01AUG24 - Eaglesbrood Faction Relaunch

Your expedition reaches the heights of Pand Anon.

While lacking the grandiosity of design found in the giant eagles' capital eyrie of Forod Anon, Pand Anon matches the capital in size. The expansive shelf benefits from being constructed on top of a mostly flat mountain, the site of which features an abandoned mineshaft. To the mountain's southeast is the valley of Arnongwethwe, as named by the eagles themselves.

Unlike the other eyries of the eagles, Pand Anon features a structure that is designed to accommodate people. Overlooking the valley at the precipice of the shelf stands a stately domicile with 8 large windows across its front- and back-facing sides. While the building appears appropriately sized to accommodate human, elf, dwarf, and orc alike, its design is decidedly human in style, with aesthetics that evoke the nearby architecture of the Council of Illyria's legendary city of Tundale.

Outside this residence, a magnificently tended garden with intricate hedgerows, bubbling fountains, and several large benches sit across from a perch hewn out of the mountain's living stone that accommodates the gripping talons of the giant eagles. As you step a few paces onto the shelf and regain your footing, you see a number of well-dressed humans conversing quietly in the distance with a grand eagle. While nothing is written of this place, how it came to feature living accommodations for people, and whether the city of Tundale played a role in its construction, it appears that the Eaglesbrood uses Pand Anon as its embassy and consulate for consulting with the Council of Illyria (and perhaps other Elgean Factions).

A guardian eagle spots you from the other end of the shelf and with two or three beats of its wings, takes flight across the platform and lands between your group and the embassy.

“May the winds of Taolin Vu bless you,” the eagle says in greeting. You bow as graciously as possible as any semblance of response escapes you in the presence of this mythical being. “I am sorry, but though you have traveled long and the road has doubtless been difficult, you may not tarry here. The relations that we conduct with those of your kind in this place are limited, and we are not at liberty right now to host you. However, there may come a time that we will bid you to return to this place so that we may understand your intentions more clearly.”

After some courteous valedictions, you and your expedition begin the long trek home.