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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<zone name="Shard" id="67">
<node id="1" name="Shard, North City Gates" note="Esharis">
<description>The massive gates of the city of Shard rise up to the north. The twin doors of steel-braced ironwood give access to the North Bridge across the Lake of Tears. Somber guards watch on the battlements above.</description>
<position x="420" y="20" z="0" />
<arc exit="east" move="east" destination="27" />
<arc exit="south" move="south" destination="2" />
<arc exit="west" move="west" destination="48" />
<arc exit="climb" move="climb ladder" destination="133" />
<arc exit="go" move="go city gate" destination="135" />
</node>
<node id="2" name="Shard, Diamond Street" color="#00FFFF">
<description>Shops and homes rise up on either side of the street, most locked up for the evening. Cool, glassy cobblestones bubble up along the surface, glinting and reflecting darkly. In the distance, toward the nexus of the city, a single silver tower blots out the stars, touched to a dull glow by the velvet glove of night.</description>
<description>Shops and homes rise up on either side of the street. Warm, time-polished glass cobblestones bubble up along the street, glinting and reflecting the light. Elothean children race by, canvas bags filled with books and papers banging against their backs. In the distance, toward the nexus of the city, the top of a glittering tower of silver brushes up against the clouds.</description>
<position x="420" y="60" z="0" />
<arc exit="north" move="north" destination="1" />
<arc exit="south" move="south" destination="3" />
</node>
<node id="3" name="Shard, Diamond Street">
<description>The street, straight and level, moves like a swift arrow toward the center of the city. A glinting flash of water beyond the street on either side catches the reflection of the buildings and two bridges rising gracefully up to the east and west, molded entirely of polished crystal. The solid structure of the Silver Eye Inn sits scant feet from the eastern bridge, its signboard swinging in a quiet breeze.</description>
<position x="420" y="100" z="0" />
<arc exit="north" move="north" destination="2" />
<arc exit="south" move="south" destination="4" />
<arc exit="go" move="go eye inn" destination="438" />
</node>
<node id="4" name="Shard, Diamond Street">
<description>The whisper of running water is bound by a thread of cool night air as it echoes down the street. The glint of the stars overhead is watered down by the light shed by a tall post that flows up out of the street, the glowing sapphire stone caught in its grasp enough to make it compare to a lesser Xibar.</description>
<description>The whisper of running water echoes down the street through the curtain of sound created by the push of the crowds and the call of hawkers. A tall post mounted with a glowing sapphire stone flows up out of the ground beside a supplies shop, the faintest nimbus of light streaming down from it to pool in a blue shadow on the street.</description>
<position x="420" y="140" z="0" />
<arc exit="north" move="north" destination="3" />
<arc exit="south" move="south" destination="5" />
<arc exit="go" move="go supplies shop" destination="452" />
</node>
<node id="5" name="Shard, Diamond Street">
<description>Shuttered and shadowed by the hand of night, the residencies that line the streets sleep with the land. The faint traces of the mark of Elven and Elothean architecture can still be detected by the discriminating eye, the carefully painted vines, flowers, and birds that cover the front and sides of the homes chasing each other as if trying to catch up with something -- or get away from another.</description>
<description>Charming buildings constructed of seasoned wood painted in shades of white, blue, or beige line the street on either side, some three stories and roofed with silverwood shingles, some squat and flat. All bear the mark of Elothean and Elven architecture, with arched doorways and delicate paintings of vines, flowers, and small birds around the front and sides.</description>
<position x="420" y="180" z="0" />
<arc exit="north" move="north" destination="4" />
<arc exit="south" move="south" destination="6" />
<arc exit="northwest" move="northwest" destination="100" />
</node>
<node id="6" name="Shard, Diamond Street">
<description>The imposing presence of a two-story building crouches like a shadowy beast by the side of the street. The glow of candlelight flickers from the open windows, peering out with feral brilliance. A banner of grey silk hangs over the doorway, the darkness obscuring its purpose. Faintly, the drone of chanting or prayer echoes out from an arched window on the top center story.</description>
<description>The imposing presence of a two-story building dominates the east side of the street. Built of dark grey, sanded but unpainted wood and topped with a steepled roof supported by two thick beams of uncarved black deobar that look more like trunks than finished pieces of wood, a banner of grey silk snaps over the doorway, the image of a steel dove sewn boldly into it. The sounds of grunting and the clash of steel echo from what open windows there are to mingle with the bustle of the city.</description>
<position x="420" y="220" z="0" />
<arc exit="north" move="north" destination="5" />
<arc exit="south" move="south" destination="7" />
</node>
<node id="7" name="Shard, Diamond Street">
<description>Darkened stores and homes stand like ranks of soldiers to either side, the air carrying the hint of fragrance from the closed etrana flowers that grow around the buildings. One storefront, painted with dim shapes that could be butterflies, stands out amongst the others, a signboard engraved with what can be faintly made out to be a diamond hanging over the doorway.</description>
<description>Exquisitely painted stores and homes stand like ranks of soldiers to either side, the air fragrant with the etrana flowers that the city's lifesculpters see to blooming through even bitter winter. One storefront stands out amongst all the others, painted a brilliant blue that would melt into the sky, but for the multitude of butterflies that have also been painted onto it. A signboard engraved with a diamond hangs over the doorway.</description>
<position x="420" y="260" z="0" />
<arc exit="north" move="north" destination="6" />
<arc exit="south" move="south" destination="8" />
<arc exit="go" move="go door" destination="453" />
</node>
<node id="8" name="Shard, Diamond Street" color="#00FFFF">
<description>Posh homes and gated buildings surrounded by snowy-blossomed cherry trees slowly overtake the more compact and tightly packed shops and homes that occupy the portion of Shard closest to the city gates. The street changes as it flows from north to south, its color shifting from bottle green to a dark, lapis blue. A gate of ebony and steel to the south divides the upper city from the lower, a tangible boundary between castes.</description>
<position x="420" y="300" z="0" />
<arc exit="north" move="north" destination="7" />
<arc exit="go" move="go steel gate" destination="9" />
<arc exit="go" move="go archway" destination="673" />
</node>
<node id="9" name="Shard, Diamond Street">
<description>The homes of the privileged of Shard are muted down to sober grays and blacks, their crystal windows dimmed and their gardens the color of dust. The chuckle of a fountain splashing on through the night ripples through the streets, and the occasional reflection of candlelight glances over the road's dark blue stones. A gate of ivory and brass divides the street to the north, its construction not daunting enough to keep the shadows at bay.</description>
<description>A splash of green from flourishing gardens and the glint of light off crystal windows offers a tantalizing view of the homes of the privileged of Shard. Houses alternately built with the Elven mind for arches and spindly, steeple-like points take up residence with the Elothean touch of round buildings with faceted domes. Groups of citizens trod down the lapis-hued street, entering or exiting to the north via an ivory and brass gate that divides the inner city from its outer, more common sister.</description>
<position x="420" y="360" z="0" />
<arc exit="south" move="south" destination="10" />
<arc exit="go" move="go brass gate" destination="8" />
<arc exit="go" move="go elven home" destination="455" />
<arc exit="go" move="go garden door" destination="455" />
<arc exit="go" move="go squat building" destination="805" />
</node>
<node id="10" name="Shard, North Entrance of The Great Tower">
<description>A high plaster wall marks the end of Diamond Street, the road narrowing down until it splits into three parts. One leads up to a sweeping marble archway, while the other two paths circumvent the barrier. The night reflects off the tower's polished surface, blurring its outline until it seems to melt into the stars.</description>
<description>A high plaster wall marks the end of Diamond Street, the road narrowing down until it splits into three parts. One leads up to a sweeping marble archway, while the other two paths circumvent the barrier. A shining silver tower rises up from beyond the walls, the brisk snap of banners hanging with all the colors of the Elothean Houses bright against the gleaming liquid silver surface.</description>
<position x="420" y="420" z="0" />
<arc exit="north" move="north" destination="9" />
<arc exit="northeast" move="northeast" destination="54" />
<arc exit="east" move="east" destination="55" />
<arc exit="west" move="west" destination="11" />
<arc exit="northwest" move="northwest" destination="71" />
<arc exit="go" move="go marble archway" hidden="True" destination="516" />
</node>
<node id="11" name="Shard, Yavash Circle">
<description>The wall of bone that curves in from the southwest blends in with a wall of plaster from the east. Green vines drape like a sylph's locks over one side of the white-washed plaster wall, the verdant life of nature a curious contrast to the morbid unlife of death.</description>
<position x="400" y="420" z="0" />
<arc exit="east" move="east" destination="10" />
<arc exit="southwest" move="southwest" destination="12" />
<arc exit="go" move="go door" destination="385" />
</node>
<node id="12" name="Shard, Yavash Circle">
<description>A wall of carved bone encircles the Great Tower on its west face, the skulls that mount its rim glaring down with watchful intent. Bits of cloth and threads from clothing cling to the teeth of some of the hollow-eyed guardians, and whether they were carefully placed there by enterprising city guards, or the skulls actually came to life to bite into trespassers, is a mystery few wish to test.</description>
<position x="380" y="440" z="0" />
<arc exit="northeast" move="northeast" destination="11" />
<arc exit="south" move="south" destination="13" />
</node>
<node id="13" name="Shard, West Entrance of The Great Tower">
<description>Moonstone Street quietly empties into the west entryway of the Great Tower, the dark street flowing like a carefully diverted river north, south, and east. A wall of bones -- rumored to be a mixture of dragon, Dragon Priests, and the Elven and Elothean heroes who laid down their lives in the last great war -- embraces an arch of glittering crystal, the skulls that mount its rim glaring down on all who would trespass upon the Ferdahl's garden.</description>
<position x="380" y="460" z="0" />
<arc exit="north" move="north" destination="12" />
<arc exit="south" move="south" destination="14" />
<arc exit="west" move="west" destination="85" />
<arc exit="go" move="go crystal archway" hidden="True" destination="518" />
</node>
<node id="14" name="Shard, Yavash Circle">
<description>The wall of diamondique coming from the southeast bonds to the wall of bone that closes in from the north in a glittering lace that resembles a coating of frost upon an old battlefield. The grass that edges the wall seems a little less green where it grows near the bones, as if it was lacking some vital nourishment.</description>
<position x="380" y="480" z="0" />
<arc exit="north" move="north" destination="13" />
<arc exit="southeast" move="southeast" destination="15" />
</node>
<node id="15" name="Shard, Yavash Circle">
<description>Nebulous swirls of crimson mix with the glowing diamondique of the wall that encircles the Great Tower. Jagged spikes of crystal jut up all along the rim of the protective structure, twinkling with the dangerous beauty of a starry thorn. A careful trick of the light bends and twists the red traces within the translucent material, causing them to form faceless figures with mouths open wide in a rictus of torment that seems like no trick at all.</description>
<description>Traces of crimson mix with the glowing diamondique of the wall that encircles the Great Tower. Jagged spikes of crystal jut up all along the rim of the protective structure, catching the light and bending it into sparkling rainbows. Legend has it that the red tinge within the translucent material is the blood of those who have dared the razorsharp thorns of the walls -- and failed.</description>
<description>Traces of crimson mix with the glowing diamondique of the wall that encircles the Great Tower. Jagged spikes of crystal jut up all along the rim of the protective structure, catching the light and bending it into sparkling rainbows. Legend has it that the red tinge within the translucent material is the blood of those who have dared the razorsharp "thorns" of the walls -- and failed.</description>
<position x="400" y="500" z="0" />
<arc exit="east" move="east" destination="16" />
<arc exit="northwest" move="northwest" destination="14" />
</node>
<node id="16" name="Shard, South Entrance of The Great Tower">
<description>A wall composed of the glittering, extremely hard substance known as diamondique wraps around the gardens that circle the Great Tower of Shard. A granite archway melts out of the otherwise seamless crystalline structure, the slots in its gated front revealing tantalizing slices of what lies beyond the walls. Ruby Street rolls in from the south to fork off east and west into two paths that skirt the wall and one central path of white quartz that leads into the courtyard of the Tower.</description>
<position x="420" y="500" z="0" />
<arc exit="east" move="east" destination="59" />
<arc exit="southeast" move="southeast" destination="60" />
<arc exit="south" move="south" destination="17" />
<arc exit="southwest" move="southwest" destination="72" />
<arc exit="west" move="west" destination="15" />
<arc exit="go" move="go granite archway" hidden="True" destination="520" />
</node>
<node id="17" name="Shard, Ruby Street">
<description>The evidence of new Elven construction is readily apparent in the buildings that crouch closest to the Great Tower of Shard on Ruby Street. The domed Elothean architecture that can be seen dominating the skyline to the south is replaced by rising spires of flanged stone and crystal to the north. An arched gate of diamondique and steel separates the street to the south.</description>
<position x="420" y="540" z="0" />
<arc exit="north" move="north" destination="16" />
<arc exit="go" move="go arched gate" destination="18" />
<arc exit="go" move="go alabaster building" destination="181" />
</node>
<node id="18" name="Shard, Ruby Street">
<description>Oldstyle Elothean architecture takes up most of the street on either side, the fluid, clean lines and golden rectangles of the structures at once efficiently utilizing the space the city has alloted them and aesthetically pleasing. Out of place to the rest of the street's design is an arched gate of diamondique and steel that rises to the north, its Elven motif cutting rudely into the otherwise purely Elothean scape.</description>
<position x="420" y="580" z="0" />
<arc exit="south" move="south" destination="19" />
<arc exit="go" move="go arched gate" destination="17" />
<arc exit="go" move="go marble building" destination="174" />
</node>
<node id="19" name="Shard, Ruby Street">
<description>A gentle tranquility wraps this section of Ruby Street despite the fall of night and all the treacherous things its darkness conceals. An inn built of seasoned wood is the only shop still open here, its windows and doorway bright with the glow of firelight and inviting the attention of those whose work does not end with the loss of sunlight. A side street leads off into the stableyard of the inn, where the whinnying of horses can be heard.</description>
<description>Ruby Street cuts through the heart of the only section of Shard that survived the wars with the Dragon Priests, a fact that is readily apparent in the antique appearance of most of the shops here. One inn built of seasoned wood seems to be the main attraction of this section of the lane, a cherrywood sign painted with a black rose hanging over the door. Young children of the streetrat persuasion scamper past as they run out of or into a side street that leads to the inn's stableyard.</description>
<position x="420" y="620" z="0" />
<arc exit="north" move="north" destination="18" />
<arc exit="south" move="south" destination="20" />
<arc exit="go" move="go side street" destination="165" />
<arc exit="go" move="go inn" destination="166" />
</node>
<node id="20" name="Shard, Ruby Street">
<description>The wind sings a haunted lullaby through the abandoned streets of Ruby District as it chases itself around houses that are slowly going the way of the Wind Clan of the S'kra Mur. To the southwest, the vague glow of the Tower of Honor reveals its location against the crystalline walls of Shard.</description>
<description>Small children dart around the skirts of old women and the wheels of caravans as the street marches to the orders of north and south. To the southeast the Tower of Greenwalls is just barely visible, looking vaguely like a mound of moss growing out of the walls of Shard.</description>
<position x="420" y="660" z="0" />
<arc exit="north" move="north" destination="19" />
<arc exit="south" move="south" destination="21" />
<arc exit="go" move="go stone building" destination="164" />
</node>
<node id="21" name="Shard, Ruby Street">
<description>Elothean architecture, with its curving roofs and rectangular shapes, dominates this section of Ruby Street. On the eastern side of the street, a silvery star magnolia tree is illuminated by a nearby street lamp. A wrought iron bench, its back twisted into a shesegri pattern, rests beneath it.</description>
<description>Elothean architecture, with its curving roofs and rectangular shapes, dominates this section of Ruby Street. Rounded cobblestones glitter with fragments of white quartz and the occasional fleck of onyx. On the eastern side of the street, the silvery leaves of a star magnolia tree brighten the view. A wrought iron bench, its back twisted into a shesegri pattern, rests beneath it.</description>
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<node id="22" name="Shard, Ruby Street">
<description>Smooth grey cobblestone forms a wide avenue that glints with embedded rock crystal in the lantern light. Crepe myrtles rustle gently in the evening breeze, scenting the air with their perfume. They flank a curving parkway that stretches to the west.</description>
<description>Smooth grey cobblestone forms a wide avenue that glints with embedded rock crystal that shimmers like the nearby canals on a sunny day. Crepe myrtles flank a curving parkway that stretches to the west, where grandiose buildings are visible against the cityscape of Shard.</description>
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<node id="23" name="Shard, Ruby Street">
<description>Pieces of the street's cobblestones have been pulled up to reveal the hard rock that is the city's foundation. A decrepit building with a cracked domed roof and dangerously dark doorway is the only shop that appears to be doing any measure of good business here judging by the fresh coat of paint on its walls and the occasional customer leaving and entering. A signboard hangs over its doorway, depicting a pile of Dokoras.</description>
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<node id="24" name="Shard, Ruby Street">
<description>The Tower of Honor rises to the southwest, mocking the decay of Ruby Street with its glowing luminescence. Most of the homes to the left or right seem either abandoned or condemned to pity, the businesses all tightly locked up against night's onslaught. Gaps in the street where stones have been pried up make walking treacherous, and forbid the presence of carriages or horses.</description>
<description>The Tower of Honor rises to the southwest, mocking the decay of Ruby Street with its brightly born shadow. Most of the homes to the left or right seem either abandoned or condemned to pity, and what businesses have stayed to brave the danger of their locale are guarded by armed and wary shopowners. Gaps in the street where stones have been pried up make walking treacherous, and forbid the presence of carriages or horses.</description>
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<node id="25" name="Shard, Ruby Street">
<description>The apartments of the working class line the street, most of them new construction since the Outcast War. Few lights burn in the windows of the homes of people who rise early and work late.</description>
<description>Human and Gor'Tog children, along with an occasional Elf or Elothean, play their games in the street. The games may be rough at times, but the children learn to be alert and quick. Their clothes may be patched and their faces dirty, but their eyes are bright and their limbs are sturdy.</description>
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<node id="26" name="Shard, South Square">
<description>Like a barren tree in springtime, this quarter of the city shows signs of renewed life. Ruby Street to the north brings shoppers and travelers to a large cobbled square in an area that citizens and visitors once would have avoided. The most prominent sign of the reawakening is the New South Bridge on the rebuilt side of the square.</description>
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<node id="27" name="Shard, Katamba's Crescent Road">
<description>A jagged skyline of spires and symmetric chimneys darkens the sky to the south. The sounds of the city by night are hushed to sinister proportions compared to the clamor of the day. Darkened buildings -- their residents safely locked away inside -- hem Katamba's Crescent Road in so that it leaves little more than ten feet of passing room for the Trader's caravans that wend their way toward Brickwell Tower to the east.</description>
<description>Elegant chimneys and spires that looks as if they were spun from a sugar confectioner's dream create a jagged skyline to the south, testament to the strange beauty of Diamond Street. The clamor of travelers let in by the North City Gates flushes the air with the vital chatter of men, women, and children as they progress toward their destinations -- whether that be Brickwell Tower to the east, the Great Tower at Shard's heart, or any of the other shops and streets that compose the city on the lake.</description>
<position x="500" y="20" z="0" />
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<node id="28" name="Shard, Katamba's Crescent Road">
<description>Brickwell Tower, site for the Traders of Shard, rises to the southeast, a dark silhouette rendered grim by the painted shades of night. The mumble of an in-city riverlet floats up from the same direction as the tower, the fresh scent of chilly water accompanying the sound on its journey. Shadowed homes painted with indiscernable images hedge in the street to the south.</description>
<description>Brickwell Tower, site for the Traders of Shard, rises to the southeast, silhouetted against the sky in an impressive composition of grey and red brick. The chatter of water rushing through the city floats up from the same direction. The sides of cleanly whitewashed homes edge in the street, their walls painted with tiny tendrils of ivy and starflowers that at first glance lead the eye to believe them real.</description>
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<node id="29" name="Shard, Katamba's Crescent Road">
<description>The courtyard of Brickwell Tower stretches beyond the keep's curved archway, the black iron teeth of the portcullis gleaming with intended malevolence for any who dare try to cross the pride and joy of the Shard Traders' Guild. Murder holes glare out approximately thirty feet from the base, gazing down upon the Bridge of Sparrows that protects Shard's civilians from one of the water channels that rushes through the city with aimless abandon.</description>
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<arc exit="go" move="go bridge" destination="49" />
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<node id="30" name="Shard, Katamba's Crescent Road">
<description>Brickwell Tower and the Bridge of Sparrows can be seen over the tops of the city's homes, the illumination from small globes of magical glass-lights giving the face of the keep an eerie, ominous appearance. The street shows signs of wear here where caravans rumble through it all day, heading to or from the great tower.</description>
<description>Brickwell Tower and the Bridge of Sparrows can be seen over the tops of the city's homes, the spires and flying buttresses of the elegant keep a tasteful match to the peaked architecture of the townhouses and quaint brickwork cottages of Diamond and Opal Street to the north and west. Caravans rumble by, filled with goods and chattering Trader families on their way in or out.</description>
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<node id="31" name="Shard, Katamba's Crescent Road">
<description>Palm-sized moons of some black substance have been pressed into the walls of the city at regular two-foot intervals, creating a geometric pattern that nicely offsets the glittering crystal. How the moons remain fixed in the extremely hard material is a mystery, and judging by the small chips and scrapes that edge some of them, a mystery as yet to be solved by petty pilferers.</description>
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<node id="32" name="Shard, East City Gates" note="Neharon">
<description>Flames from smoky torches mounted on the city's walls flutter in a lakeside breeze and throw a fitful light over the ground, casting shadows on the Eastern Gate. The shadowy outline of the Tower of Brickwell rises up to the north, the faint sound of snapping cloth coming from the Keep's direction.</description>
<description>The Eastern Gate is the second most active entrance for the thriving trade of Shard. The looming presence of the Tower of Brickwell dominates the view to the north, a multitude of pennants emblazoned with the arms of many kingdoms, baronies, and other sovereign states flying from its battlements and marking it indelibly as the staging grounds for the Shard Trader's Guild.</description>
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<node id="33" name="Shard, Xibar's Crescent Road">
<description>A healthy array of well-tended gardens awaits onlookers who pass down this pocket street. While the homes here are not the finest in Shard, there is no mistaking the mark of careful upkeep.</description>
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<arc exit="southwest" move="southwest" destination="34" />
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<node id="34" name="Shard, Xibar's Crescent Road">
<description>Fences draped with leaves painted black by the night point the way to Greenwall's Tower to the southwest. A low-roofed shop all but hidden behind a nest of ivy sits darkened and locked up, slumbering away the evening with the other homes here.</description>
<description>Fences draped with vibrant green raspberry bushes and fragrant white sweethorn vines point the way to Greenwall's Tower to the southwest. A low-roofed shop all but hidden behind a nest of ivy takes its place amongst the other homes here, the only discernible difference marking it as a business from a domestic building being an iron sign hanging over its doorway.</description>
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<node id="35" name="Shard, Xibar's Crescent Road">
<description>The mossy and almost entirely plant-covered Tower of Greenwalls grows out of the side of the crystalline city walls like a blade of grass through a sheath of glittering frost here. To the northwest the Bridge of Silver sweeps in a graceful arch over a verdant water channel, its construction completely composed of several silverwillow trees that have been lifesculpted to interlock and form a bridge of boughs and leaves.</description>
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<node id="36" name="Shard, Xibar's Crescent Road">
<description>The once-sad shell of a ruined house has been refurbished to make a tiny red-shuttered shop. While the renovations have rendered it habitable, it still retains its quirky charm as a home of sorts to the plant life of the area, the green children of the Rangers. Bricks have been converted to pots that hold fragrant herbs, and the remains of support beams and the fence, now repaired, have been wrapped with ivy.</description>
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<arc exit="go" move="go shop" destination="144" />
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<node id="37" name="Shard, Xibar's Crescent Road">
<description>A circular scorch mark blasts into the city walls here, reducing the crystalline material to slag near the center. Deep scores and scratches are the only signs of a war long past, perhaps a reminder to the younger citizens of Shard as to just what their elders fought through to keep the city intact for future residents.</description>
<description>The repaired southern wall of the city stands tall and proud, burnished with a pale blue color to mirror the street's namesake. The raised cobblestone road gives a good view of the arced road that runs around the outer edge of the great city, allowing passersby to see the Great Tower to the north. Several caravans parked to the side are ready and awaiting offloading for nearby stores.</description>
<description>The repaired southern wall of the city stands tall and proud, burnished with a pale blue color to mirror the street's namesake. The raised cobblestone road gives a good view of the arced road that runs around the outer edge of the great city, allowing passersby to see the Great Tower to the north. Several caravans parked to the side are closed up tight, awaiting the new day to be unloaded.</description>
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<node id="38" name="Shard, Xibar's Crescent Road">
<description>The Tower of Honor to the west and north, despite the presence of nightfall, retains some remnant of the sun's light in its quartz stone, exuding a gentle glow that lends a moonlight-bright illumination to everything nearby. The sounds of miserable coughing and clicking boots on crystalline wallwalks echoes up to the east where the unlucky south city gates guards make their rounds.</description>
<description>The white-gold glowing glory of the Tower of Honor lies west and north of here, its subtle magnificence striking out boldly from the decay that trails over Xibar's Crescent from Ruby Street. Homes in various states of ruin or repair form a jagged skyline to the north, with the gates to the south entrance of the city visible to the east.</description>
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<node id="39" name="Shard, Xibar's Crescent Road">
<description>The Tower of Honor sweeps up to the northwest like a candle elegantly sculpted of fitted blocks of quartz. A soft glow radiates out from the solitary structure, the result of the light-absorbing qualities of the stone by the masoner's account, the result of the pure spirits that serve the tower -- the Paladins of Ilithi -- by legend.</description>
<description>The Tower of Honor -- the only remarkable landmark from this point in the street -- sweeps up to the northwest, casting its pure shine down on Sapphire, Moonstone, and Ruby Streets. The bell-like ring of metal-shod hooves on stone glances through the air as men and women clad in armor lead their steeds away or toward the great Tower, their squires following quickly behind with what gear the horses can't (or won't) carry.</description>
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<node id="40" name="Shard, Xibar's Crescent Road">
<description>The Tower of Honor -- home to the Paladins of Shard -- rises straight and tall out of the side of the winking facets of the city walls. The milky white stone that composes the keep shines softly, for all the world looking as if it were an odd, earthbound piece of the fourth moon of legend. To the northeast, the Bridge of Suns braces its goldenoak feet against the bank of a water channel that would separate Xibar Street from Sapphire Avenue.</description>
<description>The Tower of Honor -- home to the Paladins of Shard -- rises straight and tall out of the side of the glittering facets of the city walls. The milky white stone that composes the keep is said to be imbued with the same powers as the legendary soulstones, changing color when the integrity of the guild begins to fail. To the northeast, the Bridge of Suns braces its goldenoak feet against the bank of a water channel that would separate Xibar Street from Sapphire Avenue.</description>
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<node id="41" name="Shard, Xibar's Crescent Road">
<description>The white glow of the Tower of Honor can be glimpsed around a bend to the southeast, its soft luster challenging the Great Tower's at the heart of Shard for height. A building painted in shadows and featuring wooden beams carved with obscure images sits, closed for the night, on the east side of the path, its doorway darkened.</description>
<description>The white gleam of the Tower of Honor can be glimpsed around a bend to the southeast, its peak challenging the Great Tower at the heart of Shard for height. A building painted a stark grey and featuring wooden beams carved with images of swords, helms, and armor has taken up residence here, its open doorway revealing flashes of bright metal.</description>
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<node id="42" name="Shard, Xibar's Crescent Road">
<description>The city seems to pause in this small pocket side street, just apart from the mad traffic of Moonstone Street to the north and the overbearing grace of the Tower of Honor to the south. Shaded homes sit in tranquil silence beside the path's side, content in their small slice of peace.</description>
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<node id="43" name="Shard, West City Gates" note="Kureta">
<description>The sound of chanting voices carries over the Lake of Tears and past the West Gate. If the guards appear disturbed by the steady droning sound, they do not show it as they pace the wallwalks, eyes constantly scanning for any sign of danger in the night.</description>
<description>Glossy black and opaque, the diamondique West Gates of the city gleam alongside the brightly burnished armor of its guards. The crystal walls are equally bright, all resulting in a whole that would be blinding were they any more perfect or the sun any more bright.</description>
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<node id="44" name="Shard, Katamba's Crescent Road">
<description>The dull glow of dark diamondique offers a tantalizing glimpse of the West Gates to the south, the shadow of Wyvern Mountain trying hard to steal what little light glances off the portal's softly rounded arch. The lap of the water that surrounds the city is lulling, carrying over through the walls and foundations that protect Shard from the liquid's eroding power.</description>
<description>The sleek gleam of dark diamondique offers a tantalizing glimpse of the West Gates to the south, the shadow of Wyvern Mountain trying hard to steal the sunlight that would glance off the portal's softly rounded arch. The lap of the water that surrounds the city is a lulling change from the sounds of Shard, carrying over through the walls and foundations that protect the city's denizens from the liquid's eroding power.</description>
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<node id="45" name="Shard, Katamba's Crescent Road">
<description>A thundercloud mutters ancient epithets to the night to the northeast, its wrath emitting lightning bolts that illuminate the tower that sits just beneath it. To the southwest the street winds down toward the West Gate, the faint echo of chanting floating up from the Lake of Tears and the mountain shrine that abides beside it.</description>
<description>A thundercloud mutters ancient epithets to the sky to the northeast, its wrath focused on the tower that sits just beneath it. To the southwest the street winds down toward the West Gate.</description>
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<node id="46" name="Shard, Katamba's Crescent Road">
<description>Stormwill Tower, home of the Warrior Mages and Empaths of Shard, dominates much of the view to the northwest, an ominous shadow that passes a heavy hand over the sky and stars. Even more ominous is a cloud that hovers over the tower, churning and rumbling with thunder and lightning. The babbling burble of water rushing brings comfort to the night's loneliness where the Bridge of Linden Leaves rises up, creating safe passage over one of Shard's many natural channels to the south.</description>
<description>Stormwill Tower, home of the Warrior Mages and Empaths of Shard, dominates much of the view to the northwest, its ominous black and grey masonry permanently overshadowed by a single dark cloud that hovers over the keep like a bad memory. Citizens of the city hurriedly get about their business here, either completely skirting the tower or running in or out with modest haste. The Bridge of Linden Leaves creates safe passage over a water channel that rushes through to the south.</description>
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<node id="47" name="Shard, Katamba's Crescent Road">
<description>No grass grows within twenty feet of the city walls, and the homes are pulled back for at least forty. The steep walls rise up high, their sides slick and smooth, unpitted by weather or wear. To the southwest, Stormwill Tower bubbles up out of the walls, a small black-grey cloud hovering ominously above it.</description>
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<node id="48" name="Shard, Katamba's Crescent Road">
<description>The high walls of the city curve out of sight to the west, terminating at the city gates to the east. Homes edge in on the trail, crowding up to the path before stopping their progression. A small brass plaque is embedded into the walls, commemorating this place for some far away reason.</description>
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<node id="49" name="Shard, Opal Street">
<description>The lane ends ten feet away from where the Bridge of Sparrows begins, leaving a patch of bare road between street and structure. The currents of the water that rush through the canal the bridge arcs over is alive with the chuckling of unseen undines, if one is to believe the tales of the city. Soft splashing follows the water as it rushes back to the Lake of Tears in a torrent of dark blues and greys.</description>
<description>The lane ends ten feet away from where the Bridge of Sparrows begins, leaving a patch of bare road between street and structure. The currents of the water that rush through the canal the bridge arcs over is alive with flashes of azure, ivory, emerald, and agate. The shimmer of rainbowed scales catches on the waves and pebbles before being washed away as the riverlet heads out of the city and back into the Lake of Tears.</description>
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<node id="50" name="Shard, Opal Street" color="#00FFFF">
<description>Small shingle-roofed flats and whitewashed storefronts form the narrow lane of Opal Street, their shutters pulled tight and their chimney stacks releasing fragrant woodsmoke into the air. Water collects in the small round potholes that have eaten away some of the cobblestones, no doubt to be deprived of their mercurial mirrored liquid come the morning and the arrival of adventurous children.</description>
<description>The Bridge of Sparrows can be seen just peeking up over the northeast horizon, its simple wooden construction diminished before the impressive front of Brickwell Tower beyond it. The headquarters for the Traders League of the city, the rounded keep is built of brick upon dense brick of cut azure crystal. Against that richly textured background, the houses that make up the narrow street pale in comparison.</description>
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<node id="51" name="Shard, Opal Street">
<description>The sign on a small business proclaims it the local arms shop, shuttered to rest and await the haggling that dawn will bring. Paintings of weapons and armor decorate the building's side, but much of the detail is lost in the dim light. Something gleams over the doorway.</description>
<description>The sign on a small business proclaims it the local arms shop. Detailed paintings of light swords, axes, and armor decorate the building's side, as is the style with most shops in the city. Two battle-tempered (and securely bolted) longknives have been crossed over the doorway, the leather on their grips weather-worn but their edges still distinctly sharp.</description>
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<node id="52" name="Shard, Opal Street Green">
<description>The street creates a wide circle around a small patch of grass and trees that crop up out of the cobblestone bones of the city. Faded to grey by night, the benches that have been set out for the comfort of passersby have now grown chilly from the lakeside breeze, rendering them closer to implements of subtle torture rather than a nice place to plop down and rest the legs and back.</description>
<description>The street creates a wide circle around a small patch of grass and trees that crop up out of the cobblestone bones of the city. Benches and a fresh breeze compliment the setting, and a general feeling of peaceful relaxation incorporates itself into the air around the little slice of growing life.</description>
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<node id="53" name="Shard, Opal Street">
<description>A covered cart parked next to the southeast ramp that leads up to the Bridge of Wrens marks that place as the permanent residence for a daytime vendor, now gone off to a deserved rest, no doubt. An echo of light from the south heralds the presence of the Temple of Light, while southwest the Great Tower absorbs the moonlight, throwing it back as a dull gleam that covers its skin in a cascade the hue of buffed lead.</description>
<description>A cart filled with apples and manned by a cheery-faced Halfling with a striped smock on awaits all who pass over the Bridge of Wrens to the southeast either arriving to or leaving from Opal Street. The roof of the Temple of Light can faintly be seen to the south, while southwest the Great Tower captures the eye with its bright gleam.</description>
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<arc exit="southwest" move="southwest" destination="54" />
</node>
<node id="54" name="Shard, Opal Street">
<description>The street has a lonely feel to it, as if the night had sucked some vital element from it. Planter boxes filled with closed flowers hang out from beneath the shuttered windows of the residences. Pools of shadow collect at the feet of the walls, ranging from soft grey to a black deep enough to carry stars, were it so empowered.</description>
<description>The cobblestones have a freshly washed look to them, possibly accounting for the clean scent in the air. Planter boxes filled with bright flowers hang out from beneath the windows of the residences, and the sound of women calling out to their neighbors from their balconies rings from the close walls of the street.</description>
<position x="460" y="380" z="0" />
<arc exit="northeast" move="northeast" destination="53" />
<arc exit="east" move="east" destination="94" />
<arc exit="southwest" move="southwest" destination="10" />
<arc exit="go" move="go squat building" destination="805" />
</node>
<node id="55" name="Shard, Yavash Circle">
<description>A high plaster wall creates a barrier around which the path curls. Adjacent to that, the impeccable sides of the lavish homes of the privileged of Shard hem the other side of the path in, leaving little room for navigation. Crouched beside the path and taking up much of the precious space is a ramshackle building that seems completely out of place. A barely legible sign hangs over the doorway.</description>
<position x="440" y="420" z="0" />
<arc exit="southeast" move="southeast" destination="56" />
<arc exit="west" move="west" destination="10" />
<arc exit="go" move="go ramshackle building" destination="454" />
</node>
<node id="56" name="Shard, Yavash Circle">
<description>Fine tendrils of vines curl over the top of the wall that hems in the trail. The wall melts from plaster where it curves in from the northwest to the solid brick of the wall that sweeps in from the south. The tops of the brick part of the wall have been embedded with black ironwrought pikes, their tips sharp and very pointy.</description>
<position x="460" y="440" z="0" />
<arc exit="south" move="south" destination="57" />
<arc exit="northwest" move="northwest" destination="55" />
</node>
<node id="57" name="Shard, East Entrance of The Great Tower">
<description>Sunstone Street ends in a three-way split before an ash arch that serves as the entryway into a flourishing garden. A tall wall of brick imbedded at the top with pike tips creates a fearsome barrier between the gleaming silver tower beyond the wall, and the city before it.</description>
<position x="460" y="460" z="0" />
<arc exit="north" move="north" destination="56" />
<arc exit="east" move="east" destination="86" />
<arc exit="south" move="south" destination="58" />
<arc exit="go" move="go ash arch" hidden="True" destination="522" />
</node>
<node id="58" name="Shard, Yavash Circle">
<description>Birdsong and the fragrance of orchids floats over the wall that encircles the Great Tower. A high fence to the west neatly wedges in the path around the Tower, leaving just enough room for two Elves to walk through side-by-side. The path -- a series of small stones of a multitude of colors -- meanders in a slow arc that vanishes as it curls north and southwest.</description>
<position x="460" y="480" z="0" />
<arc exit="north" move="north" destination="57" />
<arc exit="southwest" move="southwest" destination="59" />
</node>
<node id="59" name="Shard, Yavash Circle">
<description>The circular wall to the north that hedges in the path shifts from the brick of its eastern half to the glittering diamondique of its western half in a noticeable and surely magical melding of the two substances. Spikes of crystal jut from the top of the opaque western segment, while pikes of steel poke up out of the other section.</description>
<position x="440" y="500" z="0" />
<arc exit="northeast" move="northeast" destination="58" />
<arc exit="west" move="west" destination="16" />
</node>
<node id="60" name="Shard, Crystal Lane">
<description>Flecks of black minerals glitter in the cobblestones like dying stars whose true sickly nature has been revealed by the weak light of the evening. Shadows gnaw at the foundations of the older buildings, crouching in deep pools at their feet. The remnant scent of baked bread hovers around a small shop on the northeast side of the street, now closed for the evening.</description>
<description>The street glitters with mineral deposits, providing a crystal sheen to the brickish cobblestones that lends credence to the lane's name. Signs of new construction in some of the older buildings mark the advance of time and change over the neighborhood. The scents of baking food and cooking meat float on a delicate breeze from a small shop on the northeast side of the street.</description>
<position x="460" y="540" z="0" />
<arc exit="southeast" move="southeast" destination="61" />
<arc exit="northwest" move="northwest" destination="16" />
<arc exit="go" move="go bakery" destination="182" />
</node>
<node id="61" name="Shard, Crystal Lane">
<description>Meager buildings line the street to the left and right, none rising over two stories, all bowing to the vaulted greatness of the silvery Great Tower to the northwest.</description>
<description>Meager buildings line the street to the left and right, none rising over two stories, all bowing to the vaulted greatness of the silvery Great Tower to the northwest. Nestled between two of the modest structures, a little crimson-shingled shop seems to attract steady business despite its lackluster location.</description>
<description>Meager buildings line the street to the left and right, none rising over two stories, all bowing to the vaulted greatness of the silvery Great Tower to the northwest. Nestled between two modest structures, a little crimson-shingled shop sits quietly in the nighttime gloom.</description>
<position x="480" y="560" z="0" />
<arc exit="northeast" move="northeast" destination="88" />
<arc exit="southeast" move="southeast" destination="62" />
<arc exit="northwest" move="northwest" destination="60" />
<arc exit="go" move="go little shop" destination="801" />
</node>
<node id="62" name="Shard, Crystal Lane">
<description>Decay has clawed away at many of the old buildings to the south, the ravaged remnants of one war of fire and destruction, and another of time and neglect. Surprisingly, the buildings to the north have all been either refurbished or rebuilt entirely. The line of construction here is more than just conjecture, it can be traced with the eye right down to the palpable discrepancy in the street's state of repair from one side to the next.</description>
<position x="540" y="620" z="0" />
<arc exit="southeast" move="southeast" destination="63" />
<arc exit="northwest" move="northwest" destination="61" />
<arc exit="go" move="go black building" destination="183" />
</node>
<node id="63" name="Shard, Crystal Lane">
<description>The promise of thriving life that otherwise lingers in the rest of the city has died here. Crumbling homes that can no longer support families, businesses that cannot stave off petty thieves or entice customers, and the shells of buildings have been left to rot along the street. To the northwest, the grandiose beauty of the Great Tower seems to overshadow and demoralize what little dignity the residents here hope to cling to.</description>
<position x="580" y="660" z="0" />
<arc exit="southeast" move="southeast" destination="64" />
<arc exit="southwest" move="southwest" destination="116" />
<arc exit="northwest" move="northwest" destination="62" />
<arc exit="go" move="go barn" destination="163" />
</node>
<node id="64" name="Shard, Crystal Lane">
<description>The bleak outline of shattered homes can be discerned to the northwest. While the buildings seem more intact here, there is a visible shift in integrity and a noticeable increase in decay as the streets draw closer to the northwest horizon. In comparison, the buildings to the southeast are far more sturdy, maintained with fresh whitewash and bolstered by new construction.</description>
<position x="620" y="700" z="0" />
<arc exit="southeast" move="southeast" destination="65" />
<arc exit="northwest" move="northwest" destination="63" />
</node>
<node id="65" name="Shard, Crystal Lane">
<description>The quiet rush of water under the Bridge of Silver creates sedate music for the sober and silent street. The darkness to the northwest -- where Crystal Lane dissolves into shadow -- seems deeper than it should be, a feeling perhaps augmented by the slumped buildings that line the street. The fragrant scent of jes-roses floats up from the banks of the water channel where they have been planted in lush rows.</description>
<description>The quiet rush of water under the Bridge of Silver creates sedate music for the sober and silent street. Old homes that look within a feather's breath of cracking rise up to the northwest, their shadows -- falling gracefully over the cobblestones -- the only steady thing about them. The banks of the water channel thrive with bright green plants, no doubt the touch of the local Ranger Guild.</description>
<position x="680" y="760" z="0" />
<arc exit="west" move="west" destination="111" />
<arc exit="northwest" move="northwest" destination="64" />
<arc exit="go" move="go bridge" destination="35" />
<arc exit="go" move="go tall building" destination="189" />
<arc exit="climb" move="climb stair" destination="189" />
</node>
<node id="66" name="Shard, Emerald Lane">
<description>Shadows dapple the two graceful linden trees that grow up from the banks of the icy and swiftly moving water channel here. Grass springs up thickly along the sides of the channel's bank, nature's own tapestry muted to the color of demon's blood. A carved statue of a woman guards the Bridge of Linden Leaves that rises over the churning waters, her visage dimmed by the night into one of sorrow.</description>
<description>Two graceful linden trees grow up from the banks of a water channel that excises a chunk of land from the rest of the city here. Emerald green grass grows in a carefully maintained spread that eventually thins out as the street widens to the southeast. A carved statue of a woman guards the Bridge of Linden Leaves that rises over the water channel, her face gentle and her hands spread before her, as if reaching out to touch someone.</description>
<position x="160" y="160" z="0" />
<arc exit="southeast" move="southeast" destination="67" />
<arc exit="go" move="go bridge" destination="46" />
</node>
<node id="67" name="Shard, Emerald Lane">
<description>Dark stones pebble the street, bubbling up out of the earth as if the ground had been scraped away to reveal a slice of the World Dragon's sinister black underbelly. The street is stripped down to little more than a few homes to the left and right, leaving a wide lane suitable for the passage of heavy carts and pack animals.</description>
<description>Bottle green stones pebble the street, bubbling up out of the earth as if the ground had been scraped away to reveal a slice of the World Dragon's left flank. The crisp clicking of hooves rings through the air as Traders from the far corners of the Realms and farmers from a little closer to home lead their animals toward the open market to the southeast.</description>
<position x="200" y="200" z="0" />
<arc exit="southeast" move="southeast" destination="68" />
<arc exit="northwest" move="northwest" destination="66" />
</node>
<node id="68" name="Shard, Emerald Lane Open Market">
<description>Closed stalls and tightly sealed tents are the only vestiges of the market's lively daytime visage. Amidst the maze-like lanes of the bazaar is one lone Human, seated with legs folded in a meditative position and clutching a grim black staff. He is unnaturally still and silent, appearing to be a guard for a strange black tent that sits alone and unchallenged in the heart of the street.</description>
<description>Makeshift stalls and patchwork tents create a small village of various hagglers and item mongers. A Human with bones woven into his beard and a grim black staff capped with a sluagh skull sits outside a tent, his eyes lit with a strange light. Fruit carts laden with the season's best sit alongside blankets laid out on the grass and covered with various curios.</description>
<position x="240" y="240" z="0" />
<arc exit="southeast" move="southeast" destination="69" />
<arc exit="northwest" move="northwest" destination="67" />
<arc exit="none" move="pull staff;pull staff" destination="150" />
</node>
<node id="69" name="Shard, Heart of the Emerald Lane Open Market">
<description>The soft whistling of nightbirds and the faint sound of footsteps lingers on the breeze, a pale echo of the open market activities during the day. A bare circle of grass and benches intercepts the path, the wood of the worn seats glowing with a ghostly light in the eyes of the moons.</description>
<description>The ring of silver strings and the faint echo of Elven laughter weaves through the ever-changing makeshift alleys of the open market of Shard. A bare circle of grass and benches is treated with sacred respect by the many merchants who pitch their tents here, leaving one place for people to gather and relax, safe from the push and clamor of the crowds.</description>
<position x="280" y="280" z="0" />
<arc exit="southeast" move="southeast" destination="70" />
<arc exit="northwest" move="northwest" destination="68" />
</node>
<node id="70" name="Shard, Emerald Lane Open Market" note="Faenella">
<description>Uneasily empty, the only company for the daytime-busy market is a statue that seems to carefully guard rather than diminish the silence and stalking darkness. The curve of a bridge allows passage to Moonstone Street to the southwest, and the glimpse of tall, peaked towers to the southeast mark the presence of the city's alternative temple.</description>
<description>Patched tents and booths formed of slats of wood that vary wildly in type and color bloom in clumps of full and myriad colors around the stiffer and more prestigious backs of the homes on Diamond Street to the north and northeast. The curve of a bridge allows passage to Moonstone Street to the southwest.</description>
<position x="360" y="360" z="0" />
<arc exit="southeast" move="southeast" destination="71" />
<arc exit="southwest" move="southwest" destination="83" />
<arc exit="northwest" move="northwest" destination="69" />
<arc exit="go" move="go sewer grate" destination="149" />
</node>
<node id="71" name="Shard, Emerald Lane">
<description>Shadows line the street in patchy clumps, deep enough to hide anything from golden eggs to crafty thieves. The street narrows as it empties to the southeast, the hypnotic, star-arm spiral pattern of the ebony and agate stones swirling up to the feet of the dully gleaming Great Tower. The sound of chanting drones through the air, coming from somewhere to the southwest.</description>
<description>Patches of bright green grass grows around the pebbled street. The street narrows as it empties out to the southeast, the hypnotic, spiral pattern of its blue and green stones swirling up to the feet of the Great Tower. The sound of hawkers and the call of a street faire entices passersby to the north.</description>
<position x="380" y="380" z="0" />
<arc exit="southeast" move="southeast" destination="10" />
<arc exit="northwest" move="northwest" destination="70" />
</node>
<node id="72" name="Shard, Sapphire Avenue">
<description>The cobblestone street melts into the south entrance of the Great Tower to the northeast and leads off to a residential district and -- further along -- the Tower of Honor to the southwest.</description>
<position x="380" y="540" z="0" />
<arc exit="northeast" move="northeast" destination="16" />
<arc exit="southwest" move="southwest" destination="73" />
</node>
<node id="73" name="Shard, Sapphire Avenue">
<description>The lane sweeps in a clean angle northeast and southwest. A curious, ramshackle two-story building juts like a growth waiting to be lanced amongst the other residentials. Something shadowy and heavy hangs from the shop's darkened porch, and a strange, ghostly clicking floats through the air around it, sounding for all the world like some spectre rattling its fingerbones to scare off unwanted guests.</description>
<description>The lane sweeps in a clean angle northeast and southwest. A curious, ramshackle two-story building has huddled down amongst the other residencies, trying hard to look like it belongs, failing miserably. The skinned remains of some large beast hang down from the porch roof alongside a windchime made of various fingerbones. The eerie *click clack click* that comes from the macabre ornament could account for why this street seems a little bit on the vacant side.</description>
<position x="360" y="560" z="0" />
<arc exit="northeast" move="northeast" destination="72" />
<arc exit="southwest" move="southwest" destination="74" />
<arc exit="northwest" move="northwest" destination="83" />
<arc exit="go" move="go ramshackle building" destination="384" />
</node>
<node id="74" name="Shard, Sapphire Avenue Green">
<description>The street encircles lonely arms around a disk of darkened grass and softly whispering trees here. The soft, shattered music of a fountain complements the sense of emptiness in a rain of silvered droplets. The lane and the green are almost perfect in their solidarity, save for the occasional echo of an outburst of laughter coming from the general southwest direction and, more specifically, the tavern that lies in said direction.</description>
<description>The street encircles its arms around a disk of green grass and trees that has been planted for the enjoyment of weary travellers. Benches and a small fountain complement the sense of rest and relaxation. The thick canopy of many slight silver lunat trees creates an effective defense against snow and rain, although not a perfect one. The scent of cooking meats from Liani's Heaven to the southwest indicates where most folk go when the weather becomes too much of a burden for mere leaves.</description>
<position x="300" y="620" z="0" />
<arc exit="northeast" move="northeast" destination="73" />
<arc exit="southwest" move="southwest" destination="75" />
</node>
<node id="75" name="Shard, Sapphire Avenue">
<description>Shadows fall like curtains, blurring the features of the homes that line the darkly cobbled street. In the distance, the Great Tower of Shard knifes the sky in a glow of silver light that shines through the night. To the southwest the Tower of Honor echoes that glow, a pale pearl shadow of the city's heart.</description>
<description>A glimpse of green can be caught just to the northeast, and beyond that the shimmer of silver that marks the Great Tower of Shard. Homes of varying sizes and upkeep march in orderly rows up the sides of the slick, dark blue cobblestone street. The buildings on the east side are markedly older -- and in a shabbier state -- than the ones on the west.</description>
<position x="260" y="660" z="0" />
<arc exit="northeast" move="northeast" destination="74" />
<arc exit="southwest" move="southwest" destination="76" />
<arc exit="go" move="go blue shop" destination="382" />
</node>
<node id="76" name="Shard, Sapphire Avenue">
<description>A round, squat building -- clearly of Halfling architecture -- curls like an over-excitable kitten amidst the otherwise sober and silent Elven and Elothean homes here. Small drawings of butterflies, winged ale kegs, and tipsy Fae -- done in luminescent green and blue paint -- decorate the sides of the building. The stalks of some bizarre plant jealously guard the well-lit entrance to the tavern, their flowers brushing all but the shortest patrons.</description>
<description>A cheerfully painted building of unconventional Halfling architecture sticks out like a rose amongst lilies here, its front and sides happily decorated with butterflies, winged ale kegs, and tipsy Fae. Giant hollyhocks -- almost too tall to be believed -- jealously guard the entrance to the tavern, their stalks covered in red and pink blossoms that are surely kept in perpetual bloom by a local well-paid lifesculptor.</description>
<position x="220" y="700" z="0" />
<arc exit="northeast" move="northeast" destination="75" />
<arc exit="southwest" move="southwest" destination="77" />
<arc exit="go" move="go tavern" destination="245" />
</node>
<node id="77" name="Shard, Sapphire Avenue">
<description>The Bridge of Suns spans confidently over the dark water channel that sweeps through Shard here. Beyond it, the glowing Tower of Honor can be clearly seen casting a soft nimbus down on the grounds that lie about it. There is a sense of safety here -- this is a place where the denizens leave their doors unlocked at night with no fear.</description>
<description>The Bridge of Suns spans confidently over the narrow water channel that sweeps through Shard here. Beyond it, the prim and proper Tower of Honor can be clearly seen, its all but blinding gleam striking an impressive image. The chime of hooves on stones echoes distinctly over the water, challenging the faint of heart to the call of the valiant and sure. The homes that sit nearest to the bridge are austere and well maintained, bolstering the pride that emanates from the home of Ilithi's Paladins.</description>
<position x="160" y="760" z="0" />
<arc exit="northeast" move="northeast" destination="76" />
<arc exit="go" move="go bridge" destination="40" />
</node>
<node id="78" name="Shard, Moonstone Street">
<description>The distant drone of chanting floats over the city from the west where Wyvern Mountain rises. Held sacred by the true worshippers of the World Dragon, its primary shrine is open all year round, even if the gates that mark the end of Moonstone Street's journey west aren't.</description>
<description>The Bridge of Rooks rears up from the distant east like an exposed spine of black bone arching out of the dark river of cobblestones that is Moonstone Street. Pilgrims in plain garments of woven linen move in a steady line from or to the west, heading for the city gates and the mountain that lies beyond the West Bridge where the famous shrine to the World Dragon -- built by Sh'kial -- lies.</description>
<position x="60" y="460" z="0" />
<arc exit="east" move="east" destination="79" />
<arc exit="west" move="west" destination="43" />
<arc exit="go" move="go white-domed building" destination="487" />
</node>
<node id="79" name="Shard, Moonstone Street">
<description>The dark ribbon of the road flows in a smooth line, one way rolling without a ripple toward the looming presence of Wyvern Mountain to the west, the other toward the magnificence of the dully glowing Great Tower to the east.</description>
<description>Cobblestones the color of chips of obsidian cover Moonstone Street, their smooth, unmarred surface revealing to be clearly much sturdier than the color they simulate. Carts drawn by exquisitely groomed horses pass toward the east, some empty, some filled with perishables or sundries, all led by handsomely dressed young men and women infused with the bolstered pride born of the money that employs them.</description>
<position x="100" y="460" z="0" />
<arc exit="east" move="east" destination="80" />
<arc exit="west" move="west" destination="78" />
<arc exit="go" move="go crystal-spired building" destination="483" />
<arc exit="go" move="go mercantile entrance" destination="484" />
</node>
<node id="80" name="Shard, Moonstone Street">
<description>Deserted and lonely, a small, dark shop painted with strange gleaming markings is nearly dwarfed by the looming edifice of the nearby bank and the dramatic silhouette of the Great Tower. A sign hangs over the doorway, swinging in the city's chilly lakeside breeze.</description>
<description>The glittering dome of the city's bank can be seen rising up to the east, the marble that composes it contrasting with the Great Tower that shoots up past it like a spear of silver breaking through a black cloud. Judging by the number of people passing beneath its swinging sign to the goods that lie within, a shop painted a solemn dark blue and drawn in silver with stars and moons is the main attraction on the street.</description>
<position x="140" y="460" z="0" />
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<arc exit="west" move="west" destination="79" />
<arc exit="go" move="go crystal plaza" destination="473" />
<arc exit="go" move="go meeting tower" destination="790" />
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<node id="81" name="Shard, Moonstone Street" note="First Land Herald|Herald|newspaper|news stand" color="#00FF00">
<description>The darkly gleaming beauty of the city's bank stands out even at night, its polished facade engraved with the image of Kertigen. Although the doors are shut and the lights mostly extinguished, the sound of movement from the patrol that prowls the bank's grounds can still be heard making their rounds. The three-story office of the Provincial Administrator of Orders watches over the lonely street.</description>
<description>An Elven overseer dressed smartly in rainbowed chain and plate watches as four Gor'Tog guards prowl about the city's bank, her arms folded over her chest and her jaw set with determination. Composed of marble mined from the local mountains, the domed building is Elothean in design and exudes the kind of overbearing snobbery and strength that can only be bought with platinum. The three-story office of the Provincial Administrator of Orders looms over the street.</description>
<position x="180" y="460" z="0" />
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<arc exit="west" move="west" destination="80" />
<arc exit="go" move="go bank" destination="145" />
</node>
<node id="82" name="Shard, Moonstone Street">
<description>The melodical chuckle of a fountain is the only sound to be heard echoing through the streets at this hour. Immaculate homes make up much of the avenue, quiet with resting souls. To the east, the Bridge of Rooks rises up from the street in a dark, sly arc of black wood that would be invisible were it sprinkled with stars.</description>
<description>There is a noticeable lack of streetwise peddlers in this part of town, and what children can be seen are kept under close watch by the appropriate guardians instead of set free to run free and underfoot. The streets are immaculate, the gardens beautiful and ornate, kept so by heavy maintenance overseen by the city's lifesculptors. To the east rises the dark Bridge of Rooks.</description>
<position x="220" y="460" z="0" />
<arc exit="west" move="west" destination="81" />
<arc exit="go" move="go bridge" destination="83" />
</node>
<node id="83" name="Shard, Moonstone Street via The Bridge of Rooks">
<description>Gleaming black railings of polished oak and planking of stained deobar compose the aptly named Bridge of Rooks. To the east the warm glow of a building challenges the night for its control over the darkness, in no way aided by the shadow of the Great Tower that strikes out of the heart of the city further east. The bridge connects the east and west ends of Moonstone Street, dividing near the center to meet up with Emerald Lane to the northeast and Sapphire Avenue to the southeast.</description>
<description>Gleaming black railings of polished oak and planking of stained deobar compose the aptly named Bridge of Rooks. To the east the Great Tower challenges the sky for possession, its pennants rippling like a lady's ribbons in a gentle lakeside breeze. The bridge connects the east and west ends of Moonstone Street, dividing near the center to meet up with Emerald Lane to the northeast and Sapphire Avenue to the southeast.</description>
<position x="260" y="460" z="0" />
<arc exit="northeast" move="northeast" destination="70" />
<arc exit="east" move="east" destination="84" />
<arc exit="southeast" move="southeast" destination="73" />
<arc exit="west" move="west" destination="82" />
</node>
<node id="84" name="Shard, Moonstone Street">
<description>A splendid building composed of a fine blond wood supported by beams of crystal stands head above shoulders over all other establishments by the Bridge of Rooks on Moonstone Street. Still more impressive is a completely crystal phoenix that seems to spring out of the doorway's lintel, its wings unfurling to sweep under the roof before curling up at the ends. The sculpture's breathtaking beauty is only matched by the gleaming black elegance of the bridge to the west that rises up to embrace the air.</description>
<position x="300" y="460" z="0" />
<arc exit="east" move="east" destination="85" />
<arc exit="go" move="go bridge" destination="83" />
<arc exit="go" move="go inn" destination="462" />
<arc exit="go" move="go gulley" destination="662" />
</node>
<node id="85" name="Shard, Moonstone Street">
<description>Dark grey stones cover the surface of Moonstone Street, creating artful whorls and spirals as the lane gradually fades away to the east. A curious temple crouches quietly on the north side of the street, its front carved with thirteen faces that seem to fade when looked at directly. The doors stand open despite the dark hour, and two guards wearing faceless hoods stand on either side of the door, wielding massive executioners' axes.</description>
<description>Dark grey stones cover the surface of Moonstone Street, creating artful whorls and spirals as the lane gradually narrows on its way east to the Great Tower. A curious temple crouches quietly on the north side of the street, its front carved with the faces of the less beneficial aspects of the Thirteen. A surprisingly steady traffic of curious visitors and dedicated followers keeps the temple a popular -- if uneasy -- attraction within the city.</description>
<position x="340" y="460" z="0" />
<arc exit="east" move="east" destination="13" />
<arc exit="west" move="west" destination="84" />
<arc exit="go" move="go curious temple" hidden="True" destination="388" />
</node>
<node id="86" name="Shard, Sunstone Street">
<description>This section of town seems completely unlike the rest, enfolded in a pocket of peace and tranquility that radiates from the sedate structure of the Temple of Light. Even in darkness, the glow of hundreds of candles and fires from within keeps the building out of the shadows. And even in darkness, the doors to the temple remain open, the gentle sound of rhythmic chanting floating out over the air.</description>
<description>The strained sense of purpose that permeates the rest of the busy city is blanketed by the presence of the temple, a classical building made of a light amber material. Thirteen pillars uphold the slightly sloped roof, each support carved with a face of one of the the major gods of Elanthia, representing their benevolent aspects. Rippling steps smoothed from two hundred years of feet lead up to a dark archway where figures in beige wool robes stand, their hoods drawn down.</description>
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<arc exit="west" move="west" destination="57" />
<arc exit="go" move="go temple" hidden="True" destination="414" />
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<node id="87" name="Shard, Sunstone Street">
<description>Small homes and shops sit between the city's temple to the west, and the Bridge of Wrens to the east. One curious building covered entirely in ivy and closed etrana blossoms sits close to the riverlet's bank, its door chained shut. The inquisitive twitter of sleeping birds floats down from the shop's eaves.</description>
<description>Small homes and shops sit between the city's temple to the west, and the Bridge of Wrens to the east. One curious building covered entirely in ivy and etrana blossoms sits close to the riverlet's bank, its door chained shut. The inquisitive twitter of birds floats down from the shop's eaves.</description>
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<arc exit="go" move="go bridge" destination="88" />
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<node id="88" name="Shard, Sunstone Street via The Bridge of Wrens">
<description>The sound of rushing water flows up from beneath the Bridge of Wrens. The glassy material which composes the structure glows softly, as if with its own light. Two parts of the bridge splits off to the north- and southwest, leading up to a darkened northeast street of Shard, while the rest of it connects smoothly to the west and east with Sunstone Street.</description>
<description>The Bridge of Wrens rises up over one of the great waterways of Shard, its surface glassy but pebbled to create a grippable -- albeit hard -- surface. The air is fresh from where it wafts up from the sapphire blue channel below. The bridge splits off to the north- and southwest, leading up to Opal Street, while the rest of it connects smoothly to the west and east with Sunstone Street.</description>
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<arc exit="southwest" move="southwest" destination="61" />
<arc exit="west" move="west" destination="87" />
<arc exit="northwest" move="northwest" destination="53" />
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<node id="89" name="Shard, Sunstone Street">
<description>Sunstone Street's cobblestones wink like fallen stars as the street sweeps slowly up to form the Bridge of Wrens to the west. Quiet homes surrounded by shadowy gardens stand to either side of the lane, their painted fronts and sides dulled by the darkness. High overhead the beating of wings chases over the velvet night, the call of a nightingale seeking to sing down the moons echoing over the stillness.</description>
<description>Pieces of blue and green cobblestones sweep in a smooth wave over the street as it slowly rises to form the Bridge of Wrens to the west. Quaint homes surrounded by fragrant herb patches, built with small paths leading up to doorways framed in flowering vines, sprout up like brightly born blooms all up and down the street. An Elven lifesculptor, dressed in the shifting green robes of his people, busies himself amongst the vegetation, an expression of peaceful serenity on his face.</description>
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<arc exit="go" move="go bridge" destination="88" />
<arc exit="go" move="go small home" destination="141" />
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<node id="90" name="Shard, Sunstone Street">
<description>A building quite out of place to the rest of the city lords over a large part of this portion of Sunstone Street. Horses have been painted around the cylindrical, white-washed exterior, and a brick pathway leads up to the arched entrance over which a sign reads, "Rundmolen Bros. Storage Company." Judging by the way many of the city's inhabitants seem to be carefully skirting it, the building would appear to be either very new, or very disturbing to the people of Shard.</description>
<description>A building quite out of place to the rest of the city lords over a large part of this portion of Sunstone Street. Torches have been shoved into sconces along the sides, causing the horses that are painted on the building's walls to flicker and dance animatedly. The light is too poor to illuminate the sign that hangs over the doorway, although by day it would be prominent enough.</description>
<position x="660" y="460" z="0" />
<arc exit="east" move="east" destination="91" />
<arc exit="west" move="west" destination="89" />
<arc exit="go" move="go carousel" destination="803" />
</node>
<node id="91" name="Shard, Sunstone Street">
<description>A small shop adorned with hanging baskets outside its door is the only remarkable landmark on the street. A cold breeze, sweeping up off the lake, clamps chilly fingers around everything with a viselike grip that is only shaken with plenty of coats and blankets.</description>
<description>A row of Elven women sit outside a small shop, reeds and strips of willow lying across their laps as they work to make baskets and mats. One small girl sits nearby, watching as her mother works and learning the family's craft through silent observation. The smells of the city -- a complex mixture of baking bread, yak dung, sweat, and green trees -- weave in and around anything and everything, racing over the people and the structures on a spirited lakeside breeze.</description>
<position x="700" y="460" z="0" />
<arc exit="east" move="east" destination="92" />
<arc exit="west" move="west" destination="90" />
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<node id="92" name="Shard, Sunstone Street">
<description>The street is almost depressingly empty with the onset of night. From time to time a cloaked and anxious-looking peasant scurries by, exposing themselves only briefly to the darkness before heading into the safety of a home or other establishment.</description>
<description>A lively and steady stream of civilians, traders, and heroes heading for the hunt passes through the street. Some chatter incessantly with a seemingly perpetual abundance of energy, while others move quietly -- almost undetected. Vendors attempt to attract the attention of the richer ones, their voices barking dry and loud through the air.</description>
<position x="740" y="460" z="0" />
<arc exit="east" move="east" destination="93" />
<arc exit="west" move="west" destination="91" />
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<node id="93" name="Shard, Sunstone Street">
<description>The gentle rise of the Bridge of Wrens glitters over the western horizon, its slow arch disappearing as it dips down. Beyond that, the flanged spikes of the Temple of Light shoot up, snagging on the sky. The shadow of the city walls falls heavily across the ground, protective of the houses and businesses it enfolds.</description>
<position x="780" y="460" z="0" />
<arc exit="east" move="east" destination="32" />
<arc exit="west" move="west" destination="92" />
<arc exit="go" move="go well" destination="136" />
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<node id="94" name="Shard, Pearl Street" note="Pearl Street" color="#00FFFF">
<description>Wagon wheels and pack animals' hooves clatter against the cobblestones of nearby Opal Street. In contrast, the only traffic along this quiet side street is the occasional servant, making his way to the local well.</description>
<position x="520" y="380" z="0" />
<arc exit="east" move="east" destination="95" />
<arc exit="west" move="west" destination="54" />
</node>
<node id="95" name="Shard, Pearl Street" color="#00FFFF">
<description>A low brick fence encloses a diamond-shaped patch of greenery that grows in the middle of the cobblestone street. The road splits to swerve around the tiny herb garden maintained by local residents. Culinary herbs fill the garden, arranged in an intricate tapestry of color and texture.</description>
<position x="530" y="380" z="0" />
<arc exit="east" move="east" destination="96" />
<arc exit="west" move="west" destination="94" />
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<node id="96" name="Shard, Pearl Street" color="#00FFFF">
<description>Closely packed houses line the street, jammed one against another like children struggling for street space at a parade. The wide mix of architecture indicates the area grew by slow accumulation, rather than careful planning by the Shard city magistrates.</description>
<position x="540" y="380" z="0" />
<arc exit="east" move="east" destination="97" />
<arc exit="west" move="west" destination="95" />
</node>
<node id="97" name="Shard, Pearl Street" color="#00FFFF">
<description>Heavy, green moss grows on the fieldstones that compose the wall encircling the local well. A few granite benches nearby provide a place to rest and chat with neighbors before carrying the heavy buckets back home.</description>
<position x="550" y="380" z="0" />
<arc exit="east" move="east" destination="98" />
<arc exit="west" move="west" destination="96" />
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<node id="98" name="Shard, Pearl Street" color="#00FFFF">
<description>Closely grouped houses line the street, their colorful window boxes filled with fragrant flowers. The smell of roasting meat or a freshly baked pie ocassionally tickles the air, carried by a mild, intermittent breeze.</description>
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<arc exit="east" move="east" destination="99" />
<arc exit="west" move="west" destination="97" />
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<node id="99" name="Shard, Pearl Street" color="#00FFFF">
<description>A peach tree spreads its twisted limbs over a green area at the end of the cul-de-sac. White wooden benches painted with images of flowers and birds stand along the edge of the grass, providing a comfortable place for local residents to gather.</description>
<position x="570" y="380" z="0" />
<arc exit="west" move="west" destination="98" />
</node>
<node id="100" name="Shard, Lapis Lazuli Road" note="Lapis Lazuli Road" color="#00FFFF">
<description>Linden trees shade the path as it wends its way between the homes which line the tranquil street. Patches of green grass and white fences separate the houses from each other. The arched doorways are painted in cheerful colors to match the tile roofs.</description>
<position x="380" y="140" z="0" />
<arc exit="southeast" move="southeast" destination="5" />
<arc exit="northwest" move="northwest" destination="101" />
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<node id="101" name="Shard, Lapis Lazuli Road" color="#00FFFF">
<description>Intricate patterns of twining vines and flowers decorate the arched doorways of the local homes. In one yard, a flowering cherry tree extends its gnarled branches over a cast iron bench, the fragrant blossoms falling like snow to lie scattered across the grass.</description>
<position x="370" y="130" z="0" />
<arc exit="southeast" move="southeast" destination="100" />
<arc exit="northwest" move="northwest" destination="102" />
<arc exit="go" move="go vine-covered shop" destination="574" />
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<node id="102" name="Shard, Lapis Lazuli Road" color="#00FFFF">
<description>A tub filled with willow withies soaking in water sits beside a bench near the door of one home. Atop the bench, a half-finished basket displays a two-tone interlocking diamond pattern typical of the area. Linden trees shade the bench, making it a comfortable place to work even during the heat of the day.</description>
<position x="360" y="120" z="0" />
<arc exit="southeast" move="southeast" destination="101" />
<arc exit="northwest" move="northwest" destination="103" />
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<node id="103" name="Shard, Lapis Lazuli Road" color="#00FFFF">
<description>Footsteps clatter against cobblestones along the street as you make your way down the shady tree-lined lane. Colorful homes painted with twining vines and flowers line the street, their arched doors and windows half-open to allow a breeze to cool the interior. Children's toys lie scattered in one yard, awaiting the return of their owners.</description>
<position x="350" y="110" z="0" />
<arc exit="southeast" move="southeast" destination="102" />
<arc exit="northwest" move="northwest" destination="104" />
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<node id="104" name="Shard, Lapis Lazuli Road" color="#00FFFF">
<description>Green and white picket fences separate the houses, providing support to colorful morning glories which twine along their length. A gate swings in the breeze with a harsh squeal of rusty hinges which grates upon the ears. Nearby, a cherry tree spreads its white-blossomed limbs over the fence which separates the yard in which it grows from the cobblestoned street.</description>
<position x="340" y="100" z="0" />
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<arc exit="northwest" move="northwest" destination="105" />
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<node id="105" name="Shard, Lapis Lazuli Road" color="#00FFFF">
<description>The homes at the end of the cul-de-sac are laid out in a graceful arch, their doors painted in all the colors of the rainbow. A fountain stands in the middle of a cobblestone circle, a fanciful creation of white marble with a statue of a woman surrounded by leaping dolphins and merfolk.</description>
<position x="330" y="90" z="0" />
<arc exit="southeast" move="southeast" destination="104" />
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<node id="106" name="Shard, Street of the Four Moons" note="Four Moons" color="#00FFFF">
<description>An herb garden grows beside the door to a whitewashed wooden home, displaying a neatly tended collection of kitchen herbs. Close at hand for watering the plants, a dipper sits in a wooden bucket upon the stoop. Old-fashioned stained glass panels top the windows, forming colorful designs of flowers and leaves.</description>
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<arc exit="southeast" move="southeast" destination="33" />
<arc exit="northwest" move="northwest" destination="107" />
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<node id="107" name="Shard, Street of the Four Moons" color="#00FFFF">
<description>Elderly homes made of brick and wood line the street. Typical of older Elothean homes, the arched entries are inlaid with fan-shaped panes of golden glass. Slight variations in the color of the brick and paint mark repairs to the homes which, while old, are lovingly maintained by their owners.</description>
<position x="790" y="630" z="0" />
<arc exit="southeast" move="southeast" destination="106" />
<arc exit="northwest" move="northwest" destination="108" />
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<node id="108" name="Shard, Street of the Four Moons" color="#00FFFF">
<description>Elven ivy clings to the mortar of a low brick wall which runs along the street. The thin green tendrils have pulled loose a few bricks, but new white mortar has been applied to patch the holes. A white marble capstone turns a rather utilitarian fence into a convenient place to relax while talking to neighbors.</description>
<position x="780" y="620" z="0" />
<arc exit="southeast" move="southeast" destination="107" />
<arc exit="northwest" move="northwest" destination="109" />
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<node id="109" name="Shard, Street of the Four Moons" color="#00FFFF">
<description>Bird feeders hang from the branches of a creamy-blossomed lemon tree, attracting a flock of brightly-colored songbirds. During the day, their cheerful songs fill the quiet side street with music. Scattered feathers upon the ground indicate the presence of neighborhood cats who regard the tiny creatures as dinner.</description>
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<arc exit="northwest" move="northwest" destination="110" />
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<node id="110" name="Shard, Street of the Four Moons" color="#00FFFF">
<description>Vegetables grow in a community garden at the end of the street, providing fresh produce for local residents. Green beans, t'mat and merziel fruit are just a few of the varieties visible. A nearby well provides a convenient source of water required to maintain the lush growth.</description>
<position x="760" y="600" z="0" />
<arc exit="southeast" move="southeast" destination="109" />
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<node id="111" name="Shard, Coral Crescent" note="Coral Crescent" color="#00FFFF">
<description>Neatly manicured lawns of lush green grass border the clean cobblestones of this bright side street. The nearby homes exhibit signs of recent restoration, several displaying fresh whitewashing and colorfully painted shutters. No trace of the dilapidation from years past is evident now that the neighborhood's revival has reached fruition.</description>
<position x="630" y="760" z="0" />
<arc exit="east" move="east" destination="65" />
<arc exit="west" move="west" destination="112" />
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<node id="112" name="Shard, Coral Crescent" color="#00FFFF">
<description>Tidy lilac bushes grow beside the road, their deep purple flowers releasing a heady fragrance which fills the air and lifts the spirits. The shrubs are meticulously well-maintained to match the clean facades and lawns of the nearby homes. Sounds of the city echo across the clean cobblestone street as subtle reminders of the daily bustle of Shard's residents.</description>
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<arc exit="east" move="east" destination="111" />
<arc exit="northwest" move="northwest" destination="113" />
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<node id="113" name="Shard, Coral Crescent" color="#00FFFF">
<description>Birds flit between the saplings planted on either side of the cobblestone street. Freshly mulched, the young trees display a variety of glossy ribbons tied to their branches for luck, prosperity and other benevolent wishes in acknowledgement of the neighborhood's new beginnings. The houses' shutters flaunt similar pastel hues, parading a rainbow of carnival colors down the street.</description>
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<arc exit="southeast" move="southeast" destination="112" />
<arc exit="northwest" move="northwest" destination="114" />
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<node id="114" name="Shard, Coral Crescent" color="#00FFFF">
<description>Vivid yellow and orange blossoms bob amidst the profusion of butterfly vines twining through a whitewashed lattice arching over one home's walkway. In contrast, a riotous tangle of pink and purple morning glories overflows from a copperwood window box across the way. The street cobbles remain a plain bleached white to draw attention up from the ground to the other handmade planters and terra-cotta pots brimming with flourishing flowers around the neighborhood.</description>
<position x="560" y="720" z="0" />
<arc exit="north" move="north" destination="115" />
<arc exit="southeast" move="southeast" destination="113" />
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<node id="115" name="Shard, Coral Crescent" color="#00FFFF">
<description>Recycled from the slate shingles belonging to the neighborhood's former houses, a modest fountain beautifies this bend of the street. Agreeable, soothing burbles tumble from the cascade and drift along the cobbles, mingling with the freshly planted saplings and recently trimmed grass. Local birds and the occasional squirrel venture to the fountain's edge to sip from the cool water or bathe in its shallow depths.</description>
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<arc exit="north" move="north" destination="116" />
<arc exit="south" move="south" destination="114" />
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<node id="116" name="Shard, Coral Crescent" color="#00FFFF">
<description>Junegrass and indigo imported from the prairie add a touch of wilderness to the carefully cultivated urban milieu, the ornamental plants rising from the depths of sculpted clay pots and sun-bleached wooden troughs. Secured amongst the paving stones in the middle of the street, a thick bronze plaque boasts elaborate calligraphy and imagery. An ironwork bench rests under a tall linden tree for travelers needing respite from their travels about the city.</description>
<position x="560" y="680" z="0" />
<arc exit="northeast" move="northeast" destination="63" />
<arc exit="south" move="south" destination="115" />
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<node id="117" name="Shard, Garden Crescent">
<description>Dense shrubs create a tall barrier around a narrow metal doorway beyond which little can be seen. Along the opposite side of the street, a living fence of interwoven willows blocks nearly all views of a monastery set far back from the street, a heavy wooden gate at its pathway. Crepe myrtles mark where the parkway meets Ruby Street.</description>
<position x="380" y="700" z="0" />
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<arc exit="southwest" move="southwest" destination="118" />
<arc exit="go" move="go dome-shaped building" hidden="True" destination="583" />
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<node id="118" name="Shard, Garden Crescent">
<description>Tiger lilies poke bright orange petals through the bars surrounding a massive wrought iron gate on the western side of the parkway. Across the cobblestone street, an austere building of unfinished grey wood with a matching fence has a dove statue at its low gate. Where the road curves to the north, a limestone building with a bronze gate is flanked by granite lions.</description>
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<arc exit="south" move="south" destination="119" />
<arc exit="go" move="go wooden building" hidden="True" destination="586" />
<arc exit="go" move="go low gate" hidden="True" destination="594" />
<arc exit="go" move="go iron gate" hidden="True" destination="768" />
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<node id="119" name="Shard, Garden Crescent">
<description>Snow-white lilies border the edge of a sprawling estate to the east. Across the street, a shallow moat surrounding an arching building boasts slender kokona reeds that sway in only the stiffest breeze. Where the road bends to the south, blue and violet lotus blossoms float on small pools glittering with gold and silver pebbles before a stately manor.</description>
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<arc exit="southeast" move="southeast" destination="120" />
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<node id="120" name="Shard, Garden Crescent">
<description>Flourishing crepe myrtles with smooth grey branches line the broad cobblestone street. An immense dark marble manor, its grounds surrounded by a wrought iron fence with a broad gate, occupies the western side of the street. To the south lies a building beyond a similar fence of gnarled osage trees, a narrow gate before it.</description>
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<arc exit="northwest" move="northwest" destination="119" />
<arc exit="go" move="go broad gate" hidden="True" destination="151" />
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<node id="121" name="Shard, Bloodstone Way" note="Bloodstone Way" color="#00FFFF">
<description>Whitewashed wooden houses with colorfully painted porches line the cobblestone lane. Copperleaf trees are planted along the side of the road, each centered neatly on the grassy verge before each house. The precise spacing of houses and trees and the neatly trimmed grass and shrubs give the area an almost military air, as if no imperfection would be tolerated.</description>
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<arc exit="southwest" move="southwest" destination="42" />
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<node id="122" name="Shard, Bloodstone Way" color="#00FFFF">
<description>The oblong cobblestones which pave the street are laid out in a neat chevron pattern, like flights of arrows soaring along the shady lane. The houses are all constructed to the same design, with whitewashed clapboards and weathered silverwood shingles. The only distinguishing features to identify one house from the other are the vibrant colors of the shutters and doors.</description>
<position x="50" y="630" z="0" />
<arc exit="northeast" move="northeast" destination="123" />
<arc exit="southwest" move="southwest" destination="121" />
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<node id="123" name="Shard, Bloodstone Way" color="#00FFFF">
<description>The lane widens into a formal square before continuing on its way. A wooden pole flies the flag of the Ferdahl's personal guard beside a granite obelisk erected in the center of the square. Row after row of neatly lettered names are chiseled into the reddish stone surface.</description>
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<arc exit="southwest" move="southwest" destination="122" />
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<node id="124" name="Shard, Bloodstone Way" color="#00FFFF">
<description>Copperleaf trees shade the houses which line the street, keeping them cool on even the hottest days of summer. A whetstone sits beside a bottle of oil atop a worn wooden bench next to the door of one of the homes. Old rags are neatly stored in a bucket beneath the bench.</description>
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<arc exit="west" move="west" destination="123" />
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<node id="125" name="Shard, Bloodstone Way" color="#00FFFF">
<description>A rail fence surrounds a small practice yard sandwiched between two homes. During the day, children learn their first lessons in swordplay from a veteran guardsman or build their strength swinging wooden blades at the practice pells erected along the north end of the yard.</description>
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<arc exit="west" move="west" destination="124" />
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<node id="126" name="Shard, Bloodstone Way" color="#00FFFF">
<description>The chevron pattern of cobblestones continues at the circular cul-de-sac at the end of the street. The chevrons radiate from the eight compass points, meeting at a bronze plaque inlaid in the road at the center of the circle. A ring of copperleaf trees has been planted at regular intervals around the curve, providing shade for residents and travelers to the neighborhood.</description>
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<node id="127" name="Shard, West Battlements" note="W Battlements">
<description>Paved in stone, the walkway extends a short distance to the south, giving a good view of the West Gates below. Though the battlement's construction feels somewhat hasty, several reinforcements make it able to hold up to strong attacks. The Great Tower lies directly to the east, the sturdy walls coming to just above the city's rooftops.</description>
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<node id="128" name="Shard, West Battlements">
<description>High above the West Gate, embrasures pierce the stone battlements between the merlons that give cover to the defenders of the walls. The perch commands the main entrance to the city with a field of fire that covers the West Bridge.</description>
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<arc exit="climb" move="climb embrasure" destination="129" />
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<description>Eerie chanting echoes over the bridge, filling the air with an ominous reminder that the World Dragon is still an influential power. Wyvern Mountain rises up blotting out the western sky.</description>
<description>The walls of Shard gleam with an inner light rivaling the sun for magnificence, the carefully cut crystal reflecting and refracting light in amazing patterns. Wyvern Mountain rises up in the west, a huge shadow against the daytime sky.</description>
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<arc exit="go" move="go city gate" destination="43" />
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<node id="130" name="Shard, East Battlements" note="E Battlements">
<description>Paved in stone, the walkway extends a short distance to the north, giving a good view of the East Gates below. Though the battlement's construction feels somewhat hasty, several reinforcements make it able to hold up to strong attacks. The Great Tower lies directly to the west, the sturdy walls coming to just above the city's rooftops.</description>
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<arc exit="climb" move="climb ladder" destination="32" />
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<node id="131" name="Shard, East Battlements">
<description>High above the East Gate, embrasures pierce the stone battlements between the merlons that give cover to the defenders of the walls. The perch commands the main entrance to the city with a field of fire that covers the East Bridge.</description>
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<description>The extravagance of the eastern quarter of Shard is evident here milk-white marble railings gleam on the cloudiest days. The marble and the life-sculpted deobar supports show that no expense was spared in olden times, and the new paving stones that cover the roadway blend unobtrusively with the old construction.</description>
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</node>
<node id="133" name="Shard, North Battlements">
<description>Paved in stone, the walkway extends a short distance to the west, giving a good view of the North Gates below. Though the battlement's construction feels somewhat hasty, several reinforcements make it able to hold up to strong attacks. The Great Tower lies directly to the south, the sturdy walls coming to just above the city's rooftops.</description>
<position x="400" y="40" z="0" />
<arc exit="west" move="west" destination="134" />
<arc exit="climb" move="climb ladder" destination="1" />
</node>
<node id="134" name="Shard, North Battlements" note="N Battlements">
<description>High above the North Gate, embrasures pierce the stone battlements between the merlons that give cover to the defenders of the walls. The perch commands the main entrance to the city with a field of fire that covers the North Bridge.</description>
<position x="380" y="40" z="0" />
<arc exit="east" move="east" destination="133" />
<arc exit="climb" move="climb embrasure" destination="135" />
</node>
<node id="135" name="Shard, North Bridge" note="Map66_STR3.xml|N Gate|North Gate|NorthGate|ngate">
<description>To the north of this opulent bridge, the Dragon Spine Mountains span the horizon and exhale a dense forest known simply as the Dragon's Breath. The North city gates stand close by, guarded by sharp-eyed soldiers on the city wall.</description>
<position x="420" y="-20" z="0" />
<arc exit="north" move="north" />
<arc exit="go" move="go city gate" destination="1" />
</node>
<node id="136" name="Shard, Tunnels" note="Map67a_Shard_Thief.xml">
<description>Overhead is the loose cover on an abandoned well on the surface, to judge by the muffled footsteps and hoofbeats coming from above. Directly below the opening, a wooden ladder descends into a shaft in the earth. A tunnel leads north just under the surface, and another tunnel in the western wall slopes sharply down out of sight.</description>
<position x="740" y="420" z="0" />
<arc exit="north" move="north" />
<arc exit="west" move="west" />
<arc exit="up" move="up" />
</node>
<node id="137" name="Shard, The Carousel" note="Carousel|Vault" color="#00FF00">
<description>Exotic tapestries of every possible description drape the wall ringing the Carousel's core. A circular roof supports a vast framework of iron and timbers rising to the building's apex. Countless gears, pulleys and weights within the structure form the strikingly complex and beautiful mechanism which drives the Carousel.</description>
<position x="675" y="415" z="0" />
<arc exit="out" move="out" destination="803" />
<arc exit="go" move="go registration desk" destination="138" />
<arc exit="go" move="go arch" destination="139" />
<arc exit="south" move="south" destination="784" />