Guiding Spire: Guiding Spire courtyard

High piles of sand have accumulated around a center stone carved into a great spiral stairwell. On top, a great Obelisk stands in the middle, presumably what the temple is named for. In the four corners of the courtyard are stairwells leading up to a balcony area. Looking over the dunes, you can see a depression pattern between the dunes, forming a trail connecting the doors to the stairwells and in theory one path leads to the stairwell of the spire. When a sudden breeze blows through the courtyard, the sands shift, and you momentarily are stared at by sightless eyes observing the intruders before the sand pacifies them. Based on the size of the dunes, you can guess there are over a thousand souls that were put to rest beneath the guiding spire. The sand leading to the spire has been disturbed.

Encountering the Burning Hand Team

The most likely area that the team would be in is this area 5F-5G. They are looking for what Aolis mentioned in his journal; some artifact, retrieved by the Pharaoh Djederet II and brought to Wati. The assumption is that during the construction of the Guiding Spire, Aolis had hidden it within the temple. The Burning Hand team leader is obsessed with finding the artifact, but not so far as to kill the competition.

Type

Room, Outdoors, Courtyard