Furkulith-Patră (FUR-cool-eeth PAT-roar)

Furkulith-Patră is an ancient Çengi crypt built by Clan Stonefork of the Conclave of the Gelek Çeng, before the Disjunction. The crypt has, in more recent centuries, been repurposed as a stronghold to be used by the people of Krisset in case of flood or emergency, though they have only explored a tiny portion of it, fearing its depths due to strange sounds heard.

Throne Room

Furkulith-Patră contains a grand throne room, accessed via massive wooden doors controlled from within by winches. The ceiling is held up by six large pillars with carved Dragon heads on them: two cloud dragons, two magma dragons, and two umbral dragons (though one has shattered and fallen). The door connects to a dias via a raised walkway, on either side of which are pools of chlorine, which burn with an intense alkaline reaction in contact with organic matter.

Inscription on the Throne

A grand stone throne is built into the main hall of Furkulith-Patră, that sits on a raised dias. The back of the throne has six ribs upon which are inscribed six lines of Drakish poetry that read:

The Stone prevails at the foot of another, The Brine whithers for it betrays, The Magma spreads its wings to smother, The Cloud retreats as it dismays, And ever after Lord Umbral's rule, Under Clarion, proud and cruel.

Golden Skull Puzzle

A secret chamber exists off to one side of Furkulith-Patră, within which is a plinth with a bejeweled golden skull resting atop it. Behind the skull is a tumbler lock containing four wheels with three glyphs on them each: one a crystal, another an active volcano, and the last a silhouette that grows larger towards to figure's head and smaller at the feet. The lock and the skull are magically linked with a powerful necromantic spell.
The walls of the room are painted with a scene showing a Dwarf hero standing atop a stone monument among a primordial jungle in three different pannels: the first, they are treating with a golden dragon; the second, the dragon is holding their head with its claws; the third, the dragon has torn out the hero's skull. On the ceiling of the room is a painting of the dragon outstretched with the hero's golden skull in place of its own.

RUINED STRUCTURE
Post 3000 BE

Founding Date

Pre 4500 BE

Type

Crypt

Parent Location

Githind Swamp

Owning Organization

Conclave of the Gelek Çeng