit Description: ''Thousands of static stars, each hanging in the sky like a little white dot, look down upon a desert of black sand. Despite the night sky, the region is brightly lit by a web of burning energy that twists and spins through the air. A cold wind blows through the desert, stirring up clouds of black sand that disintegrate upon contact with the blazing web.''
:Pillar: Pillar of the Heavens

===Axis===
:The Grazhir shard known as Axis is the shard around which the Pillars rotate within the microcosm and is the largest whole piece of Grazhir known to exist. Its physical location on the Plane of Abiding is not currently known, though the Reshal Sea seems to be a likely location.
===Besoge===
:Located on [[Mer'kresh]] in [[Caress-of-the-Moons Manor]], the home of a wealthy Moon Mage.
:Appearance: ''Besoge is tiny, even for a Grazhir shard, but almost spherical. Its surface has been polished so thoroughly that it looks like a pearl. Small, needle-like platinum pincers hold it a few inches above the top of a stained oak pedestal.''
:Conduit Description: ''Featureless greyness stretches in all directions, distinguishable from the Grey Expanse only by the sensation of earth below and an unrelenting cacophony. Voices cry out countless notes of anger and anguish: screams, feral growls and structureless wails all stepping over each other. Lines of power crisscross invisibly through the region, physically sensed only by radiant heat.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Secrets

===Dinegavren===
:Name means "Low Moon" in Gamgweth. Located in the basement of [[Gealeranendae College]] in [[Therenborough]], where it is used to power the turtle which links Therenborough to [[Throne City]].
:Appearance: ''Barely a finger's width in size, the silvery-white shard known as Dinegavren is shaped much like a crescent moon.
:Conduit Description: ''Buildings of irregular shape and size, each constructed from slick grey stones, dominate the landscape. Narrow cobblestone streets and dirt alleys wend their way between the buildings and through thick fog banks. Burning beams of light thread across the landscape indiscriminately, evaporating the fog they touch yet passing harmlessly through the structures.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Introspection

===Dor'na'torna===
:Named for the famous [[Skindancer]] [[Kir|Kir Dor'na'torna]]. Located within the crystal spire on the [[Arid Steppe]] ([[Trabe Plateau]] of [[Hibarnhvidar]]).
:Appearance: ''The shard known as Dor'na'torna is roughly the size of two Human thumbs put together. It stands in the center of the chamber, supported at the apex of a polished oak tripod.''
:Conduit Description: ''A desolate steppe of mist-grey grass stretches to the horizon under the cold light of Xibar. Though the air feels calm and the night sky is clear, the discolored grass whips and sways as though under assault by a storm. An intricate web of burning light runs across the steppe, its fierce beams in constant motion.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Tradition

===Emalerje===
:Previously located in the [[Crystal Hand Fortress]] in the [[Lesser Fist|Lesser Fist of Heaven]]. It has been lost ever since volcanic activity destroyed the sect hall.
:Appearance: ''An unusually large and smooth Grazhir shard, Emalerje is about the size and shape of a good skipping stone. The shard is held aloft by two crystal pincers on the apex of a thin steel column.''
:Conduit Description: ''Monoliths of featureless grey rock rise up from a flat plain covered with ruddy ash. Each of the rocks is set at a right angle and precisely the same distance from the others, creating a uniform pattern that extends all the way to the horizon. Streams of burning, white energy discharge from one monolith to the next in a seemingly random order.''
:Pillar: Pillar of the Shrew

===Erekinzil===
:Located at the top of the Moon Mage guildhall on [[Taisgath]] island. Formerly known as Undarverjah before it underwent a mysterious, spontaneous transformation when Auilisi, Besoge and Tabelrem underwent the Naming Ritual.
:Appearance: ''The shard known as Erekinzil is little more than a silvery-white pebble. Its sides are so rough that rubbing the shard could abrade skin. The shard is held aloft by two crystal pincers on the apex of a thin steel column.''
:Conduit Description: ''A sandy expanse stretches out in every direction, littered with titanic, half-buried remains. Bones made out of black, glassy material stick out from the ground in distressed poses, left unceremoniously where the corpses fell. Arcs of burning silvery light discharge from one morbid pylon to the next, creating a crude maze of pathways. The Microcosm is visible in the azure sky, its conduits blazing with heat and, shaped as they are, reminiscent of a nova.''
:Former Conduit Description: ''Narrow caverns twist through barren grey rock without any apparent order. Wide puddles have accumulated on the ground, fed by icy water dripping from stalactites with clockwork regularity. Streams of silvery-white energy thread their way around the caverns, passing through the rock as though it wasn't there.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Fortune
===Marendin===
:Name means "Outsider" in Gamgweth. Located within the Moon Mage guildhall at the top of the [[Great Tower]] of [[Shard]].
:Appearance: ''Roughly the size of a gold coin, the shard known as Marendin is nearly severed in half by a deep gouge. The shard is held aloft by two crystal pincers on the apex of a thin steel column.''
:Conduit Description: ''Giant geometric solids wrought from black metal float in a cold, steel-grey void. The metal islands are connected to each other by narrow bridges, creating a network of shapes that seems to go on forever in every direction. Interconnected streams of burning energy sway around the void, passing harmlessly through the islands.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Secrets
===Mintais===
:Name means "Silver Sky" in Gamgweth. Located in Throne City, where it has long powered the turtle linked to [[Therenborough]].
:Appearance: ''Though shaped like a tiny jagged stake, the shard has a silvery-white sheen as if it were regularly polished.''
:Conduit Description: ''Broken and barren land stretches out beneath an impossibly large, bloated sun. Deep crevices slice through the ash-grey plain and jagged mountains rise to pierce the sky on the eastern horizon. Interwoven beams of silvery-white light dance across the blasted landscape and seem to extrude more heat than the bloated sun.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Fortune
===Rolagi===
:Originally located in Throne City, Rolagi once powered the Throne side of the [[Heritage House]] turtle. Was recovered after the turtle was destroyed and is currently located in the Observatory of the Southern Crossbow in [[Crossing]].
:Appearance: ''Despite having a slightly dark coloration near one tip, the shard known as Rolagi is otherwise pristine and silvery-white. The shard is held aloft by two crystal pincers on the apex of a thin steel column.''
:Conduit Description: ''Thousands upon thousands of stars hang in darkness above, around and even below: the heavens unfurl completely around you, without any hint of ground or a horizon. An invisible plane of force seems to extend through the area, providing a sense of substance in place of solid earth. An intricate web of burning energy slowly swirls all around you and seems to touch the distant stars.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Nightmares
===Tabelrem===
:Located at the top of the western tower of the Temple of the World Dragon in [[Muspar'i]].
:Appearance: ''The shard known as Tabelrem is a coral-like array of thin, silvery-white veins of rock. If it was a solid mass, it would be about the size of a Gnome's fist. Tabelrem sits embedded in a concave depression at the top of a short, wrought-iron pedestal.''
:Conduit Description: ''Curving beams of silvery light cut ethereally through stone ruins. The shape of wide boulevards and sprawling buildings can be picked out among the rubble, but the only standing structure is a gigantic, up-thrust sword in the far distance. A thousand stars look down upon the desolation, but they do not shine; each one is simply a lifeless dot in the sky.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Nightmares

===Tamigen===
:Located in the [[Cragstone Vale]] in [[Raven's Point]] within a [[Dragon Priest]] shrine to the World Dragon.
:Appearance: ''Tamigen is made of a silvery-white rock. Places on its surface show a pearly luster, and on its larger end, a blackened scar remains from its fiery descent.''
:Conduit Description: ''A web of silvery-white light dances through space. There is no other landscape visible around you, only a pattern of burning light that seems to stretch infinitely through a void as black as the space between the stars. A constant murmur reverberates through the cold void, as though the darkness is trying to speak.''
:Pillar: Pillar of the Heavens

===Taniendar===
:Located at the top of the [[Riverhaven]] Moon Mage guildhall spire.
:Appearance: ''About the size of a Human's pinky, time and violent chipping have caused a row of gouges to appear along one side of the shard. The shard is held aloft by two crystal pincers on the apex of a thin steel column.''
:Conduit Description: ''Rainbow auroras slither across the sky, so vivid that they almost entirely obscure the pinpricks of starlight above them. Light reflects off the perfectly smooth ground like a giant mirror, causing the prismatic colors to twist and flicker everywhere. In contrast to this chaos of hues, sharply defined beams of silvery-white light cut through the landscape, untainted by the auroras and not reflected by the ground.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Introspection
===Teloish===
:Name means "Sword Idea" in Gamgweth. Its precise location is unknown, but it is thought to occupy a space where the [[Plane of Abiding]] and the [[Plane of Probability]] overlap. This shard is protected by special wards which make the pattern of its name unlearnable.
:Appearance: ''Jagged and roughly the size of a Human fingernail, the Grazhir shard Teloish levitates three feet off the ground with no obvious means of support.''
:Conduit Description: It's currently impossible for player characters to traverse the Teloish conduit. ''

===Vellano===
:Located within a monolithic black dome capped with crystal on the docks of [[Fang Cove]].
:Though Fang Cove is an estate holder holding, the docks and Grazhir shard are open to the public.
:Named by [[Tozu]] Ayochi
:Appearance: ''Nearly six inches long and extremely slender, the edges of the glossy shard are razor :sharp. It is mounted lengthwise with each end supported by a crystal pincer.
:Conduit Description: ''Endless variegated hallways stretch before you, eerily reminiscent of stained glass. Depicted are fragments of hauntingly beautiful dreams you've long since forgotten. Occasionally, a section explodes silently inward as a ribbon of burning light brushes against the outside, though the glass reforms itself in the wake of your passage. As you travel, you are accompanied only by the fracturing glass beneath your feet.
:Pillar: Pillar of Unity

==Skill needed==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!  
! colspan="3" | Skill needed*
|-
! Shard !! Astrology !! Scholarship !! Arcana
|-
| Auilusi
| 290
| 298
| 395
|-
| Asharshpar'i
| 150
| 132
| 167
|-
| Axis
|
|
|
|-
| Besoge
| 391
| 372
| 496
|-
| Dinegavren
| 132
| 126
| 167
|-
| Dor'na'torna
| 218
| 223
| 249
|-
| Emalerje
| 165
| 180
| 228
|-
| Erekinzil
| 250
| 252
| 271
|-
| Marendin
| 132
| 126
| 167
|-
| Mintais
| 132
| 126
| 167
|-
| Rolagi
| 132
| 126
| 167
|-
| Tabelrem
| 200
| 196
| 207
|-
| Tamigen
| 167
| 170
| 209
|-
| Taniendar
| 163
| 166
| 199
|-
| Teloish
|
|
|
|-
| Vellano
| 134
| 131
| 178
|-
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> These are not exact values, but rather the current lowest documented skill able to learn the shard. At these minimum ranks it may take dozens of studies before it is learned. It may be possible to learn with less skill than indicated.

==See also==
[[Astral_Travel_(script)]]
{{RefAl}}
{{Cat|Moons,Heavenly bodies}}

Melindrha

2019-11-14T21:19:43Z

THEGREATAXOLOTL: /* Rumours, suppositions, and outright scandal */

{{PC
|name=Melindrha Quinnell
|status=a
|race=Olvi
|gender=Female
|instance=Prime
|relat=Lots of them}}

==Appearance==

You see Life Tender Melindrha Quinnell, Council Leader of the Order of the Apostles, a Halfling Empath. 
She has a heart-shaped face with laugh lines, thick-lashed crystal blue eyes, a freckled nose and a cleft chin. Her silver-gilt-streaked cobalt hair is calf length and curly, and is worn in a deceptively careless-looking arrangement of upswept locks held in place by some etched icesteel knitting needles tipped by molten core diamonds. She has some tiny clockwork fairies with spun rainbow wings accenting tanned skin accented by some glittery platinum stars and a generous figure.
She is tall for a Halfling. 
She appears to be a longbraids. 
She has a tattoo of a knotwork vine spiraling gently down her left arm, an occasional healing or poisonous flower sprouting rhythmically as it ends in a string of ivy leaves extending from her wrist to the fingers on her hand. 

==Facts==

Birthdate: 38 Uthmor 332AVL 
Birthplace: Arthe Dale 
Marriage: Depends on who you ask... 
Guild: [[Empath]] 
Diety: [[Saemaus]][[Glythtide]] 
Order: [[Order of the Apostles]] 
Family: Erons (brother), Meeanda (sister in law), Nallya (daugher), Shylen (daughter in law), Brimby (nephew)

==Rumours, suppositions, and outright scandal==

*Is known to be involved with at least 2 people 
*Swears solemn oaths by her vices 
*Changes clothes more often than some people change their socks 
*Loves healing at spars and during invasions for the adrenaline rush (All wounds return to Melindrha eventually -Zynell) 
*Perennially broke because she has a fondness for pretty things 
*Frequents the Warrior Mage Guild in Crossing, where she guides newbies around

Grazhir

2019-10-03T20:48:07Z

THEGREATAXOLOTL: /* Skill needed */

{{RTOC}}

Grazhir is the now-destroyed fourth moon of [[Elanthia]], formerly alongside [[Yavash]], [[Xibar]], and [[Katamba]]. It was of a pearlescent, silvery-white hue and said to be the smallest of the moons.

== Mythology and the Cataclysm ==

Mythology has it that Grazhir was somehow the "egg" of the [[World Dragon]], and that its hatching caused to moon to cataclysmically explode. The [[World Dragon]] then wreaked havoc upon Elanthia, but was eventually soothed by the goddess [[Peri'el]], who continues to sing to it somewhere deep within the bowels of the earth in order to keep it pacified.

Another possibility that has been presented is some catastrophic celestial event - such as a meteorite strike - occurred which caused the moon to explode and collide with Elanthia, while simultaneously setting Katamba's surface or atmosphere on fire.

Whichever is true, the impact of the pieces of Grazhir on Elanthia was devastating. As the bulk of the shards landed in the ocean, massive tidal waves engulfed a great deal of the Kermorian and Albarian coastlines, utterly destroying the civilizations there. Its impact elsewhere was said to lead to fatal shockwaves, huge dust clouds and even volcanic eruptions.

== Connections to Gemstone IV ==

The fact that Grazhir seems to exist in the game world of [[GemStone|Gemstone IV]] has caused players to speculate the DragonRealms takes place in a time period that is the far future relative to Gemstone. Some locations and characteristics of both games' Elanthias parallel one another, but the world has been rearranged by several thousands of years of intervening history and at least one global near-apocalypse. In accordance with DragonRealms mythology, astronomers within Gemstone IV have noted that the moon (Makiri) appears oddly egg-shaped, and seems to be growing ever so slowly.

== Grazhir's Legacy ==

The bulk of Grazhir fell to [[Elanthia]] when it exploded, a vast number of its pieces landing in the [[Reshal Sea]] between mainland [[Kermoria]] and the [[Qi archipelago]], where they still lie. These Elanthia-bound pieces of Grazhir are still powerful enough to disrupt teleportational energy (making [[Teleport]] and [[Moongate]] more difficult to use on the islands) and possess the synergistic magical sympathy which makes [[Astral Travel]] possible. As a result, Grazhir shards are prized by [[Moon Mage|Moon Mages]] as artifacts of incredible magical power.

Once in deference to their rarity and now to aid lesser-abled mages in entering and exiting the [[Astral Plane]], the [[Naming Ritual]] is performed on each shard discovered by the Moon Mage guild and it is granted a unique name. Knowledge of this name and the unique pattern of sympathy it creates within the shard is necessary for most mages to use them to enter or exit the Astral Plane.

:Note: {{com|RECALL}} HEAVENS GRAZHIR will tell you the names of the shards you have learned.

===Aliaes===
:Name means "White Fire" in Gamgweth. Originally located on [[Taisgath]], Aliaes once powered the Taisgath side of the Heritage House turtle. It was not recovered by the guild after the turtle was destroyed and its whereabouts are currently unknown.
===Auilusi===
:Located behind the Peri'el Prayer Gate on [[Aesry]], within a grove of birch trees designated as a shrine to [[Peri'el]].
:Appearance: ''While unusually large, this Grazhir shard has a rough finish and dim coloration that seems more grey than silvery-white. Auilusi sits at the apex of a slender, white birch pedestal situated in the center of the grove.''
:Conduit Description: ''The ground below heaves and roils with fluid waves, though it remains stable against your weight. Beams of hot, silver light cut through the region in a perfectly horizontal web of connections, seemingly unaffected by the waves. Each stream is mirrored in the sky above, as each grey star is connected to the others by sharply defined lines, creating a lattice of alien constellations that stretch to the horizon. You also see the silvery-white shard Auilusi.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Tradition
===Asharshpar'i===
:Located in a hidden chamber in the catacombs beneath [[Oshu'ehhrsk Manor]] just south of [[Leth Deriel]], which is [[Bonedancer]] [[Lasarhhtha]]'s ancestral home.
:Appearance: ''Though shaped like a jagged stake, the shard has a silvery-white sheen as if it were regularly polished.''
:Conduit Description: ''Thousands of static stars, each hanging in the sky like a little white dot, look down upon a desert of black sand. Despite the night sky, the region is brightly lit by a web of burning energy that twists and spins through the air. A cold wind blows through the desert, stirring up clouds of black sand that disintegrate upon contact with the blazing web.''
:Pillar: Pillar of the Heavens

===Axis===
:The Grazhir shard known as Axis is the shard around which the Pillars rotate within the microcosm and is the largest whole piece of Grazhir known to exist. Its physical location on the Plane of Abiding is not currently known, though the Reshal Sea seems to be a likely location.
===Besoge===
:Located on [[Mer'kresh]] in Caress-of-the-Moons Manor, the home of a wealthy Moon Mage.
:Appearance: ''Besoge is tiny, even for a Grazhir shard, but almost spherical. Its surface has been polished so thoroughly that it looks like a pearl. Small, needle-like platinum pincers hold it a few inches above the top of a stained oak pedestal.''
:Conduit Description: ''Featureless greyness stretches in all directions, distinguishable from the Grey Expanse only by the sensation of earth below and an unrelenting cacophony. Voices cry out countless notes of anger and anguish: screams, feral growls and structureless wails all stepping over each other. Lines of power crisscross invisibly through the region, physically sensed only by radiant heat.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Secrets
===Dinegavren===
:Name means "Low Moon" in Gamgweth. Located in the basement of [[Gealeranendae College]] in [[Therenborough]], where it is used to power the turtle which links Therenborough to [[Throne City]].
:Appearance: ''Barely a finger's width in size, the silvery-white shard known as Dinegavren is shaped much like a crescent moon.
:Conduit Description: ''Buildings of irregular shape and size, each constructed from slick grey stones, dominate the landscape. Narrow cobblestone streets and dirt alleys wend their way between the buildings and through thick fog banks. Burning beams of light thread across the landscape indiscriminately, evaporating the fog they touch yet passing harmlessly through the structures.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Introspection

===Dor'na'torna===
:Named for the famous [[Skindancer]] [[Kir|Kir Dor'na'torna]]. Located within the crystal spire on the [[Arid Steppe]] ([[Trabe Plateau]] of [[Hibarnhvidar]]).
:Appearance: ''The shard known as Dor'na'torna is roughly the size of two Human thumbs put together. It stands in the center of the chamber, supported at the apex of a polished oak tripod.''
:Conduit Description: ''A desolate steppe of mist-grey grass stretches to the horizon under the cold light of Xibar. Though the air feels calm and the night sky is clear, the discolored grass whips and sways as though under assault by a storm. An intricate web of burning light runs across the steppe, its fierce beams in constant motion.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Tradition

===Emalerje===
:Previously located in the [[Crystal Hand Fortress]] in the [[Lesser Fist|Lesser Fist of Heaven]]. It has been lost ever since volcanic activity destroyed the sect hall.
:Appearance: ''An unusually large and smooth Grazhir shard, Emalerje is about the size and shape of a good skipping stone. The shard is held aloft by two crystal pincers on the apex of a thin steel column.''
:Conduit Description: ''Monoliths of featureless grey rock rise up from a flat plain covered with ruddy ash. Each of the rocks is set at a right angle and precisely the same distance from the others, creating a uniform pattern that extends all the way to the horizon. Streams of burning, white energy discharge from one monolith to the next in a seemingly random order.''
:Pillar: Pillar of the Shrew

===Erekinzil===
:Located at the top of the Moon Mage guildhall on [[Taisgath]] island. Formerly known as Undarverjah before it underwent a mysterious, spontaneous transformation when Auilisi, Besoge and Tabelrem underwent the Naming Ritual.
:Appearance: ''The shard known as Erekinzil is little more than a silvery-white pebble. Its sides are so rough that rubbing the shard could abrade skin. The shard is held aloft by two crystal pincers on the apex of a thin steel column.''
:Conduit Description: ''A sandy expanse stretches out in every direction, littered with titanic, half-buried remains. Bones made out of black, glassy material stick out from the ground in distressed poses, left unceremoniously where the corpses fell. Arcs of burning silvery light discharge from one morbid pylon to the next, creating a crude maze of pathways. The Microcosm is visible in the azure sky, its conduits blazing with heat and, shaped as they are, reminiscent of a nova.''
:Former Conduit Description: ''Narrow caverns twist through barren grey rock without any apparent order. Wide puddles have accumulated on the ground, fed by icy water dripping from stalactites with clockwork regularity. Streams of silvery-white energy thread their way around the caverns, passing through the rock as though it wasn't there.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Fortune
===Marendin===
:Name means "Outsider" in Gamgweth. Located within the Moon Mage guildhall at the top of the [[Great Tower]] of [[Shard]].
:Appearance: ''Roughly the size of a gold coin, the shard known as Marendin is nearly severed in half by a deep gouge. The shard is held aloft by two crystal pincers on the apex of a thin steel column.''
:Conduit Description: ''Giant geometric solids wrought from black metal float in a cold, steel-grey void. The metal islands are connected to each other by narrow bridges, creating a network of shapes that seems to go on forever in every direction. Interconnected streams of burning energy sway around the void, passing harmlessly through the islands.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Secrets
===Mintais===
:Name means "Silver Sky" in Gamgweth. Located in Throne City, where it has long powered the turtle linked to [[Therenborough]].
:Appearance: ''Though shaped like a tiny jagged stake, the shard has a silvery-white sheen as if it were regularly polished.''
:Conduit Description: ''Broken and barren land stretches out beneath an impossibly large, bloated sun. Deep crevices slice through the ash-grey plain and jagged mountains rise to pierce the sky on the eastern horizon. Interwoven beams of silvery-white light dance across the blasted landscape and seem to extrude more heat than the bloated sun.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Fortune
===Rolagi===
:Originally located in Throne City, Rolagi once powered the Throne side of the [[Heritage House]] turtle. Was recovered after the turtle was destroyed and is currently located in the Observatory of the Southern Crossbow in [[Crossing]].
:Appearance: ''Despite having a slightly dark coloration near one tip, the shard known as Rolagi is otherwise pristine and silvery-white. The shard is held aloft by two crystal pincers on the apex of a thin steel column.''
:Conduit Description: ''Thousands upon thousands of stars hang in darkness above, around and even below: the heavens unfurl completely around you, without any hint of ground or a horizon. An invisible plane of force seems to extend through the area, providing a sense of substance in place of solid earth. An intricate web of burning energy slowly swirls all around you and seems to touch the distant stars.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Nightmares
===Tabelrem===
:Located at the top of the western tower of the Temple of the World Dragon in [[Muspar'i]].
:Appearance: ''The shard known as Tabelrem is a coral-like array of thin, silvery-white veins of rock. If it was a solid mass, it would be about the size of a Gnome's fist. Tabelrem sits embedded in a concave depression at the top of a short, wrought-iron pedestal.''
:Conduit Description: ''Curving beams of silvery light cut ethereally through stone ruins. The shape of wide boulevards and sprawling buildings can be picked out among the rubble, but the only standing structure is a gigantic, up-thrust sword in the far distance. A thousand stars look down upon the desolation, but they do not shine; each one is simply a lifeless dot in the sky.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Nightmares

===Tamigen===
:Located in the [[Cragstone Vale]] in [[Raven's Point]] within a [[Dragon Priest]] shrine to the World Dragon.
:Appearance: ''Tamigen is made of a silvery-white rock. Places on its surface show a pearly luster, and on its larger end, a blackened scar remains from its fiery descent.''
:Conduit Description: ''A web of silvery-white light dances through space. There is no other landscape visible around you, only a pattern of burning light that seems to stretch infinitely through a void as black as the space between the stars. A constant murmur reverberates through the cold void, as though the darkness is trying to speak.''
:Pillar: Pillar of the Heavens

===Taniendar===
:Located at the top of the [[Riverhaven]] Moon Mage guildhall spire.
:Appearance: ''About the size of a Human's pinky, time and violent chipping have caused a row of gouges to appear along one side of the shard. The shard is held aloft by two crystal pincers on the apex of a thin steel column.''
:Conduit Description: ''Rainbow auroras slither across the sky, so vivid that they almost entirely obscure the pinpricks of starlight above them. Light reflects off the perfectly smooth ground like a giant mirror, causing the prismatic colors to twist and flicker everywhere. In contrast to this chaos of hues, sharply defined beams of silvery-white light cut through the landscape, untainted by the auroras and not reflected by the ground.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Introspection
===Teloish===
:Name means "Sword Idea" in Gamgweth. Its precise location is unknown, but it is thought to occupy a space where the [[Plane of Abiding]] and the [[Plane of Probability]] overlap. This shard is protected by special wards which make the pattern of its name unlearnable.
:Appearance: ''Jagged and roughly the size of a Human fingernail, the Grazhir shard Teloish levitates three feet off the ground with no obvious means of support.''
:Conduit Description: It's currently impossible for player characters to traverse the Teloish conduit. ''

===Vellano===
:Located within a monolithic black dome capped with crystal on the docks of [[Fang Cove]].
:Though Fang Cove is an estate holder holding, the docks and Grazhir shard are open to the public.
:Named by [[Tozu]] Ayochi
:Appearance: ''Nearly six inches long and extremely slender, the edges of the glossy shard are razor :sharp. It is mounted lengthwise with each end supported by a crystal pincer.
:Conduit Description: ''Endless variegated hallways stretch before you, eerily reminiscent of stained glass. Depicted are fragments of hauntingly beautiful dreams you've long since forgotten. Occasionally, a section explodes silently inward as a ribbon of burning light brushes against the outside, though the glass reforms itself in the wake of your passage. As you travel, you are accompanied only by the fracturing glass beneath your feet.
:Pillar: Pillar of Unity

==Skill needed==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!  
! colspan="3" | Skill needed*
|-
! Shard !! Astrology !! Scholarship !! Arcana
|-
| Auilusi
| 290
| 298
| 395
|-
| Asharshpar'i
| 150
| 132
| 167
|-
| Axis
|
|
|
|-
| Besoge
| 400
| 417
| 496
|-
| Dinegavren
| 132
| 126
| 167
|-
| Dor'na'torna
| 218
| 223
| 249
|-
| Emalerje
| 165
| 180
| 228
|-
| Erekinzil
| 250
| 252
| 271
|-
| Marendin
| 132
| 126
| 167
|-
| Mintais
| 132
| 126
| 167
|-
| Rolagi
| 132
| 126
| 167
|-
| Tabelrem
| 200
| 196
| 207
|-
| Tamigen
| 167
| 170
| 209
|-
| Taniendar
| 163
| 166
| 199
|-
| Teloish
|
|
|
|-
| Vellano
| 134
| 131
| 178
|-
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> These are not exact values, but rather the current lowest documented skill able to learn the shard. At these minimum ranks it may take dozens of studies before it is learned. It may be possible to learn with less skill than indicated.

==See also==
[[Astral_Travel_(script)]]
{{RefAl}}
{{Cat|Moons,Heavenly bodies}}

Grazhir

2019-08-09T21:27:58Z

THEGREATAXOLOTL: /* Skill needed */

{{RTOC}}

Grazhir is the now-destroyed fourth moon of [[Elanthia]], formerly alongside [[Yavash]], [[Xibar]], and [[Katamba]]. It was of a pearlescent, silvery-white hue and said to be the smallest of the moons.

== Mythology and the Cataclysm ==

Mythology has it that Grazhir was somehow the "egg" of the [[World Dragon]], and that its hatching caused to moon to cataclysmically explode. The [[World Dragon]] then wreaked havoc upon Elanthia, but was eventually soothed by the goddess [[Peri'el]], who continues to sing to it somewhere deep within the bowels of the earth in order to keep it pacified.

Another possibility that has been presented is some catastrophic celestial event - such as a meteorite strike - occurred which caused the moon to explode and collide with Elanthia, while simultaneously setting Katamba's surface or atmosphere on fire.

Whichever is true, the impact of the pieces of Grazhir on Elanthia was devastating. As the bulk of the shards landed in the ocean, massive tidal waves engulfed a great deal of the Kermorian and Albarian coastlines, utterly destroying the civilizations there. Its impact elsewhere was said to lead to fatal shockwaves, huge dust clouds and even volcanic eruptions.

== Connections to Gemstone IV ==

The fact that Grazhir seems to exist in the game world of [[GemStone|Gemstone IV]] has caused players to speculate the DragonRealms takes place in a time period that is the far future relative to Gemstone. Some locations and characteristics of both games' Elanthias parallel one another, but the world has been rearranged by several thousands of years of intervening history and at least one global near-apocalypse. In accordance with DragonRealms mythology, astronomers within Gemstone IV have noted that the moon (Makiri) appears oddly egg-shaped, and seems to be growing ever so slowly.

== Grazhir's Legacy ==

The bulk of Grazhir fell to [[Elanthia]] when it exploded, a vast number of its pieces landing in the [[Reshal Sea]] between mainland [[Kermoria]] and the [[Qi archipelago]], where they still lie. These Elanthia-bound pieces of Grazhir are still powerful enough to disrupt teleportational energy (making [[Teleport]] and [[Moongate]] more difficult to use on the islands) and possess the synergistic magical sympathy which makes [[Astral Travel]] possible. As a result, Grazhir shards are prized by [[Moon Mage|Moon Mages]] as artifacts of incredible magical power.

Once in deference to their rarity and now to aid lesser-abled mages in entering and exiting the [[Astral Plane]], the [[Naming Ritual]] is performed on each shard discovered by the Moon Mage guild and it is granted a unique name. Knowledge of this name and the unique pattern of sympathy it creates within the shard is necessary for most mages to use them to enter or exit the Astral Plane.

:Note: {{com|RECALL}} HEAVENS GRAZHIR will tell you the names of the shards you have learned.

===Aliaes===
:Name means "White Fire" in Gamgweth. Originally located on [[Taisgath]], Aliaes once powered the Taisgath side of the Heritage House turtle. It was not recovered by the guild after the turtle was destroyed and its whereabouts are currently unknown.
===Auilusi===
:Located behind the Peri'el Prayer Gate on [[Aesry]], within a grove of birch trees designated as a shrine to [[Peri'el]].
:Appearance: ''While unusually large, this Grazhir shard has a rough finish and dim coloration that seems more grey than silvery-white. Auilusi sits at the apex of a slender, white birch pedestal situated in the center of the grove.''
:Conduit Description: ''The ground below heaves and roils with fluid waves, though it remains stable against your weight. Beams of hot, silver light cut through the region in a perfectly horizontal web of connections, seemingly unaffected by the waves. Each stream is mirrored in the sky above, as each grey star is connected to the others by sharply defined lines, creating a lattice of alien constellations that stretch to the horizon. You also see the silvery-white shard Auilusi.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Tradition
===Asharshpar'i===
:Located in a hidden chamber in the catacombs beneath [[Oshu'ehhrsk Manor]] just south of [[Leth Deriel]], which is [[Bonedancer]] [[Lasarhhtha]]'s ancestral home.
:Appearance: ''Though shaped like a jagged stake, the shard has a silvery-white sheen as if it were regularly polished.''
:Conduit Description: ''Thousands of static stars, each hanging in the sky like a little white dot, look down upon a desert of black sand. Despite the night sky, the region is brightly lit by a web of burning energy that twists and spins through the air. A cold wind blows through the desert, stirring up clouds of black sand that disintegrate upon contact with the blazing web.''
:Pillar: Pillar of the Heavens

===Axis===
:The Grazhir shard known as Axis is the shard around which the Pillars rotate within the microcosm and is the largest whole piece of Grazhir known to exist. Its physical location on the Plane of Abiding is not currently known, though the Reshal Sea seems to be a likely location.
===Besoge===
:Located on [[Mer'kresh]] in Caress-of-the-Moons Manor, the home of a wealthy Moon Mage.
:Appearance: ''Besoge is tiny, even for a Grazhir shard, but almost spherical. Its surface has been polished so thoroughly that it looks like a pearl. Small, needle-like platinum pincers hold it a few inches above the top of a stained oak pedestal.''
:Conduit Description: ''Featureless greyness stretches in all directions, distinguishable from the Grey Expanse only by the sensation of earth below and an unrelenting cacophony. Voices cry out countless notes of anger and anguish: screams, feral growls and structureless wails all stepping over each other. Lines of power crisscross invisibly through the region, physically sensed only by radiant heat.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Secrets
===Dinegavren===
:Name means "Low Moon" in Gamgweth. Located in the basement of [[Gealeranendae College]] in [[Therenborough]], where it is used to power the turtle which links Therenborough to [[Throne City]].
:Appearance: ''Barely a finger's width in size, the silvery-white shard known as Dinegavren is shaped much like a crescent moon.
:Conduit Description: ''Buildings of irregular shape and size, each constructed from slick grey stones, dominate the landscape. Narrow cobblestone streets and dirt alleys wend their way between the buildings and through thick fog banks. Burning beams of light thread across the landscape indiscriminately, evaporating the fog they touch yet passing harmlessly through the structures.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Introspection

===Dor'na'torna===
:Named for the famous [[Skindancer]] [[Kir|Kir Dor'na'torna]]. Located within the crystal spire on the [[Arid Steppe]] ([[Trabe Plateau]] of [[Hibarnhvidar]]).
:Appearance: ''The shard known as Dor'na'torna is roughly the size of two Human thumbs put together. It stands in the center of the chamber, supported at the apex of a polished oak tripod.''
:Conduit Description: ''A desolate steppe of mist-grey grass stretches to the horizon under the cold light of Xibar. Though the air feels calm and the night sky is clear, the discolored grass whips and sways as though under assault by a storm. An intricate web of burning light runs across the steppe, its fierce beams in constant motion.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Tradition

===Emalerje===
:Previously located in the [[Crystal Hand Fortress]] in the [[Lesser Fist|Lesser Fist of Heaven]]. It has been lost ever since volcanic activity destroyed the sect hall.
:Appearance: ''An unusually large and smooth Grazhir shard, Emalerje is about the size and shape of a good skipping stone. The shard is held aloft by two crystal pincers on the apex of a thin steel column.''
:Conduit Description: ''Monoliths of featureless grey rock rise up from a flat plain covered with ruddy ash. Each of the rocks is set at a right angle and precisely the same distance from the others, creating a uniform pattern that extends all the way to the horizon. Streams of burning, white energy discharge from one monolith to the next in a seemingly random order.''
:Pillar: Pillar of the Shrew

===Erekinzil===
:Located at the top of the Moon Mage guildhall on [[Taisgath]] island. Formerly known as Undarverjah before it underwent a mysterious, spontaneous transformation when Auilisi, Besoge and Tabelrem underwent the Naming Ritual.
:Appearance: ''The shard known as Erekinzil is little more than a silvery-white pebble. Its sides are so rough that rubbing the shard could abrade skin. The shard is held aloft by two crystal pincers on the apex of a thin steel column.''
:Conduit Description: ''A sandy expanse stretches out in every direction, littered with titanic, half-buried remains. Bones made out of black, glassy material stick out from the ground in distressed poses, left unceremoniously where the corpses fell. Arcs of burning silvery light discharge from one morbid pylon to the next, creating a crude maze of pathways. The Microcosm is visible in the azure sky, its conduits blazing with heat and, shaped as they are, reminiscent of a nova.''
:Former Conduit Description: ''Narrow caverns twist through barren grey rock without any apparent order. Wide puddles have accumulated on the ground, fed by icy water dripping from stalactites with clockwork regularity. Streams of silvery-white energy thread their way around the caverns, passing through the rock as though it wasn't there.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Fortune
===Marendin===
:Name means "Outsider" in Gamgweth. Located within the Moon Mage guildhall at the top of the [[Great Tower]] of [[Shard]].
:Appearance: ''Roughly the size of a gold coin, the shard known as Marendin is nearly severed in half by a deep gouge. The shard is held aloft by two crystal pincers on the apex of a thin steel column.''
:Conduit Description: ''Giant geometric solids wrought from black metal float in a cold, steel-grey void. The metal islands are connected to each other by narrow bridges, creating a network of shapes that seems to go on forever in every direction. Interconnected streams of burning energy sway around the void, passing harmlessly through the islands.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Secrets
===Mintais===
:Name means "Silver Sky" in Gamgweth. Located in Throne City, where it has long powered the turtle linked to [[Therenborough]].
:Appearance: ''Though shaped like a tiny jagged stake, the shard has a silvery-white sheen as if it were regularly polished.''
:Conduit Description: ''Broken and barren land stretches out beneath an impossibly large, bloated sun. Deep crevices slice through the ash-grey plain and jagged mountains rise to pierce the sky on the eastern horizon. Interwoven beams of silvery-white light dance across the blasted landscape and seem to extrude more heat than the bloated sun.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Fortune
===Rolagi===
:Originally located in Throne City, Rolagi once powered the Throne side of the [[Heritage House]] turtle. Was recovered after the turtle was destroyed and is currently located in the Observatory of the Southern Crossbow in [[Crossing]].
:Appearance: ''Despite having a slightly dark coloration near one tip, the shard known as Rolagi is otherwise pristine and silvery-white. The shard is held aloft by two crystal pincers on the apex of a thin steel column.''
:Conduit Description: ''Thousands upon thousands of stars hang in darkness above, around and even below: the heavens unfurl completely around you, without any hint of ground or a horizon. An invisible plane of force seems to extend through the area, providing a sense of substance in place of solid earth. An intricate web of burning energy slowly swirls all around you and seems to touch the distant stars.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Nightmares
===Tabelrem===
:Located at the top of the western tower of the Temple of the World Dragon in [[Muspar'i]].
:Appearance: ''The shard known as Tabelrem is a coral-like array of thin, silvery-white veins of rock. If it was a solid mass, it would be about the size of a Gnome's fist. Tabelrem sits embedded in a concave depression at the top of a short, wrought-iron pedestal.''
:Conduit Description: ''Curving beams of silvery light cut ethereally through stone ruins. The shape of wide boulevards and sprawling buildings can be picked out among the rubble, but the only standing structure is a gigantic, up-thrust sword in the far distance. A thousand stars look down upon the desolation, but they do not shine; each one is simply a lifeless dot in the sky.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Nightmares

===Tamigen===
:Located in the [[Cragstone Vale]] in [[Raven's Point]] within a [[Dragon Priest]] shrine to the World Dragon.
:Appearance: ''Tamigen is made of a silvery-white rock. Places on its surface show a pearly luster, and on its larger end, a blackened scar remains from its fiery descent.''
:Conduit Description: ''A web of silvery-white light dances through space. There is no other landscape visible around you, only a pattern of burning light that seems to stretch infinitely through a void as black as the space between the stars. A constant murmur reverberates through the cold void, as though the darkness is trying to speak.''
:Pillar: Pillar of the Heavens

===Taniendar===
:Located at the top of the [[Riverhaven]] Moon Mage guildhall spire.
:Appearance: ''About the size of a Human's pinky, time and violent chipping have caused a row of gouges to appear along one side of the shard. The shard is held aloft by two crystal pincers on the apex of a thin steel column.''
:Conduit Description: ''Rainbow auroras slither across the sky, so vivid that they almost entirely obscure the pinpricks of starlight above them. Light reflects off the perfectly smooth ground like a giant mirror, causing the prismatic colors to twist and flicker everywhere. In contrast to this chaos of hues, sharply defined beams of silvery-white light cut through the landscape, untainted by the auroras and not reflected by the ground.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Introspection
===Teloish===
:Name means "Sword Idea" in Gamgweth. Its precise location is unknown, but it is thought to occupy a space where the [[Plane of Abiding]] and the [[Plane of Probability]] overlap. This shard is protected by special wards which make the pattern of its name unlearnable.
:Appearance: ''Jagged and roughly the size of a Human fingernail, the Grazhir shard Teloish levitates three feet off the ground with no obvious means of support.''
:Conduit Description: It's currently impossible for player characters to traverse the Teloish conduit. ''

===Vellano===
:Located within a monolithic black dome capped with crystal on the docks of [[Fang Cove]].
:Though Fang Cove is an estate holder holding, the docks and Grazhir shard are open to the public.
:Named by [[Tozu]] Ayochi
:Appearance: ''Nearly six inches long and extremely slender, the edges of the glossy shard are razor :sharp. It is mounted lengthwise with each end supported by a crystal pincer.
:Conduit Description: ''Endless variegated hallways stretch before you, eerily reminiscent of stained glass. Depicted are fragments of hauntingly beautiful dreams you've long since forgotten. Occasionally, a section explodes silently inward as a ribbon of burning light brushes against the outside, though the glass reforms itself in the wake of your passage. As you travel, you are accompanied only by the fracturing glass beneath your feet.
:Pillar: Pillar of Unity

==Skill needed==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!  
! colspan="3" | Skill needed*
|-
! Shard !! Astrology !! Scholarship !! Arcana
|-
| Auilusi
| 306
| 298
| 395
|-
| Asharshpar'i
| 150
| 132
| 167
|-
| Axis
|
|
|
|-
| Besoge
| 400
| 417
| 496
|-
| Dinegavren
| 132
| 126
| 167
|-
| Dor'na'torna
| 218
| 223
| 249
|-
| Emalerje
| 165
| 180
| 228
|-
| Erekinzil
| 251
| 252
| 271
|-
| Marendin
| 132
| 126
| 167
|-
| Mintais
| 132
| 126
| 167
|-
| Rolagi
| 132
| 126
| 167
|-
| Tabelrem
| 200
| 196
| 207
|-
| Tamigen
| 167
| 170
| 209
|-
| Taniendar
| 163
| 166
| 199
|-
| Teloish
|
|
|
|-
| Vellano
| 134
| 131
| 178
|-
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> These are not exact values, but rather the current lowest documented skill able to learn the shard. At these minimum ranks it may take dozens of studies before it is learned. It may be possible to learn with less skill than indicated.

==See also==
[[Astral_Travel_(script)]]
{{RefAl}}
{{Cat|Moons,Heavenly bodies}}

Grazhir

2019-08-06T22:06:50Z

THEGREATAXOLOTL: /* Skill needed */

{{RTOC}}

Grazhir is the now-destroyed fourth moon of [[Elanthia]], formerly alongside [[Yavash]], [[Xibar]], and [[Katamba]]. It was of a pearlescent, silvery-white hue and said to be the smallest of the moons.

== Mythology and the Cataclysm ==

Mythology has it that Grazhir was somehow the "egg" of the [[World Dragon]], and that its hatching caused to moon to cataclysmically explode. The [[World Dragon]] then wreaked havoc upon Elanthia, but was eventually soothed by the goddess [[Peri'el]], who continues to sing to it somewhere deep within the bowels of the earth in order to keep it pacified.

Another possibility that has been presented is some catastrophic celestial event - such as a meteorite strike - occurred which caused the moon to explode and collide with Elanthia, while simultaneously setting Katamba's surface or atmosphere on fire.

Whichever is true, the impact of the pieces of Grazhir on Elanthia was devastating. As the bulk of the shards landed in the ocean, massive tidal waves engulfed a great deal of the Kermorian and Albarian coastlines, utterly destroying the civilizations there. Its impact elsewhere was said to lead to fatal shockwaves, huge dust clouds and even volcanic eruptions.

== Connections to Gemstone IV ==

The fact that Grazhir seems to exist in the game world of [[GemStone|Gemstone IV]] has caused players to speculate the DragonRealms takes place in a time period that is the far future relative to Gemstone. Some locations and characteristics of both games' Elanthias parallel one another, but the world has been rearranged by several thousands of years of intervening history and at least one global near-apocalypse. In accordance with DragonRealms mythology, astronomers within Gemstone IV have noted that the moon (Makiri) appears oddly egg-shaped, and seems to be growing ever so slowly.

== Grazhir's Legacy ==

The bulk of Grazhir fell to [[Elanthia]] when it exploded, a vast number of its pieces landing in the [[Reshal Sea]] between mainland [[Kermoria]] and the [[Qi archipelago]], where they still lie. These Elanthia-bound pieces of Grazhir are still powerful enough to disrupt teleportational energy (making [[Teleport]] and [[Moongate]] more difficult to use on the islands) and possess the synergistic magical sympathy which makes [[Astral Travel]] possible. As a result, Grazhir shards are prized by [[Moon Mage|Moon Mages]] as artifacts of incredible magical power.

Once in deference to their rarity and now to aid lesser-abled mages in entering and exiting the [[Astral Plane]], the [[Naming Ritual]] is performed on each shard discovered by the Moon Mage guild and it is granted a unique name. Knowledge of this name and the unique pattern of sympathy it creates within the shard is necessary for most mages to use them to enter or exit the Astral Plane.

:Note: {{com|RECALL}} HEAVENS GRAZHIR will tell you the names of the shards you have learned.

===Aliaes===
:Name means "White Fire" in Gamgweth. Originally located on [[Taisgath]], Aliaes once powered the Taisgath side of the Heritage House turtle. It was not recovered by the guild after the turtle was destroyed and its whereabouts are currently unknown.
===Auilusi===
:Located behind the Peri'el Prayer Gate on [[Aesry]], within a grove of birch trees designated as a shrine to [[Peri'el]].
:Appearance: ''While unusually large, this Grazhir shard has a rough finish and dim coloration that seems more grey than silvery-white. Auilusi sits at the apex of a slender, white birch pedestal situated in the center of the grove.''
:Conduit Description: ''The ground below heaves and roils with fluid waves, though it remains stable against your weight. Beams of hot, silver light cut through the region in a perfectly horizontal web of connections, seemingly unaffected by the waves. Each stream is mirrored in the sky above, as each grey star is connected to the others by sharply defined lines, creating a lattice of alien constellations that stretch to the horizon. You also see the silvery-white shard Auilusi.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Tradition
===Asharshpar'i===
:Located in a hidden chamber in the catacombs beneath [[Oshu'ehhrsk Manor]] just south of [[Leth Deriel]], which is [[Bonedancer]] [[Lasarhhtha]]'s ancestral home.
:Appearance: ''Though shaped like a jagged stake, the shard has a silvery-white sheen as if it were regularly polished.''
:Conduit Description: ''Thousands of static stars, each hanging in the sky like a little white dot, look down upon a desert of black sand. Despite the night sky, the region is brightly lit by a web of burning energy that twists and spins through the air. A cold wind blows through the desert, stirring up clouds of black sand that disintegrate upon contact with the blazing web.''
:Pillar: Pillar of the Heavens

===Axis===
:The Grazhir shard known as Axis is the shard around which the Pillars rotate within the microcosm and is the largest whole piece of Grazhir known to exist. Its physical location on the Plane of Abiding is not currently known, though the Reshal Sea seems to be a likely location.
===Besoge===
:Located on [[Mer'kresh]] in Caress-of-the-Moons Manor, the home of a wealthy Moon Mage.
:Appearance: ''Besoge is tiny, even for a Grazhir shard, but almost spherical. Its surface has been polished so thoroughly that it looks like a pearl. Small, needle-like platinum pincers hold it a few inches above the top of a stained oak pedestal.''
:Conduit Description: ''Featureless greyness stretches in all directions, distinguishable from the Grey Expanse only by the sensation of earth below and an unrelenting cacophony. Voices cry out countless notes of anger and anguish: screams, feral growls and structureless wails all stepping over each other. Lines of power crisscross invisibly through the region, physically sensed only by radiant heat.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Secrets
===Dinegavren===
:Name means "Low Moon" in Gamgweth. Located in the basement of [[Gealeranendae College]] in [[Therenborough]], where it is used to power the turtle which links Therenborough to [[Throne City]].
:Appearance: ''Barely a finger's width in size, the silvery-white shard known as Dinegavren is shaped much like a crescent moon.
:Conduit Description: ''Buildings of irregular shape and size, each constructed from slick grey stones, dominate the landscape. Narrow cobblestone streets and dirt alleys wend their way between the buildings and through thick fog banks. Burning beams of light thread across the landscape indiscriminately, evaporating the fog they touch yet passing harmlessly through the structures.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Introspection

===Dor'na'torna===
:Named for the famous [[Skindancer]] [[Kir|Kir Dor'na'torna]]. Located within the crystal spire on the [[Arid Steppe]] ([[Trabe Plateau]] of [[Hibarnhvidar]]).
:Appearance: ''The shard known as Dor'na'torna is roughly the size of two Human thumbs put together. It stands in the center of the chamber, supported at the apex of a polished oak tripod.''
:Conduit Description: ''A desolate steppe of mist-grey grass stretches to the horizon under the cold light of Xibar. Though the air feels calm and the night sky is clear, the discolored grass whips and sways as though under assault by a storm. An intricate web of burning light runs across the steppe, its fierce beams in constant motion.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Tradition

===Emalerje===
:Previously located in the [[Crystal Hand Fortress]] in the [[Lesser Fist|Lesser Fist of Heaven]]. It has been lost ever since volcanic activity destroyed the sect hall.
:Appearance: ''An unusually large and smooth Grazhir shard, Emalerje is about the size and shape of a good skipping stone. The shard is held aloft by two crystal pincers on the apex of a thin steel column.''
:Conduit Description: ''Monoliths of featureless grey rock rise up from a flat plain covered with ruddy ash. Each of the rocks is set at a right angle and precisely the same distance from the others, creating a uniform pattern that extends all the way to the horizon. Streams of burning, white energy discharge from one monolith to the next in a seemingly random order.''
:Pillar: Pillar of the Shrew

===Erekinzil===
:Located at the top of the Moon Mage guildhall on [[Taisgath]] island. Formerly known as Undarverjah before it underwent a mysterious, spontaneous transformation when Auilisi, Besoge and Tabelrem underwent the Naming Ritual.
:Appearance: ''The shard known as Erekinzil is little more than a silvery-white pebble. Its sides are so rough that rubbing the shard could abrade skin. The shard is held aloft by two crystal pincers on the apex of a thin steel column.''
:Conduit Description: ''A sandy expanse stretches out in every direction, littered with titanic, half-buried remains. Bones made out of black, glassy material stick out from the ground in distressed poses, left unceremoniously where the corpses fell. Arcs of burning silvery light discharge from one morbid pylon to the next, creating a crude maze of pathways. The Microcosm is visible in the azure sky, its conduits blazing with heat and, shaped as they are, reminiscent of a nova.''
:Former Conduit Description: ''Narrow caverns twist through barren grey rock without any apparent order. Wide puddles have accumulated on the ground, fed by icy water dripping from stalactites with clockwork regularity. Streams of silvery-white energy thread their way around the caverns, passing through the rock as though it wasn't there.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Fortune
===Marendin===
:Name means "Outsider" in Gamgweth. Located within the Moon Mage guildhall at the top of the [[Great Tower]] of [[Shard]].
:Appearance: ''Roughly the size of a gold coin, the shard known as Marendin is nearly severed in half by a deep gouge. The shard is held aloft by two crystal pincers on the apex of a thin steel column.''
:Conduit Description: ''Giant geometric solids wrought from black metal float in a cold, steel-grey void. The metal islands are connected to each other by narrow bridges, creating a network of shapes that seems to go on forever in every direction. Interconnected streams of burning energy sway around the void, passing harmlessly through the islands.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Secrets
===Mintais===
:Name means "Silver Sky" in Gamgweth. Located in Throne City, where it has long powered the turtle linked to [[Therenborough]].
:Appearance: ''Though shaped like a tiny jagged stake, the shard has a silvery-white sheen as if it were regularly polished.''
:Conduit Description: ''Broken and barren land stretches out beneath an impossibly large, bloated sun. Deep crevices slice through the ash-grey plain and jagged mountains rise to pierce the sky on the eastern horizon. Interwoven beams of silvery-white light dance across the blasted landscape and seem to extrude more heat than the bloated sun.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Fortune
===Rolagi===
:Originally located in Throne City, Rolagi once powered the Throne side of the [[Heritage House]] turtle. Was recovered after the turtle was destroyed and is currently located in the Observatory of the Southern Crossbow in [[Crossing]].
:Appearance: ''Despite having a slightly dark coloration near one tip, the shard known as Rolagi is otherwise pristine and silvery-white. The shard is held aloft by two crystal pincers on the apex of a thin steel column.''
:Conduit Description: ''Thousands upon thousands of stars hang in darkness above, around and even below: the heavens unfurl completely around you, without any hint of ground or a horizon. An invisible plane of force seems to extend through the area, providing a sense of substance in place of solid earth. An intricate web of burning energy slowly swirls all around you and seems to touch the distant stars.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Nightmares
===Tabelrem===
:Located at the top of the western tower of the Temple of the World Dragon in [[Muspar'i]].
:Appearance: ''The shard known as Tabelrem is a coral-like array of thin, silvery-white veins of rock. If it was a solid mass, it would be about the size of a Gnome's fist. Tabelrem sits embedded in a concave depression at the top of a short, wrought-iron pedestal.''
:Conduit Description: ''Curving beams of silvery light cut ethereally through stone ruins. The shape of wide boulevards and sprawling buildings can be picked out among the rubble, but the only standing structure is a gigantic, up-thrust sword in the far distance. A thousand stars look down upon the desolation, but they do not shine; each one is simply a lifeless dot in the sky.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Nightmares

===Tamigen===
:Located in the [[Cragstone Vale]] in [[Raven's Point]] within a [[Dragon Priest]] shrine to the World Dragon.
:Appearance: ''Tamigen is made of a silvery-white rock. Places on its surface show a pearly luster, and on its larger end, a blackened scar remains from its fiery descent.''
:Conduit Description: ''A web of silvery-white light dances through space. There is no other landscape visible around you, only a pattern of burning light that seems to stretch infinitely through a void as black as the space between the stars. A constant murmur reverberates through the cold void, as though the darkness is trying to speak.''
:Pillar: Pillar of the Heavens

===Taniendar===
:Located at the top of the [[Riverhaven]] Moon Mage guildhall spire.
:Appearance: ''About the size of a Human's pinky, time and violent chipping have caused a row of gouges to appear along one side of the shard. The shard is held aloft by two crystal pincers on the apex of a thin steel column.''
:Conduit Description: ''Rainbow auroras slither across the sky, so vivid that they almost entirely obscure the pinpricks of starlight above them. Light reflects off the perfectly smooth ground like a giant mirror, causing the prismatic colors to twist and flicker everywhere. In contrast to this chaos of hues, sharply defined beams of silvery-white light cut through the landscape, untainted by the auroras and not reflected by the ground.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Introspection
===Teloish===
:Name means "Sword Idea" in Gamgweth. Its precise location is unknown, but it is thought to occupy a space where the [[Plane of Abiding]] and the [[Plane of Probability]] overlap. This shard is protected by special wards which make the pattern of its name unlearnable.
:Appearance: ''Jagged and roughly the size of a Human fingernail, the Grazhir shard Teloish levitates three feet off the ground with no obvious means of support.''
:Conduit Description: It's currently impossible for player characters to traverse the Teloish conduit. ''

===Vellano===
:Located within a monolithic black dome capped with crystal on the docks of [[Fang Cove]].
:Though Fang Cove is an estate holder holding, the docks and Grazhir shard are open to the public.
:Named by [[Tozu]] Ayochi
:Appearance: ''Nearly six inches long and extremely slender, the edges of the glossy shard are razor :sharp. It is mounted lengthwise with each end supported by a crystal pincer.
:Conduit Description: ''Endless variegated hallways stretch before you, eerily reminiscent of stained glass. Depicted are fragments of hauntingly beautiful dreams you've long since forgotten. Occasionally, a section explodes silently inward as a ribbon of burning light brushes against the outside, though the glass reforms itself in the wake of your passage. As you travel, you are accompanied only by the fracturing glass beneath your feet.
:Pillar: Pillar of Unity

==Skill needed==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!  
! colspan="3" | Skill needed*
|-
! Shard !! Astrology !! Scholarship !! Arcana
|-
| Auilusi
| 306
| 298
| 395
|-
| Asharshpar'i
| 150
| 132
| 167
|-
| Axis
|
|
|
|-
| Besoge
| 400
| 417
| 496
|-
| Dinegavren
| 132
| 126
| 167
|-
| Dor'na'torna
| 218
| 223
| 249
|-
| Emalerje
| 165
| 180
| 228
|-
| Erekinzil
| 306
| 252
| 271
|-
| Marendin
| 132
| 126
| 167
|-
| Mintais
| 132
| 126
| 167
|-
| Rolagi
| 132
| 126
| 167
|-
| Tabelrem
| 200
| 196
| 207
|-
| Tamigen
| 167
| 170
| 209
|-
| Taniendar
| 163
| 166
| 199
|-
| Teloish
|
|
|
|-
| Vellano
| 165
| 168
| 202
|-
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> These are not exact values, but rather the current lowest documented skill able to learn the shard. At these minimum ranks it may take dozens of studies before it is learned. It may be possible to learn with less skill than indicated.

==See also==
[[Astral_Travel_(script)]]
{{RefAl}}
{{Cat|Moons,Heavenly bodies}}

Grazhir

2019-08-06T21:58:22Z

THEGREATAXOLOTL: /* Skill needed */

{{RTOC}}

Grazhir is the now-destroyed fourth moon of [[Elanthia]], formerly alongside [[Yavash]], [[Xibar]], and [[Katamba]]. It was of a pearlescent, silvery-white hue and said to be the smallest of the moons.

== Mythology and the Cataclysm ==

Mythology has it that Grazhir was somehow the "egg" of the [[World Dragon]], and that its hatching caused to moon to cataclysmically explode. The [[World Dragon]] then wreaked havoc upon Elanthia, but was eventually soothed by the goddess [[Peri'el]], who continues to sing to it somewhere deep within the bowels of the earth in order to keep it pacified.

Another possibility that has been presented is some catastrophic celestial event - such as a meteorite strike - occurred which caused the moon to explode and collide with Elanthia, while simultaneously setting Katamba's surface or atmosphere on fire.

Whichever is true, the impact of the pieces of Grazhir on Elanthia was devastating. As the bulk of the shards landed in the ocean, massive tidal waves engulfed a great deal of the Kermorian and Albarian coastlines, utterly destroying the civilizations there. Its impact elsewhere was said to lead to fatal shockwaves, huge dust clouds and even volcanic eruptions.

== Connections to Gemstone IV ==

The fact that Grazhir seems to exist in the game world of [[GemStone|Gemstone IV]] has caused players to speculate the DragonRealms takes place in a time period that is the far future relative to Gemstone. Some locations and characteristics of both games' Elanthias parallel one another, but the world has been rearranged by several thousands of years of intervening history and at least one global near-apocalypse. In accordance with DragonRealms mythology, astronomers within Gemstone IV have noted that the moon (Makiri) appears oddly egg-shaped, and seems to be growing ever so slowly.

== Grazhir's Legacy ==

The bulk of Grazhir fell to [[Elanthia]] when it exploded, a vast number of its pieces landing in the [[Reshal Sea]] between mainland [[Kermoria]] and the [[Qi archipelago]], where they still lie. These Elanthia-bound pieces of Grazhir are still powerful enough to disrupt teleportational energy (making [[Teleport]] and [[Moongate]] more difficult to use on the islands) and possess the synergistic magical sympathy which makes [[Astral Travel]] possible. As a result, Grazhir shards are prized by [[Moon Mage|Moon Mages]] as artifacts of incredible magical power.

Once in deference to their rarity and now to aid lesser-abled mages in entering and exiting the [[Astral Plane]], the [[Naming Ritual]] is performed on each shard discovered by the Moon Mage guild and it is granted a unique name. Knowledge of this name and the unique pattern of sympathy it creates within the shard is necessary for most mages to use them to enter or exit the Astral Plane.

:Note: {{com|RECALL}} HEAVENS GRAZHIR will tell you the names of the shards you have learned.

===Aliaes===
:Name means "White Fire" in Gamgweth. Originally located on [[Taisgath]], Aliaes once powered the Taisgath side of the Heritage House turtle. It was not recovered by the guild after the turtle was destroyed and its whereabouts are currently unknown.
===Auilusi===
:Located behind the Peri'el Prayer Gate on [[Aesry]], within a grove of birch trees designated as a shrine to [[Peri'el]].
:Appearance: ''While unusually large, this Grazhir shard has a rough finish and dim coloration that seems more grey than silvery-white. Auilusi sits at the apex of a slender, white birch pedestal situated in the center of the grove.''
:Conduit Description: ''The ground below heaves and roils with fluid waves, though it remains stable against your weight. Beams of hot, silver light cut through the region in a perfectly horizontal web of connections, seemingly unaffected by the waves. Each stream is mirrored in the sky above, as each grey star is connected to the others by sharply defined lines, creating a lattice of alien constellations that stretch to the horizon. You also see the silvery-white shard Auilusi.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Tradition
===Asharshpar'i===
:Located in a hidden chamber in the catacombs beneath [[Oshu'ehhrsk Manor]] just south of [[Leth Deriel]], which is [[Bonedancer]] [[Lasarhhtha]]'s ancestral home.
:Appearance: ''Though shaped like a jagged stake, the shard has a silvery-white sheen as if it were regularly polished.''
:Conduit Description: ''Thousands of static stars, each hanging in the sky like a little white dot, look down upon a desert of black sand. Despite the night sky, the region is brightly lit by a web of burning energy that twists and spins through the air. A cold wind blows through the desert, stirring up clouds of black sand that disintegrate upon contact with the blazing web.''
:Pillar: Pillar of the Heavens

===Axis===
:The Grazhir shard known as Axis is the shard around which the Pillars rotate within the microcosm and is the largest whole piece of Grazhir known to exist. Its physical location on the Plane of Abiding is not currently known, though the Reshal Sea seems to be a likely location.
===Besoge===
:Located on [[Mer'kresh]] in Caress-of-the-Moons Manor, the home of a wealthy Moon Mage.
:Appearance: ''Besoge is tiny, even for a Grazhir shard, but almost spherical. Its surface has been polished so thoroughly that it looks like a pearl. Small, needle-like platinum pincers hold it a few inches above the top of a stained oak pedestal.''
:Conduit Description: ''Featureless greyness stretches in all directions, distinguishable from the Grey Expanse only by the sensation of earth below and an unrelenting cacophony. Voices cry out countless notes of anger and anguish: screams, feral growls and structureless wails all stepping over each other. Lines of power crisscross invisibly through the region, physically sensed only by radiant heat.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Secrets
===Dinegavren===
:Name means "Low Moon" in Gamgweth. Located in the basement of [[Gealeranendae College]] in [[Therenborough]], where it is used to power the turtle which links Therenborough to [[Throne City]].
:Appearance: ''Barely a finger's width in size, the silvery-white shard known as Dinegavren is shaped much like a crescent moon.
:Conduit Description: ''Buildings of irregular shape and size, each constructed from slick grey stones, dominate the landscape. Narrow cobblestone streets and dirt alleys wend their way between the buildings and through thick fog banks. Burning beams of light thread across the landscape indiscriminately, evaporating the fog they touch yet passing harmlessly through the structures.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Introspection

===Dor'na'torna===
:Named for the famous [[Skindancer]] [[Kir|Kir Dor'na'torna]]. Located within the crystal spire on the [[Arid Steppe]] ([[Trabe Plateau]] of [[Hibarnhvidar]]).
:Appearance: ''The shard known as Dor'na'torna is roughly the size of two Human thumbs put together. It stands in the center of the chamber, supported at the apex of a polished oak tripod.''
:Conduit Description: ''A desolate steppe of mist-grey grass stretches to the horizon under the cold light of Xibar. Though the air feels calm and the night sky is clear, the discolored grass whips and sways as though under assault by a storm. An intricate web of burning light runs across the steppe, its fierce beams in constant motion.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Tradition

===Emalerje===
:Previously located in the [[Crystal Hand Fortress]] in the [[Lesser Fist|Lesser Fist of Heaven]]. It has been lost ever since volcanic activity destroyed the sect hall.
:Appearance: ''An unusually large and smooth Grazhir shard, Emalerje is about the size and shape of a good skipping stone. The shard is held aloft by two crystal pincers on the apex of a thin steel column.''
:Conduit Description: ''Monoliths of featureless grey rock rise up from a flat plain covered with ruddy ash. Each of the rocks is set at a right angle and precisely the same distance from the others, creating a uniform pattern that extends all the way to the horizon. Streams of burning, white energy discharge from one monolith to the next in a seemingly random order.''
:Pillar: Pillar of the Shrew

===Erekinzil===
:Located at the top of the Moon Mage guildhall on [[Taisgath]] island. Formerly known as Undarverjah before it underwent a mysterious, spontaneous transformation when Auilisi, Besoge and Tabelrem underwent the Naming Ritual.
:Appearance: ''The shard known as Erekinzil is little more than a silvery-white pebble. Its sides are so rough that rubbing the shard could abrade skin. The shard is held aloft by two crystal pincers on the apex of a thin steel column.''
:Conduit Description: ''A sandy expanse stretches out in every direction, littered with titanic, half-buried remains. Bones made out of black, glassy material stick out from the ground in distressed poses, left unceremoniously where the corpses fell. Arcs of burning silvery light discharge from one morbid pylon to the next, creating a crude maze of pathways. The Microcosm is visible in the azure sky, its conduits blazing with heat and, shaped as they are, reminiscent of a nova.''
:Former Conduit Description: ''Narrow caverns twist through barren grey rock without any apparent order. Wide puddles have accumulated on the ground, fed by icy water dripping from stalactites with clockwork regularity. Streams of silvery-white energy thread their way around the caverns, passing through the rock as though it wasn't there.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Fortune
===Marendin===
:Name means "Outsider" in Gamgweth. Located within the Moon Mage guildhall at the top of the [[Great Tower]] of [[Shard]].
:Appearance: ''Roughly the size of a gold coin, the shard known as Marendin is nearly severed in half by a deep gouge. The shard is held aloft by two crystal pincers on the apex of a thin steel column.''
:Conduit Description: ''Giant geometric solids wrought from black metal float in a cold, steel-grey void. The metal islands are connected to each other by narrow bridges, creating a network of shapes that seems to go on forever in every direction. Interconnected streams of burning energy sway around the void, passing harmlessly through the islands.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Secrets
===Mintais===
:Name means "Silver Sky" in Gamgweth. Located in Throne City, where it has long powered the turtle linked to [[Therenborough]].
:Appearance: ''Though shaped like a tiny jagged stake, the shard has a silvery-white sheen as if it were regularly polished.''
:Conduit Description: ''Broken and barren land stretches out beneath an impossibly large, bloated sun. Deep crevices slice through the ash-grey plain and jagged mountains rise to pierce the sky on the eastern horizon. Interwoven beams of silvery-white light dance across the blasted landscape and seem to extrude more heat than the bloated sun.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Fortune
===Rolagi===
:Originally located in Throne City, Rolagi once powered the Throne side of the [[Heritage House]] turtle. Was recovered after the turtle was destroyed and is currently located in the Observatory of the Southern Crossbow in [[Crossing]].
:Appearance: ''Despite having a slightly dark coloration near one tip, the shard known as Rolagi is otherwise pristine and silvery-white. The shard is held aloft by two crystal pincers on the apex of a thin steel column.''
:Conduit Description: ''Thousands upon thousands of stars hang in darkness above, around and even below: the heavens unfurl completely around you, without any hint of ground or a horizon. An invisible plane of force seems to extend through the area, providing a sense of substance in place of solid earth. An intricate web of burning energy slowly swirls all around you and seems to touch the distant stars.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Nightmares
===Tabelrem===
:Located at the top of the western tower of the Temple of the World Dragon in [[Muspar'i]].
:Appearance: ''The shard known as Tabelrem is a coral-like array of thin, silvery-white veins of rock. If it was a solid mass, it would be about the size of a Gnome's fist. Tabelrem sits embedded in a concave depression at the top of a short, wrought-iron pedestal.''
:Conduit Description: ''Curving beams of silvery light cut ethereally through stone ruins. The shape of wide boulevards and sprawling buildings can be picked out among the rubble, but the only standing structure is a gigantic, up-thrust sword in the far distance. A thousand stars look down upon the desolation, but they do not shine; each one is simply a lifeless dot in the sky.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Nightmares

===Tamigen===
:Located in the [[Cragstone Vale]] in [[Raven's Point]] within a [[Dragon Priest]] shrine to the World Dragon.
:Appearance: ''Tamigen is made of a silvery-white rock. Places on its surface show a pearly luster, and on its larger end, a blackened scar remains from its fiery descent.''
:Conduit Description: ''A web of silvery-white light dances through space. There is no other landscape visible around you, only a pattern of burning light that seems to stretch infinitely through a void as black as the space between the stars. A constant murmur reverberates through the cold void, as though the darkness is trying to speak.''
:Pillar: Pillar of the Heavens

===Taniendar===
:Located at the top of the [[Riverhaven]] Moon Mage guildhall spire.
:Appearance: ''About the size of a Human's pinky, time and violent chipping have caused a row of gouges to appear along one side of the shard. The shard is held aloft by two crystal pincers on the apex of a thin steel column.''
:Conduit Description: ''Rainbow auroras slither across the sky, so vivid that they almost entirely obscure the pinpricks of starlight above them. Light reflects off the perfectly smooth ground like a giant mirror, causing the prismatic colors to twist and flicker everywhere. In contrast to this chaos of hues, sharply defined beams of silvery-white light cut through the landscape, untainted by the auroras and not reflected by the ground.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Introspection
===Teloish===
:Name means "Sword Idea" in Gamgweth. Its precise location is unknown, but it is thought to occupy a space where the [[Plane of Abiding]] and the [[Plane of Probability]] overlap. This shard is protected by special wards which make the pattern of its name unlearnable.
:Appearance: ''Jagged and roughly the size of a Human fingernail, the Grazhir shard Teloish levitates three feet off the ground with no obvious means of support.''
:Conduit Description: It's currently impossible for player characters to traverse the Teloish conduit. ''

===Vellano===
:Located within a monolithic black dome capped with crystal on the docks of [[Fang Cove]].
:Though Fang Cove is an estate holder holding, the docks and Grazhir shard are open to the public.
:Named by [[Tozu]] Ayochi
:Appearance: ''Nearly six inches long and extremely slender, the edges of the glossy shard are razor :sharp. It is mounted lengthwise with each end supported by a crystal pincer.
:Conduit Description: ''Endless variegated hallways stretch before you, eerily reminiscent of stained glass. Depicted are fragments of hauntingly beautiful dreams you've long since forgotten. Occasionally, a section explodes silently inward as a ribbon of burning light brushes against the outside, though the glass reforms itself in the wake of your passage. As you travel, you are accompanied only by the fracturing glass beneath your feet.
:Pillar: Pillar of Unity

==Skill needed==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!  
! colspan="3" | Skill needed*
|-
! Shard !! Astrology !! Scholarship !! Arcana
|-
| Auilusi
| 306
| 298
| 395
|-
| Asharshpar'i
| 150
| 132
| 167
|-
| Axis
|
|
|
|-
| Besoge
| 400
| 417
| 496
|-
| Dinegavren
| 132
| 126
| 167
|-
| Dor'na'torna
| 218
| 223
| 249
|-
| Emalerje
| 165
| 180
| 228
|-
| Erekinzil
| 306
| 252
| 271
|-
| Marendin
| 132
| 126
| 167
|-
| Mintais
| 150
| 132
| 167
|-
| Rolagi
| 132
| 126
| 167
|-
| Tabelrem
| 200
| 196
| 207
|-
| Tamigen
| 167
| 170
| 209
|-
| Taniendar
| 163
| 166
| 199
|-
| Teloish
|
|
|
|-
| Vellano
| 165
| 168
| 202
|-
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> These are not exact values, but rather the current lowest documented skill able to learn the shard. At these minimum ranks it may take dozens of studies before it is learned. It may be possible to learn with less skill than indicated.

==See also==
[[Astral_Travel_(script)]]
{{RefAl}}
{{Cat|Moons,Heavenly bodies}}

Grazhir

2019-08-04T23:12:44Z

THEGREATAXOLOTL: /* Skill needed */

{{RTOC}}

Grazhir is the now-destroyed fourth moon of [[Elanthia]], formerly alongside [[Yavash]], [[Xibar]], and [[Katamba]]. It was of a pearlescent, silvery-white hue and said to be the smallest of the moons.

== Mythology and the Cataclysm ==

Mythology has it that Grazhir was somehow the "egg" of the [[World Dragon]], and that its hatching caused to moon to cataclysmically explode. The [[World Dragon]] then wreaked havoc upon Elanthia, but was eventually soothed by the goddess [[Peri'el]], who continues to sing to it somewhere deep within the bowels of the earth in order to keep it pacified.

Another possibility that has been presented is some catastrophic celestial event - such as a meteorite strike - occurred which caused the moon to explode and collide with Elanthia, while simultaneously setting Katamba's surface or atmosphere on fire.

Whichever is true, the impact of the pieces of Grazhir on Elanthia was devastating. As the bulk of the shards landed in the ocean, massive tidal waves engulfed a great deal of the Kermorian and Albarian coastlines, utterly destroying the civilizations there. Its impact elsewhere was said to lead to fatal shockwaves, huge dust clouds and even volcanic eruptions.

== Connections to Gemstone IV ==

The fact that Grazhir seems to exist in the game world of [[GemStone|Gemstone IV]] has caused players to speculate the DragonRealms takes place in a time period that is the far future relative to Gemstone. Some locations and characteristics of both games' Elanthias parallel one another, but the world has been rearranged by several thousands of years of intervening history and at least one global near-apocalypse. In accordance with DragonRealms mythology, astronomers within Gemstone IV have noted that the moon (Makiri) appears oddly egg-shaped, and seems to be growing ever so slowly.

== Grazhir's Legacy ==

The bulk of Grazhir fell to [[Elanthia]] when it exploded, a vast number of its pieces landing in the [[Reshal Sea]] between mainland [[Kermoria]] and the [[Qi archipelago]], where they still lie. These Elanthia-bound pieces of Grazhir are still powerful enough to disrupt teleportational energy (making [[Teleport]] and [[Moongate]] more difficult to use on the islands) and possess the synergistic magical sympathy which makes [[Astral Travel]] possible. As a result, Grazhir shards are prized by [[Moon Mage|Moon Mages]] as artifacts of incredible magical power.

Once in deference to their rarity and now to aid lesser-abled mages in entering and exiting the [[Astral Plane]], the [[Naming Ritual]] is performed on each shard discovered by the Moon Mage guild and it is granted a unique name. Knowledge of this name and the unique pattern of sympathy it creates within the shard is necessary for most mages to use them to enter or exit the Astral Plane.

:Note: {{com|RECALL}} HEAVENS GRAZHIR will tell you the names of the shards you have learned.

===Aliaes===
:Name means "White Fire" in Gamgweth. Originally located on [[Taisgath]], Aliaes once powered the Taisgath side of the Heritage House turtle. It was not recovered by the guild after the turtle was destroyed and its whereabouts are currently unknown.
===Auilusi===
:Located behind the Peri'el Prayer Gate on [[Aesry]], within a grove of birch trees designated as a shrine to [[Peri'el]].
:Appearance: ''While unusually large, this Grazhir shard has a rough finish and dim coloration that seems more grey than silvery-white. Auilusi sits at the apex of a slender, white birch pedestal situated in the center of the grove.''
:Conduit Description: ''The ground below heaves and roils with fluid waves, though it remains stable against your weight. Beams of hot, silver light cut through the region in a perfectly horizontal web of connections, seemingly unaffected by the waves. Each stream is mirrored in the sky above, as each grey star is connected to the others by sharply defined lines, creating a lattice of alien constellations that stretch to the horizon. You also see the silvery-white shard Auilusi.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Tradition
===Asharshpar'i===
:Located in a hidden chamber in the catacombs beneath [[Oshu'ehhrsk Manor]] just south of [[Leth Deriel]], which is [[Bonedancer]] [[Lasarhhtha]]'s ancestral home.
:Appearance: ''Though shaped like a jagged stake, the shard has a silvery-white sheen as if it were regularly polished.''
:Conduit Description: ''Thousands of static stars, each hanging in the sky like a little white dot, look down upon a desert of black sand. Despite the night sky, the region is brightly lit by a web of burning energy that twists and spins through the air. A cold wind blows through the desert, stirring up clouds of black sand that disintegrate upon contact with the blazing web.''
:Pillar: Pillar of the Heavens

===Axis===
:The Grazhir shard known as Axis is the shard around which the Pillars rotate within the microcosm and is the largest whole piece of Grazhir known to exist. Its physical location on the Plane of Abiding is not currently known, though the Reshal Sea seems to be a likely location.
===Besoge===
:Located on [[Mer'kresh]] in Caress-of-the-Moons Manor, the home of a wealthy Moon Mage.
:Appearance: ''Besoge is tiny, even for a Grazhir shard, but almost spherical. Its surface has been polished so thoroughly that it looks like a pearl. Small, needle-like platinum pincers hold it a few inches above the top of a stained oak pedestal.''
:Conduit Description: ''Featureless greyness stretches in all directions, distinguishable from the Grey Expanse only by the sensation of earth below and an unrelenting cacophony. Voices cry out countless notes of anger and anguish: screams, feral growls and structureless wails all stepping over each other. Lines of power crisscross invisibly through the region, physically sensed only by radiant heat.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Secrets
===Dinegavren===
:Name means "Low Moon" in Gamgweth. Located in the basement of [[Gealeranendae College]] in [[Therenborough]], where it is used to power the turtle which links Therenborough to [[Throne City]].
:Appearance: ''Barely a finger's width in size, the silvery-white shard known as Dinegavren is shaped much like a crescent moon.
:Conduit Description: ''Buildings of irregular shape and size, each constructed from slick grey stones, dominate the landscape. Narrow cobblestone streets and dirt alleys wend their way between the buildings and through thick fog banks. Burning beams of light thread across the landscape indiscriminately, evaporating the fog they touch yet passing harmlessly through the structures.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Introspection

===Dor'na'torna===
:Named for the famous [[Skindancer]] [[Kir|Kir Dor'na'torna]]. Located within the crystal spire on the [[Arid Steppe]] ([[Trabe Plateau]] of [[Hibarnhvidar]]).
:Appearance: ''The shard known as Dor'na'torna is roughly the size of two Human thumbs put together. It stands in the center of the chamber, supported at the apex of a polished oak tripod.''
:Conduit Description: ''A desolate steppe of mist-grey grass stretches to the horizon under the cold light of Xibar. Though the air feels calm and the night sky is clear, the discolored grass whips and sways as though under assault by a storm. An intricate web of burning light runs across the steppe, its fierce beams in constant motion.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Tradition

===Emalerje===
:Previously located in the [[Crystal Hand Fortress]] in the [[Lesser Fist|Lesser Fist of Heaven]]. It has been lost ever since volcanic activity destroyed the sect hall.
:Appearance: ''An unusually large and smooth Grazhir shard, Emalerje is about the size and shape of a good skipping stone. The shard is held aloft by two crystal pincers on the apex of a thin steel column.''
:Conduit Description: ''Monoliths of featureless grey rock rise up from a flat plain covered with ruddy ash. Each of the rocks is set at a right angle and precisely the same distance from the others, creating a uniform pattern that extends all the way to the horizon. Streams of burning, white energy discharge from one monolith to the next in a seemingly random order.''
:Pillar: Pillar of the Shrew

===Erekinzil===
:Located at the top of the Moon Mage guildhall on [[Taisgath]] island. Formerly known as Undarverjah before it underwent a mysterious, spontaneous transformation when Auilisi, Besoge and Tabelrem underwent the Naming Ritual.
:Appearance: ''The shard known as Erekinzil is little more than a silvery-white pebble. Its sides are so rough that rubbing the shard could abrade skin. The shard is held aloft by two crystal pincers on the apex of a thin steel column.''
:Conduit Description: ''A sandy expanse stretches out in every direction, littered with titanic, half-buried remains. Bones made out of black, glassy material stick out from the ground in distressed poses, left unceremoniously where the corpses fell. Arcs of burning silvery light discharge from one morbid pylon to the next, creating a crude maze of pathways. The Microcosm is visible in the azure sky, its conduits blazing with heat and, shaped as they are, reminiscent of a nova.''
:Former Conduit Description: ''Narrow caverns twist through barren grey rock without any apparent order. Wide puddles have accumulated on the ground, fed by icy water dripping from stalactites with clockwork regularity. Streams of silvery-white energy thread their way around the caverns, passing through the rock as though it wasn't there.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Fortune
===Marendin===
:Name means "Outsider" in Gamgweth. Located within the Moon Mage guildhall at the top of the [[Great Tower]] of [[Shard]].
:Appearance: ''Roughly the size of a gold coin, the shard known as Marendin is nearly severed in half by a deep gouge. The shard is held aloft by two crystal pincers on the apex of a thin steel column.''
:Conduit Description: ''Giant geometric solids wrought from black metal float in a cold, steel-grey void. The metal islands are connected to each other by narrow bridges, creating a network of shapes that seems to go on forever in every direction. Interconnected streams of burning energy sway around the void, passing harmlessly through the islands.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Secrets
===Mintais===
:Name means "Silver Sky" in Gamgweth. Located in Throne City, where it has long powered the turtle linked to [[Therenborough]].
:Appearance: ''Though shaped like a tiny jagged stake, the shard has a silvery-white sheen as if it were regularly polished.''
:Conduit Description: ''Broken and barren land stretches out beneath an impossibly large, bloated sun. Deep crevices slice through the ash-grey plain and jagged mountains rise to pierce the sky on the eastern horizon. Interwoven beams of silvery-white light dance across the blasted landscape and seem to extrude more heat than the bloated sun.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Fortune
===Rolagi===
:Originally located in Throne City, Rolagi once powered the Throne side of the [[Heritage House]] turtle. Was recovered after the turtle was destroyed and is currently located in the Observatory of the Southern Crossbow in [[Crossing]].
:Appearance: ''Despite having a slightly dark coloration near one tip, the shard known as Rolagi is otherwise pristine and silvery-white. The shard is held aloft by two crystal pincers on the apex of a thin steel column.''
:Conduit Description: ''Thousands upon thousands of stars hang in darkness above, around and even below: the heavens unfurl completely around you, without any hint of ground or a horizon. An invisible plane of force seems to extend through the area, providing a sense of substance in place of solid earth. An intricate web of burning energy slowly swirls all around you and seems to touch the distant stars.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Nightmares
===Tabelrem===
:Located at the top of the western tower of the Temple of the World Dragon in [[Muspar'i]].
:Appearance: ''The shard known as Tabelrem is a coral-like array of thin, silvery-white veins of rock. If it was a solid mass, it would be about the size of a Gnome's fist. Tabelrem sits embedded in a concave depression at the top of a short, wrought-iron pedestal.''
:Conduit Description: ''Curving beams of silvery light cut ethereally through stone ruins. The shape of wide boulevards and sprawling buildings can be picked out among the rubble, but the only standing structure is a gigantic, up-thrust sword in the far distance. A thousand stars look down upon the desolation, but they do not shine; each one is simply a lifeless dot in the sky.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Nightmares

===Tamigen===
:Located in the [[Cragstone Vale]] in [[Raven's Point]] within a [[Dragon Priest]] shrine to the World Dragon.
:Appearance: ''Tamigen is made of a silvery-white rock. Places on its surface show a pearly luster, and on its larger end, a blackened scar remains from its fiery descent.''
:Conduit Description: ''A web of silvery-white light dances through space. There is no other landscape visible around you, only a pattern of burning light that seems to stretch infinitely through a void as black as the space between the stars. A constant murmur reverberates through the cold void, as though the darkness is trying to speak.''
:Pillar: Pillar of the Heavens

===Taniendar===
:Located at the top of the [[Riverhaven]] Moon Mage guildhall spire.
:Appearance: ''About the size of a Human's pinky, time and violent chipping have caused a row of gouges to appear along one side of the shard. The shard is held aloft by two crystal pincers on the apex of a thin steel column.''
:Conduit Description: ''Rainbow auroras slither across the sky, so vivid that they almost entirely obscure the pinpricks of starlight above them. Light reflects off the perfectly smooth ground like a giant mirror, causing the prismatic colors to twist and flicker everywhere. In contrast to this chaos of hues, sharply defined beams of silvery-white light cut through the landscape, untainted by the auroras and not reflected by the ground.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Introspection
===Teloish===
:Name means "Sword Idea" in Gamgweth. Its precise location is unknown, but it is thought to occupy a space where the [[Plane of Abiding]] and the [[Plane of Probability]] overlap. This shard is protected by special wards which make the pattern of its name unlearnable.
:Appearance: ''Jagged and roughly the size of a Human fingernail, the Grazhir shard Teloish levitates three feet off the ground with no obvious means of support.''
:Conduit Description: It's currently impossible for player characters to traverse the Teloish conduit. ''

===Vellano===
:Located within a monolithic black dome capped with crystal on the docks of [[Fang Cove]].
:Though Fang Cove is an estate holder holding, the docks and Grazhir shard are open to the public.
:Named by [[Tozu]] Ayochi
:Appearance: ''Nearly six inches long and extremely slender, the edges of the glossy shard are razor :sharp. It is mounted lengthwise with each end supported by a crystal pincer.
:Conduit Description: ''Endless variegated hallways stretch before you, eerily reminiscent of stained glass. Depicted are fragments of hauntingly beautiful dreams you've long since forgotten. Occasionally, a section explodes silently inward as a ribbon of burning light brushes against the outside, though the glass reforms itself in the wake of your passage. As you travel, you are accompanied only by the fracturing glass beneath your feet.
:Pillar: Pillar of Unity

==Skill needed==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!  
! colspan="3" | Skill needed*
|-
! Shard !! Astrology !! Scholarship !! Arcana
|-
| Auilusi
| 306
| 298
| 395
|-
| Asharshpar'i
| 150
| 132
| 167
|-
| Axis
|
|
|
|-
| Besoge
| 400
| 417
| 496
|-
| Dinegavren
| 150
| 132
| 167
|-
| Dor'na'torna
| 218
| 223
| 249
|-
| Emalerje
| 165
| 180
| 228
|-
| Erekinzil
| 306
| 252
| 271
|-
| Marendin
| 132
| 126
| 167
|-
| Mintais
| 150
| 132
| 167
|-
| Rolagi
| 132
| 126
| 167
|-
| Tabelrem
| 200
| 196
| 207
|-
| Tamigen
| 167
| 170
| 209
|-
| Taniendar
| 163
| 166
| 199
|-
| Teloish
|
|
|
|-
| Vellano
| 165
| 168
| 202
|-
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> These are not exact values, but rather the current lowest documented skill able to learn the shard. At these minimum ranks it may take dozens of studies before it is learned. It may be possible to learn with less skill than indicated.

==See also==
[[Astral_Travel_(script)]]
{{RefAl}}
{{Cat|Moons,Heavenly bodies}}

Grazhir

2019-08-04T23:08:44Z

THEGREATAXOLOTL: /* Skill needed */

{{RTOC}}

Grazhir is the now-destroyed fourth moon of [[Elanthia]], formerly alongside [[Yavash]], [[Xibar]], and [[Katamba]]. It was of a pearlescent, silvery-white hue and said to be the smallest of the moons.

== Mythology and the Cataclysm ==

Mythology has it that Grazhir was somehow the "egg" of the [[World Dragon]], and that its hatching caused to moon to cataclysmically explode. The [[World Dragon]] then wreaked havoc upon Elanthia, but was eventually soothed by the goddess [[Peri'el]], who continues to sing to it somewhere deep within the bowels of the earth in order to keep it pacified.

Another possibility that has been presented is some catastrophic celestial event - such as a meteorite strike - occurred which caused the moon to explode and collide with Elanthia, while simultaneously setting Katamba's surface or atmosphere on fire.

Whichever is true, the impact of the pieces of Grazhir on Elanthia was devastating. As the bulk of the shards landed in the ocean, massive tidal waves engulfed a great deal of the Kermorian and Albarian coastlines, utterly destroying the civilizations there. Its impact elsewhere was said to lead to fatal shockwaves, huge dust clouds and even volcanic eruptions.

== Connections to Gemstone IV ==

The fact that Grazhir seems to exist in the game world of [[GemStone|Gemstone IV]] has caused players to speculate the DragonRealms takes place in a time period that is the far future relative to Gemstone. Some locations and characteristics of both games' Elanthias parallel one another, but the world has been rearranged by several thousands of years of intervening history and at least one global near-apocalypse. In accordance with DragonRealms mythology, astronomers within Gemstone IV have noted that the moon (Makiri) appears oddly egg-shaped, and seems to be growing ever so slowly.

== Grazhir's Legacy ==

The bulk of Grazhir fell to [[Elanthia]] when it exploded, a vast number of its pieces landing in the [[Reshal Sea]] between mainland [[Kermoria]] and the [[Qi archipelago]], where they still lie. These Elanthia-bound pieces of Grazhir are still powerful enough to disrupt teleportational energy (making [[Teleport]] and [[Moongate]] more difficult to use on the islands) and possess the synergistic magical sympathy which makes [[Astral Travel]] possible. As a result, Grazhir shards are prized by [[Moon Mage|Moon Mages]] as artifacts of incredible magical power.

Once in deference to their rarity and now to aid lesser-abled mages in entering and exiting the [[Astral Plane]], the [[Naming Ritual]] is performed on each shard discovered by the Moon Mage guild and it is granted a unique name. Knowledge of this name and the unique pattern of sympathy it creates within the shard is necessary for most mages to use them to enter or exit the Astral Plane.

:Note: {{com|RECALL}} HEAVENS GRAZHIR will tell you the names of the shards you have learned.

===Aliaes===
:Name means "White Fire" in Gamgweth. Originally located on [[Taisgath]], Aliaes once powered the Taisgath side of the Heritage House turtle. It was not recovered by the guild after the turtle was destroyed and its whereabouts are currently unknown.
===Auilusi===
:Located behind the Peri'el Prayer Gate on [[Aesry]], within a grove of birch trees designated as a shrine to [[Peri'el]].
:Appearance: ''While unusually large, this Grazhir shard has a rough finish and dim coloration that seems more grey than silvery-white. Auilusi sits at the apex of a slender, white birch pedestal situated in the center of the grove.''
:Conduit Description: ''The ground below heaves and roils with fluid waves, though it remains stable against your weight. Beams of hot, silver light cut through the region in a perfectly horizontal web of connections, seemingly unaffected by the waves. Each stream is mirrored in the sky above, as each grey star is connected to the others by sharply defined lines, creating a lattice of alien constellations that stretch to the horizon. You also see the silvery-white shard Auilusi.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Tradition
===Asharshpar'i===
:Located in a hidden chamber in the catacombs beneath [[Oshu'ehhrsk Manor]] just south of [[Leth Deriel]], which is [[Bonedancer]] [[Lasarhhtha]]'s ancestral home.
:Appearance: ''Though shaped like a jagged stake, the shard has a silvery-white sheen as if it were regularly polished.''
:Conduit Description: ''Thousands of static stars, each hanging in the sky like a little white dot, look down upon a desert of black sand. Despite the night sky, the region is brightly lit by a web of burning energy that twists and spins through the air. A cold wind blows through the desert, stirring up clouds of black sand that disintegrate upon contact with the blazing web.''
:Pillar: Pillar of the Heavens

===Axis===
:The Grazhir shard known as Axis is the shard around which the Pillars rotate within the microcosm and is the largest whole piece of Grazhir known to exist. Its physical location on the Plane of Abiding is not currently known, though the Reshal Sea seems to be a likely location.
===Besoge===
:Located on [[Mer'kresh]] in Caress-of-the-Moons Manor, the home of a wealthy Moon Mage.
:Appearance: ''Besoge is tiny, even for a Grazhir shard, but almost spherical. Its surface has been polished so thoroughly that it looks like a pearl. Small, needle-like platinum pincers hold it a few inches above the top of a stained oak pedestal.''
:Conduit Description: ''Featureless greyness stretches in all directions, distinguishable from the Grey Expanse only by the sensation of earth below and an unrelenting cacophony. Voices cry out countless notes of anger and anguish: screams, feral growls and structureless wails all stepping over each other. Lines of power crisscross invisibly through the region, physically sensed only by radiant heat.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Secrets
===Dinegavren===
:Name means "Low Moon" in Gamgweth. Located in the basement of [[Gealeranendae College]] in [[Therenborough]], where it is used to power the turtle which links Therenborough to [[Throne City]].
:Appearance: ''Barely a finger's width in size, the silvery-white shard known as Dinegavren is shaped much like a crescent moon.
:Conduit Description: ''Buildings of irregular shape and size, each constructed from slick grey stones, dominate the landscape. Narrow cobblestone streets and dirt alleys wend their way between the buildings and through thick fog banks. Burning beams of light thread across the landscape indiscriminately, evaporating the fog they touch yet passing harmlessly through the structures.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Introspection

===Dor'na'torna===
:Named for the famous [[Skindancer]] [[Kir|Kir Dor'na'torna]]. Located within the crystal spire on the [[Arid Steppe]] ([[Trabe Plateau]] of [[Hibarnhvidar]]).
:Appearance: ''The shard known as Dor'na'torna is roughly the size of two Human thumbs put together. It stands in the center of the chamber, supported at the apex of a polished oak tripod.''
:Conduit Description: ''A desolate steppe of mist-grey grass stretches to the horizon under the cold light of Xibar. Though the air feels calm and the night sky is clear, the discolored grass whips and sways as though under assault by a storm. An intricate web of burning light runs across the steppe, its fierce beams in constant motion.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Tradition

===Emalerje===
:Previously located in the [[Crystal Hand Fortress]] in the [[Lesser Fist|Lesser Fist of Heaven]]. It has been lost ever since volcanic activity destroyed the sect hall.
:Appearance: ''An unusually large and smooth Grazhir shard, Emalerje is about the size and shape of a good skipping stone. The shard is held aloft by two crystal pincers on the apex of a thin steel column.''
:Conduit Description: ''Monoliths of featureless grey rock rise up from a flat plain covered with ruddy ash. Each of the rocks is set at a right angle and precisely the same distance from the others, creating a uniform pattern that extends all the way to the horizon. Streams of burning, white energy discharge from one monolith to the next in a seemingly random order.''
:Pillar: Pillar of the Shrew

===Erekinzil===
:Located at the top of the Moon Mage guildhall on [[Taisgath]] island. Formerly known as Undarverjah before it underwent a mysterious, spontaneous transformation when Auilisi, Besoge and Tabelrem underwent the Naming Ritual.
:Appearance: ''The shard known as Erekinzil is little more than a silvery-white pebble. Its sides are so rough that rubbing the shard could abrade skin. The shard is held aloft by two crystal pincers on the apex of a thin steel column.''
:Conduit Description: ''A sandy expanse stretches out in every direction, littered with titanic, half-buried remains. Bones made out of black, glassy material stick out from the ground in distressed poses, left unceremoniously where the corpses fell. Arcs of burning silvery light discharge from one morbid pylon to the next, creating a crude maze of pathways. The Microcosm is visible in the azure sky, its conduits blazing with heat and, shaped as they are, reminiscent of a nova.''
:Former Conduit Description: ''Narrow caverns twist through barren grey rock without any apparent order. Wide puddles have accumulated on the ground, fed by icy water dripping from stalactites with clockwork regularity. Streams of silvery-white energy thread their way around the caverns, passing through the rock as though it wasn't there.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Fortune
===Marendin===
:Name means "Outsider" in Gamgweth. Located within the Moon Mage guildhall at the top of the [[Great Tower]] of [[Shard]].
:Appearance: ''Roughly the size of a gold coin, the shard known as Marendin is nearly severed in half by a deep gouge. The shard is held aloft by two crystal pincers on the apex of a thin steel column.''
:Conduit Description: ''Giant geometric solids wrought from black metal float in a cold, steel-grey void. The metal islands are connected to each other by narrow bridges, creating a network of shapes that seems to go on forever in every direction. Interconnected streams of burning energy sway around the void, passing harmlessly through the islands.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Secrets
===Mintais===
:Name means "Silver Sky" in Gamgweth. Located in Throne City, where it has long powered the turtle linked to [[Therenborough]].
:Appearance: ''Though shaped like a tiny jagged stake, the shard has a silvery-white sheen as if it were regularly polished.''
:Conduit Description: ''Broken and barren land stretches out beneath an impossibly large, bloated sun. Deep crevices slice through the ash-grey plain and jagged mountains rise to pierce the sky on the eastern horizon. Interwoven beams of silvery-white light dance across the blasted landscape and seem to extrude more heat than the bloated sun.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Fortune
===Rolagi===
:Originally located in Throne City, Rolagi once powered the Throne side of the [[Heritage House]] turtle. Was recovered after the turtle was destroyed and is currently located in the Observatory of the Southern Crossbow in [[Crossing]].
:Appearance: ''Despite having a slightly dark coloration near one tip, the shard known as Rolagi is otherwise pristine and silvery-white. The shard is held aloft by two crystal pincers on the apex of a thin steel column.''
:Conduit Description: ''Thousands upon thousands of stars hang in darkness above, around and even below: the heavens unfurl completely around you, without any hint of ground or a horizon. An invisible plane of force seems to extend through the area, providing a sense of substance in place of solid earth. An intricate web of burning energy slowly swirls all around you and seems to touch the distant stars.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Nightmares
===Tabelrem===
:Located at the top of the western tower of the Temple of the World Dragon in [[Muspar'i]].
:Appearance: ''The shard known as Tabelrem is a coral-like array of thin, silvery-white veins of rock. If it was a solid mass, it would be about the size of a Gnome's fist. Tabelrem sits embedded in a concave depression at the top of a short, wrought-iron pedestal.''
:Conduit Description: ''Curving beams of silvery light cut ethereally through stone ruins. The shape of wide boulevards and sprawling buildings can be picked out among the rubble, but the only standing structure is a gigantic, up-thrust sword in the far distance. A thousand stars look down upon the desolation, but they do not shine; each one is simply a lifeless dot in the sky.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Nightmares

===Tamigen===
:Located in the [[Cragstone Vale]] in [[Raven's Point]] within a [[Dragon Priest]] shrine to the World Dragon.
:Appearance: ''Tamigen is made of a silvery-white rock. Places on its surface show a pearly luster, and on its larger end, a blackened scar remains from its fiery descent.''
:Conduit Description: ''A web of silvery-white light dances through space. There is no other landscape visible around you, only a pattern of burning light that seems to stretch infinitely through a void as black as the space between the stars. A constant murmur reverberates through the cold void, as though the darkness is trying to speak.''
:Pillar: Pillar of the Heavens

===Taniendar===
:Located at the top of the [[Riverhaven]] Moon Mage guildhall spire.
:Appearance: ''About the size of a Human's pinky, time and violent chipping have caused a row of gouges to appear along one side of the shard. The shard is held aloft by two crystal pincers on the apex of a thin steel column.''
:Conduit Description: ''Rainbow auroras slither across the sky, so vivid that they almost entirely obscure the pinpricks of starlight above them. Light reflects off the perfectly smooth ground like a giant mirror, causing the prismatic colors to twist and flicker everywhere. In contrast to this chaos of hues, sharply defined beams of silvery-white light cut through the landscape, untainted by the auroras and not reflected by the ground.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Introspection
===Teloish===
:Name means "Sword Idea" in Gamgweth. Its precise location is unknown, but it is thought to occupy a space where the [[Plane of Abiding]] and the [[Plane of Probability]] overlap. This shard is protected by special wards which make the pattern of its name unlearnable.
:Appearance: ''Jagged and roughly the size of a Human fingernail, the Grazhir shard Teloish levitates three feet off the ground with no obvious means of support.''
:Conduit Description: It's currently impossible for player characters to traverse the Teloish conduit. ''

===Vellano===
:Located within a monolithic black dome capped with crystal on the docks of [[Fang Cove]].
:Though Fang Cove is an estate holder holding, the docks and Grazhir shard are open to the public.
:Named by [[Tozu]] Ayochi
:Appearance: ''Nearly six inches long and extremely slender, the edges of the glossy shard are razor :sharp. It is mounted lengthwise with each end supported by a crystal pincer.
:Conduit Description: ''Endless variegated hallways stretch before you, eerily reminiscent of stained glass. Depicted are fragments of hauntingly beautiful dreams you've long since forgotten. Occasionally, a section explodes silently inward as a ribbon of burning light brushes against the outside, though the glass reforms itself in the wake of your passage. As you travel, you are accompanied only by the fracturing glass beneath your feet.
:Pillar: Pillar of Unity

==Skill needed==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!  
! colspan="3" | Skill needed*
|-
! Shard !! Astrology !! Scholarship !! Arcana
|-
| Auilusi
| 306
| 298
| 395
|-
| Asharshpar'i
| 150
| 132
| 167
|-
| Axis
|
|
|
|-
| Besoge
| 400
| 417
| 496
|-
| Dinegavren
| 150
| 132
| 167
|-
| Dor'na'torna
| 218
| 223
| 249
|-
| Emalerje
| 165
| 180
| 228
|-
| Erekinzil
| 306
| 252
| 271
|-
| Marendin
| 132
| 165
| 126
|-
| Mintais
| 150
| 132
| 167
|-
| Rolagi
| 132
| 126
| 167
|-
| Tabelrem
| 200
| 196
| 207
|-
| Tamigen
| 167
| 170
| 209
|-
| Taniendar
| 163
| 166
| 199
|-
| Teloish
|
|
|
|-
| Vellano
| 165
| 168
| 202
|-
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> These are not exact values, but rather the current lowest documented skill able to learn the shard. At these minimum ranks it may take dozens of studies before it is learned. It may be possible to learn with less skill than indicated.

==See also==
[[Astral_Travel_(script)]]
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Grazhir

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Grazhir is the now-destroyed fourth moon of [[Elanthia]], formerly alongside [[Yavash]], [[Xibar]], and [[Katamba]]. It was of a pearlescent, silvery-white hue and said to be the smallest of the moons.

== Mythology and the Cataclysm ==

Mythology has it that Grazhir was somehow the "egg" of the [[World Dragon]], and that its hatching caused to moon to cataclysmically explode. The [[World Dragon]] then wreaked havoc upon Elanthia, but was eventually soothed by the goddess [[Peri'el]], who continues to sing to it somewhere deep within the bowels of the earth in order to keep it pacified.

Another possibility that has been presented is some catastrophic celestial event - such as a meteorite strike - occurred which caused the moon to explode and collide with Elanthia, while simultaneously setting Katamba's surface or atmosphere on fire.

Whichever is true, the impact of the pieces of Grazhir on Elanthia was devastating. As the bulk of the shards landed in the ocean, massive tidal waves engulfed a great deal of the Kermorian and Albarian coastlines, utterly destroying the civilizations there. Its impact elsewhere was said to lead to fatal shockwaves, huge dust clouds and even volcanic eruptions.

== Connections to Gemstone IV ==

The fact that Grazhir seems to exist in the game world of [[GemStone|Gemstone IV]] has caused players to speculate the DragonRealms takes place in a time period that is the far future relative to Gemstone. Some locations and characteristics of both games' Elanthias parallel one another, but the world has been rearranged by several thousands of years of intervening history and at least one global near-apocalypse. In accordance with DragonRealms mythology, astronomers within Gemstone IV have noted that the moon (Makiri) appears oddly egg-shaped, and seems to be growing ever so slowly.

== Grazhir's Legacy ==

The bulk of Grazhir fell to [[Elanthia]] when it exploded, a vast number of its pieces landing in the [[Reshal Sea]] between mainland [[Kermoria]] and the [[Qi archipelago]], where they still lie. These Elanthia-bound pieces of Grazhir are still powerful enough to disrupt teleportational energy (making [[Teleport]] and [[Moongate]] more difficult to use on the islands) and possess the synergistic magical sympathy which makes [[Astral Travel]] possible. As a result, Grazhir shards are prized by [[Moon Mage|Moon Mages]] as artifacts of incredible magical power.

Once in deference to their rarity and now to aid lesser-abled mages in entering and exiting the [[Astral Plane]], the [[Naming Ritual]] is performed on each shard discovered by the Moon Mage guild and it is granted a unique name. Knowledge of this name and the unique pattern of sympathy it creates within the shard is necessary for most mages to use them to enter or exit the Astral Plane.

:Note: {{com|RECALL}} HEAVENS GRAZHIR will tell you the names of the shards you have learned.

===Aliaes===
:Name means "White Fire" in Gamgweth. Originally located on [[Taisgath]], Aliaes once powered the Taisgath side of the Heritage House turtle. It was not recovered by the guild after the turtle was destroyed and its whereabouts are currently unknown.
===Auilusi===
:Located behind the Peri'el Prayer Gate on [[Aesry]], within a grove of birch trees designated as a shrine to [[Peri'el]].
:Appearance: ''While unusually large, this Grazhir shard has a rough finish and dim coloration that seems more grey than silvery-white. Auilusi sits at the apex of a slender, white birch pedestal situated in the center of the grove.''
:Conduit Description: ''The ground below heaves and roils with fluid waves, though it remains stable against your weight. Beams of hot, silver light cut through the region in a perfectly horizontal web of connections, seemingly unaffected by the waves. Each stream is mirrored in the sky above, as each grey star is connected to the others by sharply defined lines, creating a lattice of alien constellations that stretch to the horizon. You also see the silvery-white shard Auilusi.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Tradition
===Asharshpar'i===
:Located in a hidden chamber in the catacombs beneath [[Oshu'ehhrsk Manor]] just south of [[Leth Deriel]], which is [[Bonedancer]] [[Lasarhhtha]]'s ancestral home.
:Appearance: ''Though shaped like a jagged stake, the shard has a silvery-white sheen as if it were regularly polished.''
:Conduit Description: ''Thousands of static stars, each hanging in the sky like a little white dot, look down upon a desert of black sand. Despite the night sky, the region is brightly lit by a web of burning energy that twists and spins through the air. A cold wind blows through the desert, stirring up clouds of black sand that disintegrate upon contact with the blazing web.''
:Pillar: Pillar of the Heavens

===Axis===
:The Grazhir shard known as Axis is the shard around which the Pillars rotate within the microcosm and is the largest whole piece of Grazhir known to exist. Its physical location on the Plane of Abiding is not currently known, though the Reshal Sea seems to be a likely location.
===Besoge===
:Located on [[Mer'kresh]] in Caress-of-the-Moons Manor, the home of a wealthy Moon Mage.
:Appearance: ''Besoge is tiny, even for a Grazhir shard, but almost spherical. Its surface has been polished so thoroughly that it looks like a pearl. Small, needle-like platinum pincers hold it a few inches above the top of a stained oak pedestal.''
:Conduit Description: ''Featureless greyness stretches in all directions, distinguishable from the Grey Expanse only by the sensation of earth below and an unrelenting cacophony. Voices cry out countless notes of anger and anguish: screams, feral growls and structureless wails all stepping over each other. Lines of power crisscross invisibly through the region, physically sensed only by radiant heat.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Secrets
===Dinegavren===
:Name means "Low Moon" in Gamgweth. Located in the basement of [[Gealeranendae College]] in [[Therenborough]], where it is used to power the turtle which links Therenborough to [[Throne City]].
:Appearance: ''Barely a finger's width in size, the silvery-white shard known as Dinegavren is shaped much like a crescent moon.
:Conduit Description: ''Buildings of irregular shape and size, each constructed from slick grey stones, dominate the landscape. Narrow cobblestone streets and dirt alleys wend their way between the buildings and through thick fog banks. Burning beams of light thread across the landscape indiscriminately, evaporating the fog they touch yet passing harmlessly through the structures.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Introspection

===Dor'na'torna===
:Named for the famous [[Skindancer]] [[Kir|Kir Dor'na'torna]]. Located within the crystal spire on the [[Arid Steppe]] ([[Trabe Plateau]] of [[Hibarnhvidar]]).
:Appearance: ''The shard known as Dor'na'torna is roughly the size of two Human thumbs put together. It stands in the center of the chamber, supported at the apex of a polished oak tripod.''
:Conduit Description: ''A desolate steppe of mist-grey grass stretches to the horizon under the cold light of Xibar. Though the air feels calm and the night sky is clear, the discolored grass whips and sways as though under assault by a storm. An intricate web of burning light runs across the steppe, its fierce beams in constant motion.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Tradition

===Emalerje===
:Previously located in the [[Crystal Hand Fortress]] in the [[Lesser Fist|Lesser Fist of Heaven]]. It has been lost ever since volcanic activity destroyed the sect hall.
:Appearance: ''An unusually large and smooth Grazhir shard, Emalerje is about the size and shape of a good skipping stone. The shard is held aloft by two crystal pincers on the apex of a thin steel column.''
:Conduit Description: ''Monoliths of featureless grey rock rise up from a flat plain covered with ruddy ash. Each of the rocks is set at a right angle and precisely the same distance from the others, creating a uniform pattern that extends all the way to the horizon. Streams of burning, white energy discharge from one monolith to the next in a seemingly random order.''
:Pillar: Pillar of the Shrew

===Erekinzil===
:Located at the top of the Moon Mage guildhall on [[Taisgath]] island. Formerly known as Undarverjah before it underwent a mysterious, spontaneous transformation when Auilisi, Besoge and Tabelrem underwent the Naming Ritual.
:Appearance: ''The shard known as Erekinzil is little more than a silvery-white pebble. Its sides are so rough that rubbing the shard could abrade skin. The shard is held aloft by two crystal pincers on the apex of a thin steel column.''
:Conduit Description: ''A sandy expanse stretches out in every direction, littered with titanic, half-buried remains. Bones made out of black, glassy material stick out from the ground in distressed poses, left unceremoniously where the corpses fell. Arcs of burning silvery light discharge from one morbid pylon to the next, creating a crude maze of pathways. The Microcosm is visible in the azure sky, its conduits blazing with heat and, shaped as they are, reminiscent of a nova.''
:Former Conduit Description: ''Narrow caverns twist through barren grey rock without any apparent order. Wide puddles have accumulated on the ground, fed by icy water dripping from stalactites with clockwork regularity. Streams of silvery-white energy thread their way around the caverns, passing through the rock as though it wasn't there.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Fortune
===Marendin===
:Name means "Outsider" in Gamgweth. Located within the Moon Mage guildhall at the top of the [[Great Tower]] of [[Shard]].
:Appearance: ''Roughly the size of a gold coin, the shard known as Marendin is nearly severed in half by a deep gouge. The shard is held aloft by two crystal pincers on the apex of a thin steel column.''
:Conduit Description: ''Giant geometric solids wrought from black metal float in a cold, steel-grey void. The metal islands are connected to each other by narrow bridges, creating a network of shapes that seems to go on forever in every direction. Interconnected streams of burning energy sway around the void, passing harmlessly through the islands.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Secrets
===Mintais===
:Name means "Silver Sky" in Gamgweth. Located in Throne City, where it has long powered the turtle linked to [[Therenborough]].
:Appearance: ''Though shaped like a tiny jagged stake, the shard has a silvery-white sheen as if it were regularly polished.''
:Conduit Description: ''Broken and barren land stretches out beneath an impossibly large, bloated sun. Deep crevices slice through the ash-grey plain and jagged mountains rise to pierce the sky on the eastern horizon. Interwoven beams of silvery-white light dance across the blasted landscape and seem to extrude more heat than the bloated sun.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Fortune
===Rolagi===
:Originally located in Throne City, Rolagi once powered the Throne side of the [[Heritage House]] turtle. Was recovered after the turtle was destroyed and is currently located in the Observatory of the Southern Crossbow in [[Crossing]].
:Appearance: ''Despite having a slightly dark coloration near one tip, the shard known as Rolagi is otherwise pristine and silvery-white. The shard is held aloft by two crystal pincers on the apex of a thin steel column.''
:Conduit Description: ''Thousands upon thousands of stars hang in darkness above, around and even below: the heavens unfurl completely around you, without any hint of ground or a horizon. An invisible plane of force seems to extend through the area, providing a sense of substance in place of solid earth. An intricate web of burning energy slowly swirls all around you and seems to touch the distant stars.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Nightmares
===Tabelrem===
:Located at the top of the western tower of the Temple of the World Dragon in [[Muspar'i]].
:Appearance: ''The shard known as Tabelrem is a coral-like array of thin, silvery-white veins of rock. If it was a solid mass, it would be about the size of a Gnome's fist. Tabelrem sits embedded in a concave depression at the top of a short, wrought-iron pedestal.''
:Conduit Description: ''Curving beams of silvery light cut ethereally through stone ruins. The shape of wide boulevards and sprawling buildings can be picked out among the rubble, but the only standing structure is a gigantic, up-thrust sword in the far distance. A thousand stars look down upon the desolation, but they do not shine; each one is simply a lifeless dot in the sky.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Nightmares

===Tamigen===
:Located in the [[Cragstone Vale]] in [[Raven's Point]] within a [[Dragon Priest]] shrine to the World Dragon.
:Appearance: ''Tamigen is made of a silvery-white rock. Places on its surface show a pearly luster, and on its larger end, a blackened scar remains from its fiery descent.''
:Conduit Description: ''A web of silvery-white light dances through space. There is no other landscape visible around you, only a pattern of burning light that seems to stretch infinitely through a void as black as the space between the stars. A constant murmur reverberates through the cold void, as though the darkness is trying to speak.''
:Pillar: Pillar of the Heavens

===Taniendar===
:Located at the top of the [[Riverhaven]] Moon Mage guildhall spire.
:Appearance: ''About the size of a Human's pinky, time and violent chipping have caused a row of gouges to appear along one side of the shard. The shard is held aloft by two crystal pincers on the apex of a thin steel column.''
:Conduit Description: ''Rainbow auroras slither across the sky, so vivid that they almost entirely obscure the pinpricks of starlight above them. Light reflects off the perfectly smooth ground like a giant mirror, causing the prismatic colors to twist and flicker everywhere. In contrast to this chaos of hues, sharply defined beams of silvery-white light cut through the landscape, untainted by the auroras and not reflected by the ground.''
:Pillar: Pillar of Introspection
===Teloish===
:Name means "Sword Idea" in Gamgweth. Its precise location is unknown, but it is thought to occupy a space where the [[Plane of Abiding]] and the [[Plane of Probability]] overlap. This shard is protected by special wards which make the pattern of its name unlearnable.
:Appearance: ''Jagged and roughly the size of a Human fingernail, the Grazhir shard Teloish levitates three feet off the ground with no obvious means of support.''
:Conduit Description: It's currently impossible for player characters to traverse the Teloish conduit. ''

===Vellano===
:Located within a monolithic black dome capped with crystal on the docks of [[Fang Cove]].
:Though Fang Cove is an estate holder holding, the docks and Grazhir shard are open to the public.
:Named by [[Tozu]] Ayochi
:Appearance: ''Nearly six inches long and extremely slender, the edges of the glossy shard are razor :sharp. It is mounted lengthwise with each end supported by a crystal pincer.
:Conduit Description: ''Endless variegated hallways stretch before you, eerily reminiscent of stained glass. Depicted are fragments of hauntingly beautiful dreams you've long since forgotten. Occasionally, a section explodes silently inward as a ribbon of burning light brushes against the outside, though the glass reforms itself in the wake of your passage. As you travel, you are accompanied only by the fracturing glass beneath your feet.
:Pillar: Pillar of Unity

==Skill needed==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!  
! colspan="3" | Skill needed*
|-
! Shard !! Astrology !! Scholarship !! Arcana
|-
| Auilusi
| 306
| 298
| 395
|-
| Asharshpar'i
| 150
| 132
| 167
|-
| Axis
|
|
|
|-
| Besoge
| 400
| 417
| 496
|-
| Dinegavren
| 150
| 132
| 167
|-
| Dor'na'torna
| 218
| 223
| 249
|-
| Emalerje
| 165
| 180
| 228
|-
| Erekinzil
| 306
| 252
| 271
|-
| Marendin
| 163
| 165
| 198
|-
| Mintais
| 150
| 132
| 167
|-
| Rolagi
| 132
| 126
| 167
|-
| Tabelrem
| 200
| 196
| 207
|-
| Tamigen
| 167
| 170
| 209
|-
| Taniendar
| 163
| 166
| 199
|-
| Teloish
|
|
|
|-
| Vellano
| 165
| 168
| 202
|-
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> These are not exact values, but rather the current lowest documented skill able to learn the shard. At these minimum ranks it may take dozens of studies before it is learned. It may be possible to learn with less skill than indicated.

==See also==
[[Astral_Travel_(script)]]
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