Pyramid of Power

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The Pyramids of Power are enormous structures designed to harness energy from some a nearby source. The first of these, the Pyramid of Life was designed to collect life energy from the bones of a fallen archangel named Anubis.

Although no longer so, the Pyramids of Power were once temples to Ptah. Once all six were built, linking up, they boosted the divine energy of his worshiper base, leading to what some would say was an unfair Ascension.

Uniform in size, a Pyramid of Power is 1200' tall; a third of which is built underground. Once used by the Lith-Crillion as living areas and research centers, they have dozens of levels, hundreds of secret passages and chambers where travel is slowed by mechanical and magical traps or travel made difficult by shifting rooms and walls. Some areas within a Pyramid of Power are sealed off, reachable only by teleportation chambers. During the time of the Lith-Crillion, these magical chambers were used for transporting personnel and supplies to other Pyramids of Power scattered across Midrêth.

The ability of a Pyramid of Power to collect a specific energy, comes from an organism living within its walls and floors. An offspring of Âni-Zandân, they gain sustenance from the environment around it. For the Pyramid of Nature, it thrives on nature energy, the Pyramid of Merioss on solar energy.

The Pyramid of Merioss lies half-submerged in the briny fens of Kautha. The rays of Khâls Forge and Merioss create an unnatural gray haze. In this I see what others don't, invisible tendrils lashing the haze, absorbing a star's energy.

- Dax Jagg, from his journal - "Chronicles of Black Banner"

Most Pyramids of Power are guarded by Pyrmidian Ghouls.