the Vault of Glass

The ancestral and sacred home of the Sha'hiim Sage.
The hidden library is located in the middle of an eye-shaped geological structure the Sages named the Eye of Gaia, in the southwest corner of the Great Sea of Gold and Gravel in Twilight Realm. The earthly equivalent of this location is the Eye of Sahara.

Public Agenda

To collect, preserve and share knowledge.

History

It is said that an albino mortal maiden, Shalah dreamt of a white raven in the eye of their great earth mother Gaia. Shalah gave birth to ten eggs and ten brothers were hatched from the eggs. Each day, one of the brothers would venture out of their home, he would set out at sunrise and return by sunset, and recounted to their mother what he saw in his adventure. Shalah would listen closely to their tales and recorded each of them carefully.
However much Shalah loves her sons, she was a mortal and her time was limited. The inevitable finally came, the ten brothers grieved for seven days and seven nights, and eventually, they buried their mother in the centre of Gaia's eye. The following morning, to the brother's surprise, a stream of clean water sprang out of the earth and soon filled the base of the basin.
By the last grace of Shalah, the ten brothers settled in the embrace of the ringed rock hills. They shaped sand into a dome over the top of the ringed hill, and with the light and heat of their golden father, forged a dome of glass, creating themselves a little semi-underground oasis.
The brothers lived and thrived under the Vault of Glass for many generations, and continued to travel and collect stories in the memory of their Grand Mother Shalah.

Type

Educational, Library