CorvidCarapace's Clan

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Notes to self:

• Reserve a black/white/obsidian from Nightmare's Nurse pair for GreatValueCereal
• Reserve a male nightshade/nightshade/marigold from Elden Beast pair for Leatiki

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Hidden deep underground in the Penumbra Sepulchre, below the Foxfire Bramble, a place where those who are lost or are looking to evade detection invariably end up, as well as those seeking challenge in the cold, dark depths.

Although there is great danger to be found in the cave system, much of it is exaggerated by clans on the surface looking to scare rowdy hatchlings into behaving with stories of the dead that sleep in the heart of the Sepulchre, or perhaps something more sinister that is rumored to be entombed within its deepest reaches.

The Penumbra Sepulchre straddles the border between Shadow and Plague, and as such the twisted children that spawn from its dark pools are as strange as the creatures of the Wyrmwood, and unsettling as the horrors only seen in the Moonportal.

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The Sepulchre itself is made up of several layers:

The topmost layer, the long, winding tunnels that run underneath the border between the Tangled Wood and the Scarred Wasteland. Most known entrances are found within the Foxfire Bramble itself, but there have been rumors of other hidden entrances in the Scarred Wasteland, Dragonhome, and even of underwater caves found deep under the Sea of a Thousand Currents that connect to the underground lake found within the Sepulchre.

Most dragons who wander in through the bramble find themselves within the tunnels, as there are many secluded recesses and dens for one to take shelter in. Most of the tunnel's inhabitants are only temporary, although there are some who have made a home for themselves, preferring the maze-like solitude of the tunnels to the more open and populated lower levels.

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The second level is comprised of three sections. It is a large, wide-open cavern with many types of small bioluminescent creatures, fungus, and plants growing all over the walls and ceiling, casting a low light over the area.

The tunnels open up into the acropolis, the first and main north section of the second level, and where the majority of the Sepulchre's inhabitants reside. Homes, dens, and shops have been erected within other, smaller tunnels that branch off from the cavern, although many more have been chiseled and carved out when necessary.

While there are many buildings and homes erected within the cavernous acropolis as well, the very center of this cavern is occupied by what the residents have taken to calling the moonpool: a perfectly circular pool of water that has a bright, silvery glow upon the surface - as if it were a reflection of the moon's face itself - but beneath the surface is an entirely opaque inky blackness, broken up only by the nearly microscopic specks of silver light that float within it. This pool is wide and deep enough for even an imperial to become completely submerged, but very few people dare to disturb the pool's perfect stillness.

To the south and east of the main cavern, a great, ancient temple to the Shadowbinder has been carved out of the stone. To the south and west of the main cavern, another ancient temple to the Plaguebringer has also been carved into the stone. Both temples mirror one another, and are some of the oldest fixtures of the Sepulchre, predating most of the inhabitants by who knows how long. Each temple, while seeing much less traffic than the acropolis, is tended to by dedicated caretakers who have chosen to take up residence within the temples themselves.

To the south is a shear cliff that drops off into the darkness. Each of the twin temples sit upon the edge of this cliff, overlooking the grand subterranean lake sitting at the very bottom far below.

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The third level is comprised of four sections. The twin temples in the main cavern extend further and lower than the external portions of the building would suggest, with hallways and tunnels leading down into this level of the Sepulchre. These halls open up directly underneath the cliff's edge into a rock shelter formation, with the cliff itself being supported by several massive stalagnate columns.

Within this rock shelter are the lower halls. The lower halls are just as old as the twin temples, although they are much more sparsely populated than the second level, in part due to the lack of the bioluminescent life found above, as well as it being much more cold and wet. Some of the oldest inhabitants make their homes within the lower halls.

Leading out south from the lower halls, the ground gives way to the subterranean lake. Although this lower section of the great cave is much darker than the acropolis and twin temples, many swirling lights can be seen below the surface of the water, giving it a very faint glow. Many inhabitants attribute this glow to algae and micro-organisms living just beneath the surface.

The lake is home to many of the of the Sepulchre's aquatic inhabitants. Many undertides, guardians, and bogsneaks can be found within its depths. For the semi-aquatic lake-dwellers, they often prefer to make their homes within tunnels found below the water that lead up into a dry cave for them to reside in. For the undertides and other fully aquatic lake-dwellers, they have chosen to reside within the structures found carved into the sides of the lake further down that were once part of the lower halls until the area flooded with water.