#26400
On a Forest Slope~
   Not much here.  The forest slopes downward into am even darker region of
forest which at this point is not in sight.  To the east is a more level section
of forest where you at least have a better fighting chance.  
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credits info~
   *Banshide - by Kaan for Dibrova
This zone was written using a smattering of information found on various
websites regarding the mysterious Banshee and their traditional home, Banshide.
We implemented a new attack type for the mobs in this zone called EMBRACE since 
a banshee's way of killing their victim is to embrace them and drain their life.
There is some kick ass eq in there that shouldn't be easy to get and a Fountain
of Eternal Life that we made to contain a neverending supply of healing water - 
water that cast cure light with every drink.  By making the village so difficult
to find, we felt it would keep this fountain from being abused.

Entrance/Exit: 00E, 28N
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#26401
On a Forest Slope~
   The forest slopes gently downhill toward an unknown destination, if there
even is one at the bottom of this hill.  You realize that although you haven't
been in the forest that long, you are hopelessly lost.  
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#26402
In a Quiet Forest~
   All around you the forest leans in and forces you to be aware of it's size
and strength - it's immensity.  Not a bird calls, not a creature skitters, just
the wind, creaking through the dark branches overhead.  
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#26403
In a Quiet Forest~
   All around you the forest leans in and forces you to be aware of it's size
and strength - it's immensity.  Not a bird calls, not a creature skitters, just
the wind, creaking through the dark branches overhead.  
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#26404
Downhill in a Forest~
   The hill now towers high above you, while still continuing for a very long
distance down as well.  All around you, the darkness prohibits any kind of sight
distance.  Makes it kind of spooky.  
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#26405
In a Quiet Section of the Forest~
   The quiet of this part of the forest gives you the creeps.  At least in the
level part of the forest you could hear the occassional skitter of a squirrel,
the squak of a buzzard, even the cry of a Demon Dog was better than this
complete silence.  
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#26406
In a Quiet Section of the Forest~
   The quiet of this part of the forest gives you the creeps.  At least in the
level part of the forest you could hear the occassional skitter of a squirrel,
the squak of a buzzard, even the cry of a Demon Dog was better than this
complete silence.  
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#26407
In a Quiet Section of the Forest~
   The quiet of this part of the forest gives you the creeps.  At least in the
level part of the forest you could hear the occassional skitter of a squirrel,
the squak of a buzzard, even the cry of a Demon Dog was better than this
complete silence.  
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#26408
At the Base of a Huge Tree~
   The tree you stand next to is so large, so immense that you could not even
wrap your arms halfway around it's trunk.  It soars high into the darkness of
the forest roof and beyond, still as thick as four men at that point.  You hold
your light a little closer to the tree and see that it has some sort of markings
on it.  Off to the west, you can see some sort of glow.  
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tree~
   The Markings read:
-Beware the cold Embrace of the Banshee.

There appears to be some sort of stain just below that, as well.
It almost looks like dry blood.
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#26409
On Some Tangled Roots~
   You stand atop a large tangle of roots which extend out from a gigantic tree,
one which looks to be the oldest in this forest, if size is any indicator.  You
look down into the vines.  It almost looks as if something is moving down there.
In fact, it appears that something is glowing to the south.  
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#26410
Across a Log~
   This log traverses a deep ditch, one that looks like would prevent you from
further travel in any direction.  Down in the ditch, you see something small and
shiny, although from here you cannot see exactly what the item is.  Is that some
sort of glow to the east?  
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#26411
Through the Tree Roots~
   You are now deep in the roots of the giant tree.  All around you, thick roots
dig into the soil of the forest feeding out it's life.  Shining your light
ahead, you think you may see furtive movement behind one of the vines.  You may
even see some kind of light off to the north.  
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#26412
Heading Downhill~
   The forest still heads downhill into the fell, the depths of which contain
only the devil knows what.  
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#26413
Near a Fox's Den~
   You stand near a small hole dug into the hillside.  It appears that there is
no one home right now, or if there is anyone home, they are being very quiet and
very still.  Looking around you, you realize that you may be just a little lost.
Make that a lot lost.  
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#26414
Lost in the Forest~
   You turn slowly in a long circle, trying to locate something, antything that
gives some sort of reminder to you where you are, but all you can see in any
direction is dark, twisted trees and the hill, always leading down.  
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#26415
A Faint Path~
   Finally!  Through the darkness and the cover of leaves which coat the entire
floor of this forest, you think you see some sort of trail.  It appears that the
trail leads east and west, toward something...  
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#26416
Near a Stand of Evergreens~
   This small stand of pine trees seems to be the only trees here that boast any
sort of life.  Although the greenery is only needles, it still gives you pause
and makes you glad that at least in one part of this awful place, something
lives in accordance with nature.  
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#26417
On a Large Boulder~
   You come to a rest atop a huge boulder which rises up from the forest floor.
It reminds you that just west of you is the cliff face which leads up to where
the sun is still shining, where you do not have to fear for your life every step
of the way.  It is easy to forget there are still places like that - at least
while you are down here.  
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#26418
Just Below a Large Boulder~
   A large boulder rises up out of the ground, high into the air.  It seems that
if you could get up on the boulder, you might get a good view of the way
downhill.  The only other option is to just continue down hill and hope for the
best.  
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#26419
Hanging Vines~
   These thick, brown, peeling vines hang down from the tree limbs high above
your head.  You notice that although they are peeling quite badly, the peeling
seems to have been scuffed or pulled off in some spots.  What kind of animal
could climb vines that high and that thin?  
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#26420
A Quiet Section of the Forest~
   This dead calm that surrounds you does not give you an kind of easy or even
easier feeling than the parts that were noisy.  In fact, it creeps you out.  
Where are all the animals?  
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#26421
Near a Rabbit Hole~
   This small hole in the ground appears to be a rabbit's home, but you never
know.  Seems strange that a rabbit could survive in a place like this, with the
lack of greenery anywhere.  
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#26422
A Lightning Blasted Tree~
   This large tree looks to have struck by lightning right dead in it's center.
The huge trunk is blasted in half about twenty feet above your head.  The tree
was so large that when it fell, one of it's branches fell to make a natural
bridge across a large ditch.  
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#26423
Leaf Strewn Slope~
   The forest slopes downhill into the hollow.  Leaves cover the forest floor
every inch of the way, making it impossible for you to move quietly at all.  So
much for remaining inconspicuous.  
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#26424
Leaf Strewn Slope~
   The forest slopes downhill into the hollow.  Leaves cover the forest floor
every inch of the way, making it impossible for you to move quietly at all.  So
much for remaining inconspicuous.  
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#26425
An Abandoned Campsite on the Hillside~
   There is a small pile of stones circled around a cold set of ashes that must
have at one time been a firepit for someone or a group of someones.  Or a group
of its.  
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#26426
The Dark Forest~
   Travelling through this dark and mysterious realm, you cannot help but wonder
what was your foolhearty reason for making the trek down that cliff face in the
first place.  Most people with some shred of common sense wouldn't even have
given it a second thought when they saw those rungs in the stone, they would've
turned right around.  Maybe you should've, too.  
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#26427
The Dark Forest~
   Travelling through this dark and mysterious realm, you cannot help but wonder
what was your foolhearty reason for making the trek down that cliff face in the
first place.  Most people with some shred of common sense wouldn't even have
given it a second thought when they saw those rungs in the stone, they would've
turned right around.  Maybe you should've, too.  
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#26428
Heading Down a Leaf Strewn Slope~
   The forest slopes continually downhill, heading into the depths of this deep
valley.  Whatever is down there, it can't be all that appealing, having to hide
away like this from the rest of the world.  
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#26429
On a Hill in the Forest~
   The forest slopes continually downhill, heading into the depths of this deep
valley.  Whatever is down there, it can't be all that appealing, having to hide
away like this from the rest of the world.  
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#26430
At the Fringes of Civilization~
   You step through the trees and out of the darkness into an open glade nestled
deep in this hollow.  A small lane stretches south into a tiny village, lined by
low, stone and mortar homes.  The source of the glow you saw from back in the
forest is a small street lantern mounted on a post.  Although it's light would
be considered meager at best out in the world above, here it seems to burn with
a fierce light, one that makes you squint.  You see that all along the lane
there are similiar lanterns on posts as well.  
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D3
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#26431
Voce Lane~
   The lane stretches south into the village, past many low homes.  You peer out
along the street, but try as you might, you cannot see a single business or
tavern of any sort.  Strange that a village, even one in the middle of nowhere,
would not have an inn or something.  
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#26432
Voce Lane~
   The lane continues south through the village past many low stone homes .
There is one, in fact, just east of you now.  To the north is a small bit of the
lane that leads back out into the forest and back up the hill.  
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#26433
Voce Lane~
   You travel through this strange village, past all the homes and wonder what
sort of folk could live in such seclusion.  You think you may hear a bit of
singing off to the southwest.  
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#26434
Voce Lane~
   A smaller lane branches off to the east, one that leads to the largest
building you have seen thus far in this village.  The singing you have been
hearing comes from that building, or at least from that general direction.  The
road runs north and south from you as well.  
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D2
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D3
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#26435
Voce Lane~
   The lane runs north and south through the village.  A strange, singing sound
comes from the northwest.  It would be quite a beautiful sound were it not
coming from somewhere in this dark and gloomy village deep in this dark and
sinister forest.  
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D2
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#26436
Voce Lane~
   You stand near the southern end of the lane, a low stone home to your east.
To the north the lane runs through the center of the village, south the lane
leads out into the forest, sloping upward out of this hollow.  
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#26437
Voce Lane~
   You enter just inside a small village on a lane which runs north through the
main part.  There is a small sign here, one which catches your eye.  You look
ahead into the village and notice, to your alarm, that there seems to be no inn
or tavern of any kind.  Strange that a village, even a small one like this,
would have no place to rest.  
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D2
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D3
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#26438
At the Fringes of Civilization~
   You stand at the outskirts of a small village tucked away deep in the bottom
of this hollow.  The strange glow you saw from the forest was a small lantern
mounted on a post which, although by normal standards, would be considered dim
at best, seems to blaze with light down here in the darkest realms of the
forest.  You may climb back up the slope or investigate this small forest
village.  
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D1
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D2
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#26439
Inner Hallway~
   You stand just inside the front door to this stone dwelling.  A short hallway
leads west from you.  A door is set in the south wall right next to you and
another door is set in the north wall just west from here.  You may depart the
building to the east.  
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264 a 0
D1
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0 0 26437
D2
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door~
1 0 26444
D3
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0 0 26440
S
#26440
Inner Hallway~
   You are at the end of this small, cramped hallway.  A door leads north from
you, but it is currently closed.  To the east is the rest of the hallway and the
door which leads out into the lane.  
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264 a 0
D0
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door~
1 0 26441
D1
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0 0 26439
S
#26441
A Small Apartment~
   This small, one room apartment is furnished extremely conservatively, only
filled with the necessities, and even less than that, it seems.  What kind of
being lives without a bed in their home?  
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264 0 0
D1
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~
0 0 26442
D2
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door~
1 0 26440
S
#26442
A Small Apartment~
   This small, one room apartment is furnished extremely conservatively, only
filled with the necessities, and even less than that, it seems.  What kind of
being lives without a bed in their home?  
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264 0 0
D3
~
~
0 0 26441
S
#26443
A Small Apartment~
   This small, one room apartment is furnished extremely conservatively, only
filled with the necessities, and even less than that, it seems.  What kind of
being lives without a bed in their home?  
~
264 0 0
D1
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~
0 0 26444
S
#26444
A Small Apartment~
   This small, one room apartment is furnished extremely conservatively, only
filled with the necessities, and even less than that, it seems.  What kind of
being lives without a bed in their home?  
~
264 0 0
D3
~
~
0 0 26443
S
#26445
Inner Hallway~
   You stand just inside this low stone building in a short, cramped hallway
which leads east, but only for a short distance.  There are doors, one to your
south, right next to you, and one to the north which is just east of here.  The
exit out into the lane is west.  
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264 a 0
D1
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0 0 26446
D2
~
door~
1 0 26449
D3
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0 0 26436
S
#26446
Inner Hallway~
   You are at the end of this stuffy, cramped hallway.  There is a small door
just north of you and another one south and west from you.  The door leading out
into the lane is a short distance west from here.  
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264 a 0
D0
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door~
1 0 26448
D3
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~
0 0 26445
S
#26447
A Small Apartment~
   This small, one room apartment is furnished extremely conservatively, only
filled with the necessities, and even less than that, it seems.  What kind of
being lives without a bed in their home?  
~
264 0 0
D1
~
~
0 0 26448
S
#26448
A Small Apartment~
   This small, one room apartment is furnished extremely conservatively, only
filled with the necessities, and even less than that, it seems.  What kind of
being lives without a bed in their home?  
~
264 0 0
D2
~
door~
1 0 26446
D3
~
~
0 0 26447
S
#26449
A Small Apartment~
   This small, one room apartment is furnished extremely conservatively, only
filled with the necessities, and even less than that, it seems.  What kind of
being lives without a bed in their home?  
~
264 0 0
D0
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door~
1 0 26445
D1
~
~
0 0 26450
S
#26450
A Small Apartment~
   This small, one room apartment is furnished extremely conservatively, only
filled with the necessities, and even less than that, it seems.  What kind of
being lives without a bed in their home?  
~
264 0 0
D3
~
~
0 0 26449
S
#26451
A Small Apartment~
   This small, one room apartment is furnished extremely conservatively, only
filled with the necessities, and even less than that, it seems.  What kind of
being lives without a bed in their home?  
~
264 0 0
D0
~
door~
1 0 26455
D1
~
~
0 0 26456
S
#26452
Inner Hallway~
   You are at the end of this stuffy, cramped hallway.  There is a small door
just north of you and another one south and west from you.  The door leading out
into the lane is a short distance west from here.  
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264 a 0
D0
~
door~
1 0 26453
D3
~
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0 0 26455
S
#26453
A Small Apartment~
   This small, one room apartment is furnished extremely conservatively, only
filled with the necessities, and even less than that, it seems.  What kind of
being lives without a bed in their home?  
~
264 0 0
D2
~
door~
1 0 26452
D3
~
~
0 0 26454
S
#26454
A Small Apartment~
   This small, one room apartment is furnished extremely conservatively, only
filled with the necessities, and even less than that, it seems.  What kind of
being lives without a bed in their home?  
~
264 0 0
D1
~
~
0 0 26453
S
#26455
Inner Hallway~
   You stand just inside this low stone building in a short, cramped hallway
which leads east, but only for a short distance.  There are doors, one to your
south, right next to you, and one to the north which is just east of here.  The
exit out into the lane is west.  
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264 a 0
D1
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~
0 0 26452
D2
~
door~
1 0 26451
D3
~
~
0 0 26432
S
#26456
A Small Apartment~
   This small, one room apartment is furnished extremely conservatively, only
filled with the necessities, and even less than that, it seems.  What kind of
being lives without a bed in their home?  
~
264 0 0
D3
~
~
0 0 26451
S
#26457
Inner Hallway~
   You stand just inside the front door to this stone dwelling.  A short hallway
leads west from you.  A door is set in the south wall right next to you and
another door is set in the north wall just west from here.  You may depart the
building to the east.  
~
264 a 0
D1
~
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0 0 26431
D2
~
door~
1 0 26461
D3
~
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0 0 26458
S
#26458
Inner Hallway~
   You are at the end of this small, cramped hallway.  A door leads north from
you, but it is currently closed.  To the east is the rest of the hallway and the
door which leads out into the lane.  
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#26459
A Small Apartment~
   This small, one room apartment is furnished extremely conservatively, only
filled with the necessities, and even less than that, it seems.  What kind of a
being lives without a bed in their home?  
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#26460
A Small Apartment~
   This small, one room apartment is furnished extremely conservatively, only
filled with the necessities, and even less than that, it seems.  What kind of a
being lives without a bed in their home?  
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#26461
A Small Apartment~
   This small, one room apartment is furnished extremely conservatively, only
filled with the necessities, and even less than that, it seems.  What kind of a
being lives without a bed in their home?  
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#26462
A Small Apartment~
   This small, one room apartment is furnished extremely conservatively, only
filled with the necessities, and even less than that, it seems.  What kind of a
being lives without a bed in their home?  
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#26463
The Temple Blvd~
   This short street leads directly west to a temple where a beautiful, hypnotic
melody can be heard, softly soothing your tired muscles and relaxing your guard.
To the northwest there is another large building of some sort, it almost looks
to be a temple itself.  Voce Lane, the main street through the village, is just
east of you.  
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#26464
The Temple Blvd~
   You stand before the large doors to the temple.  The song from within seems
so calming, so loving, that you almost tear the doors open without a thought.  
But then you think - why in the world would anyone come through a terrible and
evil forest, almost get killed, search their way into this village through the
hollow, and then start singing?  Maybe it would be best not to open those doors,
after all.  
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#26465
The Home of the Father~
   This place, more a mausoleum than a home of any kind, house a large open room
which holds a huge four posted bed, which dominates most of the space the room
offers.  Thin, white sheets enclose the bed and it's occupants, however the
sheets are so thin that you can see that they are lying perfectly still, hands
clasped over their breast, eyes open and staring into space.  The exit lies
south.  
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#26466
Temple of the Voce~
   This large, open room is one huge set of stands with progressly get higher
and higher until they touch the far wall.  A great many banshee, many of
differing disciplines, come together here to sing for the Father, the Mother,
and the Goddess Cathari, who sits on her throne here, enjoying the music.  
Although most of the banshee here seem to notice your presence, none of them
seem at all threathened or even bothered by your presence in their temple.  
Some even smile kindly at you.  What the Hell is going on here?  
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