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Holy Mother. A ten-foot high bronze statue of<br />

Sagrada Madre is situated behind the Vestibulo's<br />

altar.<br />

Torre de Vestibulo<br />

Ten meters away south of the Vestibulo<br />

is the belfry, a 25-meter high and 3-level<br />

structure. The oldest of its three bells, Todos los<br />

Açimon, actually existed even before the<br />

Turonites arrived, and is believed by the simple<br />

folk to have been forged by the spirits of the<br />

Heavens themselves. A dome tops the hexagonal<br />

tower with a rotating copper rooster that also<br />

serves as a weather vane.<br />

Calle Crisologo<br />

This old stretch of cobblestone road is<br />

located within Tagudin's Mestizo district, a short<br />

distance south of La Vestibulo. It is here where<br />

travelers can trade, can get room<br />

accommodations and can mingle with others in<br />

taverns with names such as "Wooden Wheel,"<br />

"La Tikbalang," "Arroz Caldo" and "Flickering<br />

Lamppost."<br />

Local legends dictate that no one should<br />

be wandering Calle Crisologo alone and<br />

unprepared at nighttime, and that sleepers must<br />

keep their windows shut even in hot weather. A<br />

wandering revenant named "Bangungot" travels<br />

Calle Crisologo, looking for young victims to<br />

sustain its essences.<br />

The Sundial<br />

At the eastern outskirts of Tagudin, near<br />

the village of Bantay, stands an old instrument<br />

that keeps time through the tracks of Aldaw, the<br />

sun. Elder folk will dictate that this small<br />

monument was created long before they were<br />

even born and even longer before the land was<br />

corrupted and wrenched into the Great Fear.<br />

Unknown to the Turonite colonizers,<br />

the sundial is all that remains of an ancient<br />

temple dedicated to Aldaw. Travelers still flock<br />

here to be protected from the creatures of the<br />

night. Even if the sundial is inanimate, any<br />

undead that tries to enter a 50-foot radius around<br />

it are instantly turned.<br />

Parola Bay<br />

This beach stretches all the way from<br />

Bauan to the village of Sina-it to the North. The<br />

waters along this beach are calm, but could get<br />

rough when typhoons arrive from the southeast.<br />

Depending on the location, Parola Bay could be<br />

rocky or sandy. The waters of the Bay<br />

themselves stretch five miles outward towards<br />

the Misty Border.<br />

Most of the domain's villages and<br />

towns, including Tagudin, are located at least a<br />

mile from Parola Bay. Naturally, the livelihood<br />

of the folk who live in these villages are fishing.<br />

Unlike in other prime material domains,<br />

however, where fishing starts from sunset and<br />

ends at sunrise, the fishers ready their nets as the<br />

sun sets and get back to shore before midnight.<br />

Tales of dead men rising from the seas (bowlyns)<br />

keep the folk fearful and cautious.<br />

Sarmin ti Bulan<br />

This small lake is located inland at the<br />

foot of the eastern mountain range, and is fed by<br />

a tributary of the Sudipen River. Somewhere at<br />

the shores of this lake is an ancient and<br />

overgrown circular temple to Bulan, the Silver<br />

Moon. Though almost completely forgotten, the<br />

temple is still the stuff of legends among the<br />

elderly rural folk. Both the lake and the temple<br />

are said to be guarded over by a priestly lich.<br />

Bauan<br />

The second largest settlement in the<br />

domain, Bauan is located at the southernmost<br />

point of Parola Bay. The stretch of beach in this<br />

town is smooth and sandy, making Bauan an<br />

ideal resort station.<br />

The Sleeper's Grotto<br />

The rocky beach of Narbakan, south of<br />

Tagudin, is home to an unusual formation simply<br />

called The Sleeper's Grotto, which sits on top of<br />

a rock 500 meters out to sea. The Grotto itself is<br />

a small concave-shaped dome carved by the<br />

waves and maybe even crafted to perfection by<br />

human hands, no one really knows, as this<br />

formation is said to be as ancient as Time itself.<br />

The Sleeper's Grotto has been for countless ages

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