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| − | The estate of Sugati Bahudeya (a name which means "Star-Auspicious Munificence") is located perhaps ten minutes by horseback from the great Varangian city of Yane. | + | The estate of Sugati Bahudeya (a name which means "Star-Auspicious Munificence") is located perhaps ten minutes by horseback from the great Varangian city of Yane. Sugati Bahudeya is a gift to the Imperial Satrapy from the Wizarat of Varangia. It is currently in the holding of the current Satrap, [[V'neef Jiana]]. |
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| − | Sugati Bahudeya is a gift to the Imperial Satrapy from the Wizarat of Varangia. It is currently in the holding of the current Satrap, [[V'neef Jiana]]. | ||
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The Palace itself is explicitly not a government edifice - it is given over to the maintenance and comfort of the Satrap and her household. As such, only the Satrap's household servants and guards are installed here as staff, and only her direct guests are welcomed. This was given to the satrap as a gift for her friendship and fair handling of the Varang people. | The Palace itself is explicitly not a government edifice - it is given over to the maintenance and comfort of the Satrap and her household. As such, only the Satrap's household servants and guards are installed here as staff, and only her direct guests are welcomed. This was given to the satrap as a gift for her friendship and fair handling of the Varang people. | ||
| + | ===Powers=== | ||
| + | //Permissions:// Several of these abilities are based on those who have permission to invoke them. An attuned user who is inside the manse may grant permission to use these abilities to anyone he touches. The wielder of the hearthstone may grant permission to anyone she touches, or to anyone who is simply within the manse that she is aware of. | ||
| + | * '''Comfort Zone (•):''' The interior of the Manse is always perfectly comfortable, cool on warm days, and warm on cold evenings. | ||
| + | * '''Magical Conveniences (•):''' Built with splendor and wonder in mind, the manse can generate light from any surface an inhabitant who is designed as having permission by someone attuned to the manse chooses. It also generates hot and cold running water, and all inanimate surfaces and substances remains perfectly clean and shining fresh, never getting dirty, stained or worn. | ||
| + | * '''Geomantic Subtlety (••):''' It is difficult to ascertain the aspect of the manse, requiring a difficulty 3 Perception + Occult roll to do so; rolls to ascertain anything based on geomancy are at a -3 external penalty to do so. | ||
| + | * '''The Silent Voice (••):''' Anyone in the manse's zone of influence who has been designated as having permission to do so can communicate with the manse telepathically. The manse can and will pass such messages on if the communication to it indicates it is to do so, effectively providing a telepathic private intercom system within the manse's walls. The manse can pass messages on to anyone in the zone of its influence, but only those with permission may send messages to it. | ||
| + | * '''Extended Zone of Influence (••••):''' The zone of the manse's influence extends out to a five-mile radius around it, easily allowing it to encompass the city of Yane in its zone of influence. | ||
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| + | ==Layout== | ||
===The Guest Vault=== | ===The Guest Vault=== | ||
The Guest Vault faces the road that leads to the estate. Its massive doors open out onto the elegant but simple courtyard, permitting access to the two-story tall, cobbled passageway (easily wide enough for any wagon, save the largest of the Guild's keep-wagons) that opens on the Garden Courtyard. Flanking this entrance are a pair of stairs leading up to balconies overlooking the hallway. This balcony has a number of entrances, leading to several guest suites, made up of multiple rooms apiece. A smaller set of stairs leads upstairs to single guest rooms and communal eating spaces for all guests here. A full set of servants tends to the needs of guests here. The middle of the lower hallways has passages that lead into the Roadside Walls, as well. | The Guest Vault faces the road that leads to the estate. Its massive doors open out onto the elegant but simple courtyard, permitting access to the two-story tall, cobbled passageway (easily wide enough for any wagon, save the largest of the Guild's keep-wagons) that opens on the Garden Courtyard. Flanking this entrance are a pair of stairs leading up to balconies overlooking the hallway. This balcony has a number of entrances, leading to several guest suites, made up of multiple rooms apiece. A smaller set of stairs leads upstairs to single guest rooms and communal eating spaces for all guests here. A full set of servants tends to the needs of guests here. The middle of the lower hallways has passages that lead into the Roadside Walls, as well. | ||
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The estate of Sugati Bahudeya (a name which means "Star-Auspicious Munificence") is located perhaps ten minutes by horseback from the great Varangian city of Yane. Sugati Bahudeya is a gift to the Imperial Satrapy from the Wizarat of Varangia. It is currently in the holding of the current Satrap, V'neef Jiana.
Contents
The Palace
Sidereal Aspected Manse •••••
The palace itself is a beautiful edifice, constructed with geomantic and astrological precision, extending out onto Lake Splendor of Stars. It is built with two large keeps that stand across the courtyard from one another, the Guest Vault and the Household Vault. It also has four smaller square keeps at its corners, set aside for military and domestic use. The outer walls themselves are not simply walls, but contain all manner of antechambers, slave quarters and similar structures needed to keep the Palace in operation.
The Palace itself is explicitly not a government edifice - it is given over to the maintenance and comfort of the Satrap and her household. As such, only the Satrap's household servants and guards are installed here as staff, and only her direct guests are welcomed. This was given to the satrap as a gift for her friendship and fair handling of the Varang people.
Powers
//Permissions:// Several of these abilities are based on those who have permission to invoke them. An attuned user who is inside the manse may grant permission to use these abilities to anyone he touches. The wielder of the hearthstone may grant permission to anyone she touches, or to anyone who is simply within the manse that she is aware of.
- Comfort Zone (•): The interior of the Manse is always perfectly comfortable, cool on warm days, and warm on cold evenings.
- Magical Conveniences (•): Built with splendor and wonder in mind, the manse can generate light from any surface an inhabitant who is designed as having permission by someone attuned to the manse chooses. It also generates hot and cold running water, and all inanimate surfaces and substances remains perfectly clean and shining fresh, never getting dirty, stained or worn.
- Geomantic Subtlety (••): It is difficult to ascertain the aspect of the manse, requiring a difficulty 3 Perception + Occult roll to do so; rolls to ascertain anything based on geomancy are at a -3 external penalty to do so.
- The Silent Voice (••): Anyone in the manse's zone of influence who has been designated as having permission to do so can communicate with the manse telepathically. The manse can and will pass such messages on if the communication to it indicates it is to do so, effectively providing a telepathic private intercom system within the manse's walls. The manse can pass messages on to anyone in the zone of its influence, but only those with permission may send messages to it.
- Extended Zone of Influence (••••): The zone of the manse's influence extends out to a five-mile radius around it, easily allowing it to encompass the city of Yane in its zone of influence.
Layout
The Guest Vault
The Guest Vault faces the road that leads to the estate. Its massive doors open out onto the elegant but simple courtyard, permitting access to the two-story tall, cobbled passageway (easily wide enough for any wagon, save the largest of the Guild's keep-wagons) that opens on the Garden Courtyard. Flanking this entrance are a pair of stairs leading up to balconies overlooking the hallway. This balcony has a number of entrances, leading to several guest suites, made up of multiple rooms apiece. A smaller set of stairs leads upstairs to single guest rooms and communal eating spaces for all guests here. A full set of servants tends to the needs of guests here. The middle of the lower hallways has passages that lead into the Roadside Walls, as well.
The Household Vault
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The Roadside Walls & Towers
The Roadside Walls are honeycombed with two kinds of rooms: guard stations (each of which looks out onto either the Garden Courtyard or the road outside) and storage (which are accessible only from the passages). The sole exception to this are the stables. There are two stables, one on each side of the entrance. These stables open onto the Garden Courtyard, with a side passage that leads out into the main hall through the middle of the Great Vault. One of the stables is reserved for the exclusive use of the Satrap and her household, while the house guard and guests use the other stables. The two towers that face the road hold armories and barracks for the household guard, as well as defensive stations along the upper parts of the towers.
The Lakeside Walls & Towers
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The Water-Cellars
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The Garden Courtyard
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Estate Lands
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