The Tents at Lotus Rivulet
Jan 1, 2022 15:20:47 GMT -6
Post by Badrani on Jan 1, 2022 15:20:47 GMT -6
Around a couple of rather craggy bends in the Canyon's walls that even the most excellent flyers find challenging to navigate is a section of Canyon wall completely covered in large murals. Some of the murals are paintings, some are chalked in ochre-tones, and still others are etched deeply into the varying red, orange, and gold tones in the majority of the wall. A few smaller swathes of purples and light streaks of white show through the sunny tones; some of which are worked into the artistic works that pepper the walls. Very few abodes are found in this district due to the difficulty of passage, but the ones that do exist are worked into artworks themselves.
The entire area seems to 'sing' whenever a wind passes through the canyon here, as wind enters the varyingly sized holes here and there in the walls as if the entire thing was a giant flute. The eerie noise is more than enough to keep most clans from deciding to settle the area; but that isn't keeping one particular (presumably small) family at bay.
Along a single obsidian-dark streak in the crag, an abode clings hardily to the bottom part of a mural and very close to The River Below are a series of black tents made up of silky dark hides. Some sort of ivory-colored moon-like mark has been lovingly placed on the largest of the cliff-hanging tents, and the rest appear to be speckled in starry blotches. Each of the tents is carefully fastened to the wall with strong cords and powerful metal hooks. Each tent sits in a divot along the wall that allowed for a slightly more horizontal position, though some of the tents are situation on surprisingly slanted ground. Some of the tents, ones with high ceilings, appear to be designed entirely too allow one purchase to enter a cave in the wall. Overall, the tents appear to be a façade to keep wind from entering the holes in the canyon cliffs here.
The largest of the tents is situated roughly in the middle, along a rare perfectly flat cut into the wall. A slender waterfall slinks out from beneath the tent's rock, a natural spring fed from the stone there. It looks as if it could comfortably be used as a slide into the River Below.