Temple of the Moon

Also known as the "Green Moon Temple". This small shrine was built soon after the Moon's Fall during the Interregnum between the Second and Third Age by unknown groups. It was built around a shard of the emerald Third Moon, which landed there after being shattered during the fall of that moon.

History

Throughout the Third Age and into the post-Cataclysm era, the temple was staffed by a small coterie of quiet-spoken, ihmisi-appearing monks, and visited rarely. The source of the monk's subsistence and replacement monks was unknown. The monks would offer healing, advice, and other services, but never seemed to leave the grounds of the temple with its three rings of 15' hedges.

After the founders of the Stone Throne disappeared, the monks became one of the spiritual touchpoints for the local Ophidian tribes, teaching them primal magics and patterns of worship unique to that region.

Truth Unveiled

In 212 AC, the Dimwit Syndicate approached the temple while exploring the region. There they met the monks...and immediately began to distrust them. Later, they discovered that these monks were the nearly-immortal husks of the first group of druids who caused Moons-fall, kept alive by the Awakener that had manipulated them into causing that event in the first place. The spirit of the Emerald Moon, which still resided indomitably in the shard of crystal, had acted (unwillingly) as a mask for that malign presence.

The awakener-monks had been quietly influencing the local tribes via enchanted drugs to rise up against Kel'al'ar, culminating in the Battle of Kel'al'ar.

Later, the victorious forces swept in and destroyed the Awakener presence at the temple in the Battle of Green Moon Temple.

Current State

The Green Moon Temple, now cleansed of malign influence, is a historical shrine staffed by Ophidian shamans under strict supervision, both of the Serpent Dominion and of the now-revitalized spirit of the Emerald Moon. Seekers and pilgrims to the temple can experience healing, especially of mental afflictions and sorrows.