[WIP] Iced-In Ruins of a Dwarven Temple
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Half of my co-workers (scattered around the U.S. and the world) are either snowed-in or have temporarily left their homes for safer weather conditions. Meanwhile, here in San Francisco, it's a not unpleasant 58 degrees Fahrenheit (14.4 C).
But cold weather is on my mind, and it inspired me to create ruins with the Ice Cave annual. This is the ruins of a dwarven temple that has been overcome by the weather, perhaps magically conjured. (Elsa, are you there?) All of the entrance staircases have been snowed-in. Although the rest of the temple remains snow-free, the walls have turned to ice, and icy frost creeps along the floor from the edges of the walls. Even the geothermal baths in the southeast corner have turned to ice.
(I originally had the entrance to those baths coming from the east, but the cutout ended up looking distractingly like a copyright symbol.)
The ten sarcophagi in the crypts have their lids pushed aside, and their contents are empty. Not so coincidentally, there are also ten skeletons in the antechamber of the Great Tomb -- perhaps rising to defend the remains of whomever lies in rest there?
On the northern side, a break in a wall leads to icy caverns and a cluster of large crystals, swirling with magic. Perhaps the source of this icy disturbance?
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A great map, as usual @Royal Scribe!
Looks pretty good.