Wonderland - Jags

Wonder Clouds
The brilliant mother-of-pearl cumulonimbus clouds that fill the daytime
skies over Chessboard Four are composed of tiny gaseous particles of
awe and wonder. Amongst those clouds (and hidden within them) are
magnificent cathedrals, vast bridges, and towering works of art.
Mind Mines
There is a plain of gray, crater-marked rock where giant stone heads
sprout from the rock. Some are three stories tall. Some are mountain
sized. When the sides of the heads are sheered away there are crystals
embedded in the slate-gray rock underneath.
These crystals are inspirations. Around the heads are scaffolding and
old, rickety chutes and mills from an eternity of mining that has been
done there—looking for crystals that will give the user (usually they
are crushed into powder and inhaled) new ideas, possibly complete
ones—for wonderful things … or mundane things. Many of the mines
find nothing of interest. Some of the ideas contained within will drive
you mad.
Some say that human ideas germinate here and that there are new
thoughts that have yet to filter up. Others say that human thought
congeals and crystallizes in the stone heads and that the miners are
finding and refining ideas already thought. No one knows for sure.
The Constellations of Desire
The night sky above Chessboard Four burns with constellations that are
not stars but needs, wants, and hungers. The forms in the heavens—often
seen with faint blue outlines making their shapes clear—can talk to those
who study them. They are vast beings and they are remote. Their voices
can be heard throughout the chessboards if you know how to listen or
have the right equipment. Some people who listen become transfixed,
however—and the whispering voices of the heavens are considered by
many to be neither sane nor safe.
Mining and Searching
The Dramatis Personae, the humanoid (sometimes barely) denizens of
Chessboard Four seek to find and refine the Deep Elements for their own
purposes. These are examples of artifacts and elements that may come
from Chessboard Four.
There is also trade in the Deep Elements many Chessboards up—and
even to Chessboard Zero. Have you heard rumors of a drug you can
take to mainline musical genius? How about a few tablets of creativity?
Those with the right connections on Chessboard Zero can get their hands
on some amazing things.
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