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{{Quote|They have the learning, and dedicates who are more open-minded with regard to unique cases. They have the best mages south of your own university.|Dedicate Superior [[Wrenswing]] of [[Stone Circle]] Temple, refering to Winding Circle Temple|Sandry's Book}} |
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| ⚫ | '''Winding Circle''' is a temple of the [[Living Circle]] religion in [[Emelan]]. It is known for its competent mages and its open-mindedness concerning new or unusual things. Its library is also quite famed<ref>[[Sandry's Book]], Cp. 4 (p. 71; Scholastic paperback)</ref>. Thus [[Trisana Chandler]] is sent there when nobody else knows what to do with her and her peculiar magic with weather. The Dedicate Superior of the temple is [[Moonstream]]. She is in charge of everything concerning the temple and its inhabitants. |
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| + | | location=Southeast of [[Summersea]] on the shore of the [[Pebbled Sea]] in [[Emelan]] |
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| + | |type = Temple|size = Size of a small township|established = Unknown|head = [[Moonstream]]|religion = [[Living Circle]]|events = [[Pirate Attack of 1035]]<br />[[Blue Pox]]|architecture = Circular walls, done in the style of Emelan|lastmentioned = [[Battle Magic]]|firstappeared = [[Sandry's Book]]|latestappeared = [[The Will of the Empress]]}} |
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| ⚫ | '''Winding Circle''' is a temple of the [[Living Circle]] religion in [[Emelan]] southeast of its capital [[Summersea]], on the shore of the [[Pebbled Sea]]. The temple community is connected to the city by [[Temple Road]]<ref>''[[Briar's Book]]'', Cp. 1 (p. 4; Scholastic paperback)</ref>. It is known for its competent mages and its open-mindedness concerning new or unusual things. Its library is also quite famed<ref>''[[Sandry's Book]]'', Cp. 4 (p. 71; Scholastic paperback)</ref>. Thus [[Trisana Chandler]] is sent there when nobody else knows what to do with her and her peculiar magic with weather. The Dedicate Superior of the temple is [[Moonstream]]. She is in charge of everything concerning the temple and its inhabitants. |
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| + | The temple rivaled with [[University of Lightsbridge]] in the renown and quality of its mage-teachers. In respect to this the temple community is known in as distant places as [[Yanjing]] and the [[Blaze-Ice Bay]].<ref>''[[Briar's Book]]'', Cp. 8 (p. 128; Scholastic paperback)</ref> Winding Circle was the home of at least four great mages: Dedicates [[Frostpine]], [[Crane]], [[Rosethorn]] and [[Lark]]. Dedicate Superior Moonstream, First Dedicate Skyfire, and Dedicate Gorse are also possible great mages, and there are a number of unnamed senior mages who might be as well. [[Niklaren Goldeye]] is also a common visitor and spent four years there teaching. |
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==Design== |
==Design== |
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| − | The temple grounds are enclosed by a twelve-foot-thick<ref>[[Sandry's Book]], Cp. 3 (p. 43; Scholastic paperback)</ref> and twenty feet high<ref name=sb1>[[Sandry's Book]], Cp. 4 (p. 61; Scholastic paperback)</ref> wall with a walkway. Every four hundred yard a tower rises above the wall<ref name=sb1 />. It is built in a crater, thus forming a bowl. The |
+ | The temple grounds are enclosed by a twelve-foot-thick<ref>''[[Sandry's Book]]'', Cp. 3 (p. 43; Scholastic paperback)</ref> and twenty feet high<ref name=sb1>''[[Sandry's Book]]'', Cp. 4 (p. 61; Scholastic paperback)</ref> wall with a walkway. Every four hundred yard a tower rises above the wall<ref name=sb1 />. It is built in a crater left by the impact of a meteorite<ref name=sb3>''[[Sandry's Book]]'', Cp. 6 (p. 116; Scholastic paperback)</ref>, thus forming a bowl. The stones left of the meteorite can be used for powerful magic, allowing the mages of the temple to anchor the protective spells for the temple<ref name=sb3 />. Large amounts of coal can be found in the ground beneath the temple but because of the layers of protection also embedded into the ground the coal isn't mined<ref>''[[Sandry's Book]]'', Cp. 12 (p. 226; Scholastic paperback)</ref>. |
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| ⚫ | Within the temple grounds there are four individual temples: the Water Temple in the west, the Earth Temple in the north, the Air Temple in the east, and the Fire Temple in the south. The woodshops and forges are located between the Fire and Water Temples, and the physical training school is located between the Fire and Air Temples. The loomhouses are located near the Earth Temple, directly across from [[Discipline|Discipline Cottage]]. There are also guardhouses in the southern part of the temple grounds. |
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| + | The centre of the temple forms the [[Hub]], a great tower with a big clock on the top. A spiral road leads through it, which is also the reason for the name of the temple. There are also many straight paths which cross the spiral road<ref>''[[Sandry's Book]]'', Cp. 4 (p. 54; Scholastic paperback)</ref>. |
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| ⚫ | Within the temple grounds there are four individual temples: the [[Water Temple]] in the west, the [[Earth Temple]] in the north, the [[Air Temple]] in the east, and the [[Fire Temple]] in the south. The woodshops and forges are located between the Fire and Water Temples<ref>''[[Tris's Book]]'', Cp. 8 (p. 120; Scholastic paperback)</ref>, and the physical training school--run by the Fire Temple--is located between the Fire and Air Temples. The loomhouses are located near the Earth Temple, directly across from [[Discipline|Discipline Cottage]]<ref>''[[Sandry's Book]]'', Cp. 8 (p. 144; Scholastic paperback)</ref>. There are also guardhouses in the southern part of the temple grounds. |
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| + | The temple is protected through a spell-net, that encircles it. It is woken by a tune and shows any raiders or pirates an hallucination, thus incapacitating them.<ref name=tb34>''[[Tris's Book]]'', Cp. 3 (p. 34; Scholastic paperback)</ref> In 1035 [[K.F.]] the net had already been in place for around four hundred years, providing efficient protection for the temple ever since.<ref name=tb35>''[[Tris's Book]]'', Cp. 3 (p. 35; Scholastic paperback)</ref> It took damage after the earthquake in early [[Mead Moon]] of 1035 KF. Thus [[Frostpine]] and his students [[Daja Kisubo|Daja]] and [[Kirel]] set out to mend it, although their efforts were interrupted by the [[Pirate Attack of 1035|pirate attack]]. Besides the spell-net other spells for protection are on the walls, gates and nearly every other part of the temple. |
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| + | In 1035 [[KF]] Winding Circle was the object of a pirate attack. Although the temple community in itself wasn't very rich, they had several valuables which the pirates desired. They included centuries old spell-books teaching things as how to make rubies from blood or diamonds from coal. There are also bespelled weapons and other devices in the temple, including a mirror that lets even non-mages see things and spy on anyone. The pirates had also planned to sell the mages of Winding Circle as slaves, as mages are the highest priced slaves of all and there are ways to hold a mage without making him incapabable of using his magic.<ref>''[[Tris's Book]]'', Cp. 10 (p. 183/184; Scholastic paperback)</ref> |
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| + | Oil treated with herbs, not the bad smelling animal fat used in [[the Mire]], was used as fuel for lamps in the temple city. [[Briar Moss]] had to treat the oil with the herbs during his first months at Discipline.<ref>''[[Briar's Book]]'', Cp. 1 (p. 8; Scholastic paperback)</ref> |
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| + | Temple inhabitants wear robes colored according to their temple association. Novices wear white robes<ref name=bb134>''Briar's Book'', Cp. 8 (p. 134; Scholastic paperback)</ref>. |
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==Inhabitants== |
==Inhabitants== |
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*'''[[Frostpine]]''' - Fire Temple Dedicate. |
*'''[[Frostpine]]''' - Fire Temple Dedicate. |
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*'''[[Henna]]''' - healer who dies of the [[Blue Pox]], the first death among temple dedicates |
*'''[[Henna]]''' - healer who dies of the [[Blue Pox]], the first death among temple dedicates |
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| + | *'''[[Lancewood]]''' - responsible for the carpenters of Winding Circle<ref name=sb4>''[[Sandry's Book]]'', Cp. 9 (p. 162; Scholastic paperback)</ref> |
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*'''[[Lark]]''' - Earth Temple Dedicate, runs [[Discipline|Discipline Cottage]] |
*'''[[Lark]]''' - Earth Temple Dedicate, runs [[Discipline|Discipline Cottage]] |
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| + | *[[Moonstream|'''Moonstream''']] - Water Dedicate Superior of Winding Circle |
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*'''[[Osprey]]''' - Air Dedicate; apprentice of [[Crane|Dedicate Crane]] |
*'''[[Osprey]]''' - Air Dedicate; apprentice of [[Crane|Dedicate Crane]] |
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| − | *'''[[Quail]]''' - responsible for Pearl Cup dormitories; lectured Sandry about her hands, which were rough from needlework;<ref name=sb2>[[Sandry's Book]], Cp. 4 (p. 60; Scholastic paperback)</ref> |
+ | *'''[[Quail]]''' - responsible for Pearl Cup dormitories; lectured Sandry about her hands, which were rough from needlework;<ref name=sb2>''[[Sandry's Book]]'', Cp. 4 (p. 60; Scholastic paperback)</ref> |
*'''[[Rosethorn]]''' - Earth Temple Dedicate, runs [[Discipline|Discipline Cottage]] |
*'''[[Rosethorn]]''' - Earth Temple Dedicate, runs [[Discipline|Discipline Cottage]] |
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*'''[[Skyfire]]''' - the First Dedicate of the Fire temple. He is a former general who dedicated himself to the service of the fire gods upon the death of his wife, and in charge of the Temple Guard |
*'''[[Skyfire]]''' - the First Dedicate of the Fire temple. He is a former general who dedicated himself to the service of the fire gods upon the death of his wife, and in charge of the Temple Guard |
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| − | *'''[[Staghorn]]''' - Water Dedicate; responsible for the girl's dormitories;<ref>[[Sandry's Book]], Cp. 3 (p. 41; Scholastic paperback)</ref> |
+ | *'''[[Staghorn]]''' - Water Dedicate; responsible for the girl's dormitories;<ref>''[[Sandry's Book]]'', Cp. 3 (p. 41; Scholastic paperback)</ref> |
*'''[[Vetiver]]'''- First Dedicate of the earth temple, and Lark’s former teacher. |
*'''[[Vetiver]]'''- First Dedicate of the earth temple, and Lark’s former teacher. |
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| + | *'''[[Watergrass]]''' - responsible for the potters in Winding Circle<ref name=sb4 /> |
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| + | *'''[[Willowwater]]'''<ref name=tb1>''[[Tris's Book]]'', Cp. 1 (p. 3; Scholastic paperback)</ref> - Water Dedicate<ref>''[[Tris's Book]]'', Cp. 2 (p. 18; Scholastic paperback)</ref> |
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| + | *'''[[Withe]]''' - Water Dedicate working in the kitchens under Dedicate Gorse<ref>''[[Tris's Book]]'', Cp. 8 (p. 135; Scholastic paperback)</ref> |
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*'''[[Comas]]''' - ambient thread mage who becomes Lark's student after [[Sandrilene fa Toren|Sandry]], he has debilitating shyness. |
*'''[[Comas]]''' - ambient thread mage who becomes Lark's student after [[Sandrilene fa Toren|Sandry]], he has debilitating shyness. |
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==Notes and references== |
==Notes and references== |
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[[Category:Places in Emelan]] |
[[Category:Places in Emelan]] |
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Revision as of 23:08, 26 March 2019
- "They have the learning, and dedicates who are more open-minded with regard to unique cases. They have the best mages south of your own university."
- —Dedicate Superior Wrenswing of Stone Circle Temple, refering to Winding Circle Temple[src]
Template:Location infobox Winding Circle is a temple of the Living Circle religion in Emelan southeast of its capital Summersea, on the shore of the Pebbled Sea. The temple community is connected to the city by Temple Road[1]. It is known for its competent mages and its open-mindedness concerning new or unusual things. Its library is also quite famed[2]. Thus Trisana Chandler is sent there when nobody else knows what to do with her and her peculiar magic with weather. The Dedicate Superior of the temple is Moonstream. She is in charge of everything concerning the temple and its inhabitants.
The temple rivaled with University of Lightsbridge in the renown and quality of its mage-teachers. In respect to this the temple community is known in as distant places as Yanjing and the Blaze-Ice Bay.[3] Winding Circle was the home of at least four great mages: Dedicates Frostpine, Crane, Rosethorn and Lark. Dedicate Superior Moonstream, First Dedicate Skyfire, and Dedicate Gorse are also possible great mages, and there are a number of unnamed senior mages who might be as well. Niklaren Goldeye is also a common visitor and spent four years there teaching.
Design
The temple grounds are enclosed by a twelve-foot-thick[4] and twenty feet high[5] wall with a walkway. Every four hundred yard a tower rises above the wall[5]. It is built in a crater left by the impact of a meteorite[6], thus forming a bowl. The stones left of the meteorite can be used for powerful magic, allowing the mages of the temple to anchor the protective spells for the temple[6]. Large amounts of coal can be found in the ground beneath the temple but because of the layers of protection also embedded into the ground the coal isn't mined[7].
The centre of the temple forms the Hub, a great tower with a big clock on the top. A spiral road leads through it, which is also the reason for the name of the temple. There are also many straight paths which cross the spiral road[8].
Within the temple grounds there are four individual temples: the Water Temple in the west, the Earth Temple in the north, the Air Temple in the east, and the Fire Temple in the south. The woodshops and forges are located between the Fire and Water Temples[9], and the physical training school--run by the Fire Temple--is located between the Fire and Air Temples. The loomhouses are located near the Earth Temple, directly across from Discipline Cottage[10]. There are also guardhouses in the southern part of the temple grounds.
The temple is protected through a spell-net, that encircles it. It is woken by a tune and shows any raiders or pirates an hallucination, thus incapacitating them.[11] In 1035 K.F. the net had already been in place for around four hundred years, providing efficient protection for the temple ever since.[12] It took damage after the earthquake in early Mead Moon of 1035 KF. Thus Frostpine and his students Daja and Kirel set out to mend it, although their efforts were interrupted by the pirate attack. Besides the spell-net other spells for protection are on the walls, gates and nearly every other part of the temple.
Valuables
In 1035 KF Winding Circle was the object of a pirate attack. Although the temple community in itself wasn't very rich, they had several valuables which the pirates desired. They included centuries old spell-books teaching things as how to make rubies from blood or diamonds from coal. There are also bespelled weapons and other devices in the temple, including a mirror that lets even non-mages see things and spy on anyone. The pirates had also planned to sell the mages of Winding Circle as slaves, as mages are the highest priced slaves of all and there are ways to hold a mage without making him incapabable of using his magic.[13]
Everyday life
The temple also houses children. They live in dormitories which are divided by sexes and run by dedicates. Noble girls live in the Pearl Cup dormitories[14].
Oil treated with herbs, not the bad smelling animal fat used in the Mire, was used as fuel for lamps in the temple city. Briar Moss had to treat the oil with the herbs during his first months at Discipline.[15]
Temple inhabitants wear robes colored according to their temple association. Novices wear white robes[16].
Inhabitants
Dedicates
- Frostpine - Fire Temple Dedicate.
- Crane - First Dedicate of the Air temple.
- Gorse - runs the Winding Circle kitchens. His temple affiliation is not known, as his robes are so stained and scorched their color is unrecognizable. Gorse and Niko met while they were both imprisoned in Yanjing.
- Henna - healer who dies of the Blue Pox, the first death among temple dedicates
- Lancewood - responsible for the carpenters of Winding Circle[17]
- Lark - Earth Temple Dedicate, runs Discipline Cottage
- Moonstream - Water Dedicate Superior of Winding Circle
- Osprey - Air Dedicate; apprentice of Dedicate Crane
- Quail - responsible for Pearl Cup dormitories; lectured Sandry about her hands, which were rough from needlework;[14]
- Rosethorn - Earth Temple Dedicate, runs Discipline Cottage
- Skyfire - the First Dedicate of the Fire temple. He is a former general who dedicated himself to the service of the fire gods upon the death of his wife, and in charge of the Temple Guard
- Vetiver- First Dedicate of the earth temple, and Lark’s former teacher.
- Watergrass - responsible for the potters in Winding Circle[17]
- Willowwater[19] - Water Dedicate[20]
Novices
- Kirel - novice of the Fire temple, a non-mage and a blacksmithing apprentice. Frostpine's first apprentice.
Notes and references
- ↑ Briar's Book, Cp. 1 (p. 4; Scholastic paperback)
- ↑ Sandry's Book, Cp. 4 (p. 71; Scholastic paperback)
- ↑ Briar's Book, Cp. 8 (p. 128; Scholastic paperback)
- ↑ Sandry's Book, Cp. 3 (p. 43; Scholastic paperback)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Sandry's Book, Cp. 4 (p. 61; Scholastic paperback)
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Sandry's Book, Cp. 6 (p. 116; Scholastic paperback)
- ↑ Sandry's Book, Cp. 12 (p. 226; Scholastic paperback)
- ↑ Sandry's Book, Cp. 4 (p. 54; Scholastic paperback)
- ↑ Tris's Book, Cp. 8 (p. 120; Scholastic paperback)
- ↑ Sandry's Book, Cp. 8 (p. 144; Scholastic paperback)
- ↑ Tris's Book, Cp. 3 (p. 34; Scholastic paperback)
- ↑ Tris's Book, Cp. 3 (p. 35; Scholastic paperback)
- ↑ Tris's Book, Cp. 10 (p. 183/184; Scholastic paperback)
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Sandry's Book, Cp. 4 (p. 60; Scholastic paperback)
- ↑ Briar's Book, Cp. 1 (p. 8; Scholastic paperback)
- ↑ Briar's Book, Cp. 8 (p. 134; Scholastic paperback)
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Sandry's Book, Cp. 9 (p. 162; Scholastic paperback)
- ↑ Sandry's Book, Cp. 3 (p. 41; Scholastic paperback)
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Tris's Book, Cp. 1 (p. 3; Scholastic paperback)
- ↑ Tris's Book, Cp. 2 (p. 18; Scholastic paperback)
- ↑ Tris's Book, Cp. 8 (p. 135; Scholastic paperback)