The Garden of Names is, in some ways, the antithesis of Vitrium. Since the widespread adaptation of True Magic in the Reclamation Era, written magic has become more and more complex. Today’s mages understand magic itself on a fundamental level. The stronghold of this leap in arcane advancement is, of course, Vitrium- The Crystal Ring. But while mortal races have carved a foothold into the endless depths of Vitrium… so very little has been recovered from the mythical Garden. The reason is simple. Giants.The gargantuan gardening guardians of the Garden of Names employ a type of magic that is a fraction as complex and exponentially more powerful than the arts wielded by mortals. By all accounts, the casting process consists of a single word that will echo across the sky like thunder. The effects produced will usually be simple. Flame. Rainfall. Lightning. Darkness. They will also be cataclysmic. A torrent of flame that swallows miles in ash. Rainfall that washes away all invaders in a mudslide. Bolts of lightning that turn earth into glass and soldiers into memories. And darkness… darkness that swallows all. - an excerpt from Atlas and History: Megadungeons - by Rudeus Flukewrit_____After temporarily disembarking the boat among young, curious pups, the group was cautiously led alongside the road carved into the side of the channel to what appeared to be a table of sorts, with woven fibrous mats surrounding it. The Telchine that had (...)