The Burning Garden

After claiming Aetós's former outpost for themselves, the majority of Shard-Bearers involved in Vander’s rescue came to the conclusion that the animals within could not be recklessly slaughtered, nor immediately released into the environment of Kenos. A triumvirate head of elected(?) directors — John Gaius, Akua Sahelian and Bondrewd — agreed to take on the task of monitoring the outpost, researching the creatures within and assessing them for compatibility with Kenos’s natural environment, and continuing to examine the outpost and abandoned materials for further information regarding Aetós, their goals and their methodology. The overarching theme of the Burning Garden is a slowburn plot of Good Intentions Gone Wrong, where the overseers and all invested Shard-Bearers present and future will come to utilize the creatures in further experimentation. With the Blight arrested thanks to the efforts of many Shard-Bearers, the Gardens have found room to expand into other avenues of scientific endeavors. Once a base of operations benefitting Kenos as a whole, the former outpost has begun to become a little more discerning about whom is allowed to partake in activities, focusing on becoming a place of exploration for the purposes of discovery — scientific, magical, necromatic, and enterprises associated with them. The Burning Garden does have one of the few cornerstones present in Kowloon, established by the administrators, and generally access and knowledge of its existence is restricted to those the administrators have worked with and found trustworthy. Possible options for people to jump in on this from either side: people can a) help take this nefarious plot down, or b) continue to help with the experimentations, etc. for science. While largely structured as a large maze, some player-generated locations include:

A large, fairly barren room that looks like it might be used for observations considering the barricaded landing on the second floor. It gives the vibe of being an arena of sorts, though it’s in disrepair to be used for cage matches. It was likely instead used to pit the creatures against each other for Aetós’s purposes.
The holding pens account for a number of species, including terrestrial, aquatic and aerial creatures that might have been pulled from their native worlds. A large water-filled tank, a mesh birdcage and numerous pens with heavy steel doors are some of the environments that the creatures have been cooped up in.
A network of laboratories relating to anatomical dissection and examination, largely barren of record and information, but decently equipped.
And a lot of leftover traps, Problems and general tomfoolery to continue to clear out.

Content written by multiple players, compiled by Archer and Pax. Updated by Pax, Jill, and Min.