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==Map Key== The Leaves of Learning is dominated by the Tower of Tomes, the full bulk of which rises six stories and whose roof is topped by a parapet and a smaller tower spire. The Tower of Tomes overlooks a large forested inner court, dominated by small pools and winding paths. Within the inner court lies a free-standing two-story wood structure known as the Monks’ House. A narrow parapet-less wall, two cloisters, and the inner wall of the Scroll House encircle the garden. ; 1) Entry Hall : Visitors to the Leaves of Learning are greeted in the entry hall of the Scroll House, a simple chamber. When the temple is open for visitors, at least one monk and at least one Guild Council Guard remain on duty here. At other times, it is only infrequently visited by Guild Council Guard patrols. The duskwood doors normally stay unlocked during the day and are barred each evening with a stout duskwood bar. ; 2) Contract Room : The ornate Contract Room in the Scroll House boasts finely carved wood paneling depicting scenes from the holy texts of ORB. The room itself is dominated by several writing desks surrounded by chairs. Visitors who wish to draw up a contract, deed, or other document are escorted into this room to consult with one of the clerics. Usually at least one of them works in this chamber during the day. ; 3) Dining Room : The large, wood-paneled dining room looks out into the inner court. In the summer months, the doors usually stay open to let in more light and a small breeze. Two large wooden tables dominate the center of the room. A narrow stairway leads up to the second floor of the Scroll House. This room is usually occupied only at meal times and in the evening, during the winter, for it is one of the warmest rooms in the house. Otherwise, the Guild Council Guard patrols here infrequently. ; 4) Kitchen : A large walk-in fireplace and two preparation tables dominate the Scroll House’s kitchen. The walls and ceiling are hung with cooking implements and fresh stores. The door between this room and the dining room usually stays open, both to allow easy passage by tressyms into the pantry (see area 11) and because cooking at the temple is a communal affair with a great deal of traffic between the kitchen and the dining area. Several clerics and/or monks occupy this room prior to each of the three daily meals, but otherwise the Guild Council Guard patrols it only infrequently. ; 5) Pantry : The Scroll House’s dark, cool pantry is used to store foodstuffs. As the Leaves of Learning lies within a large town, the inhabitants of the temple do not need to store large amounts of food here. Most of the foodstuffs are roots or grains of various sorts. The door to this room usually stays open to allow the tressyms of the garden to hunt rodents that make their way in here. The Guild Council Guard patrols the pantry infrequently; otherwise residents visit this room only when meals are being prepared or during food delivery. ; 6) Loremaster's Quarters : Seven chambers on the Scroll House’s second floor serve as quarters for the venerable clerics who live at the temple. Aside from the rooms above the kitchen, they can get quite cold in the winter, as they lack fireplaces. Each room is adorned with a bed, a simple bookshelf filled with the books the clerics are currently studying, a dresser for storing possessions, a wash basin, and a small stone altar. Chamber pots lie under each bed. Most quarters are empty except at night, when their inhabitants are reading or sleeping. ; 7) Danali's Quarters : The Learned Father’s quarters are identical to those of the other clerics; they occasionally house [[Jhenna Iliathor]] in addition to Danali. It is the only bedroom with a window opening onto the inner court. With a bit of pluck, it is easy to step out of the room’s window onto the roof of the East Cloister. The Learned Father is known to take a blanket out and look at the stars on perfect summer nights, despite the admonitions of the Lorewarden. ; 8) Binding Room : The largest room on the Scroll House’s second floor is used for cataloging and repairing newly acquired tomes and scrolls. Much of the temple’s bookbinding work is performed here as well. Four large workbenches, piled high with a riot of books and scrolls, dominate the room. During the day, one of the monks and at least two of the clerics are usually found within. At night, wandering guard patrols visit it infrequently. ; 9) East Cloister : A simple portico connects the Scroll House to the Tower of Tomes. Four pillars run along the south edge of the East Cloister, enabling passersby to look into the forested inner court. Each pillar is carved with elaborate scrollwork that intertwines with the carved vines that adorn the underside of the cloister roof. During the day, this portico sees a lot of traffic as clerics, monks, and visitors pass back and forth between the Scroll House and the Tower of Tomes. At night, a Guild Council Guard is usually stationed on the roof of the East Cloister, in part to deter Danali from risking a fall in order to reach this place. ; 10) West Cloister : A simple portico identical to the East Cloister, but less trafficked, connects the Tower of Tomes to the west wall of the temple. Several wooden reading benches make the West Cloister a quiet contemplation nook. It is rarely unoccupied during the evening, as some of the clerics or monks usually avail themselves of the quiet seclusion. At night, one of the Guild Council Guards is usually stationed on the roof of the West Cloister, reached by climbing the branches of a nearby tree. ; 11) Inner Court : The forested inner court is dominated by beetle palms, gleaming blueleafs, arrow-straight duskwoods, vinelike helmthorns, curving hiexels, squat laspars, towering phandars, roseneedle pines, giant weirwoods, and even a single transparent chime oak, transplanted from the western coast of the Forest of Illumination. Beneath the trees are an even wider variety of flowers, bushes, ferns, and other plants. Although the followers of ORB are not [[Druids]], they do know a fair bit about tending to vegetation, and most of the clerics and monks spend several hours each day outdoors working on their forested garden. A maze of narrow paths loops through the walled forest, connecting the cloisters, the Scroll House, the Monk’s House, and the Reflection Pool. Small bowers lie within each glade of trees, and wooden benches sit beside each pool, offering opportunities for peaceful contemplation, writing, or casual reading. A network of hidden pumps built by a Gondar engineer ensures that a network of tiny streams interlaces the paths of the inner court. : Several wild tressyms escaped here after being brought to Luminaux from [[Ferrodyne]] by gnomish traders to be sold in the High Market. Now they make the inner court of the Leaves of Learning their home. They are much beloved by the inhabitants of the temple and have been known to alert one of the inhabitants when a visitor is doing something suspicious or on those rare occasions when an interloper makes it over the temple walls. The Guild Council Guard patrol the inner court in pairs of two both the day and night, a tour of duty said to be one of the most pleasing guard rotations in all Luminaux. ; 12) Tool Storage : In the northern half of the Monks’ House’s first floor, temple residents store gardening implements and other tools used to maintain the temple grounds and buildings. It is only rarely occupied or visited by patrols. ; 13) Artificer's Laboratory : This area is the workshop and usual residence of Brother Denehan ClearStone, the Library's authority on the creation and lore of magical items. ; 14) Monk's Quarters : The second floor of the Monks’ House serves as both sleeping quarters and a training room. The monks each have a simple pallet that they roll up every morning before exercising. The floor of the room is covered in hay, and simple training weapons - clubs, daggers, kamas, light crossbows, nunchakus, quarterstaffs, and sianghams — adorn the walls. At night sleeping monks occupy this room, and in the early morning the Fists practice their daily training regimen here. Otherwise, few visit it except the occasional guard patrol. ; 15) Tower of Tomes - Shelving floors : The first, third, and fifth floors of the Tower of Tomes are known as the Shelving Floors. Each level contains a metal spiral staircase leading up through a hole in the center of the floor (except the first floor) to a hole in the center of the ceiling. The rest of the floor is taken up by rows and rows of bookshelves, each stretching 15 feet high. Book ladders line each shelf, enabling the temple inhabitants to reach the topmost shelves. At the end of each shelf is a coffer filled with neatly cataloged vellum sheets, part of the legendary Index of Danali. During the day, these floors are regularly visited by the clerics as well as wandering patrols of the Fists. At night, only the monks pass through, making their rounds. The first Shelving Floor has smaller stacks than those above it. Two duskwood doors, barred from within by a duskwood bar at night, lead out to the East and West Cloister. ; 16) Tower of Tomes - Reading Floors : The second, fourth, and sixth floors of the Tower of Tomes are known as the Reading Floors. Each level contains a spiral metal staircase leading up through a hole in the center of the floor to a hole in the center of the ceiling. The rest of the floor is divided into four chambers and a cross-shaped hallway. Every wall, even within the Reading Rooms, is lined with bookshelves, stretching up to 15 feet in the air. Book ladders line each shelf, enabling the temple inhabitants to reach the topmost shelves. Within each room and at the end of each hallway is a coffer filled with neatly cataloged vellum sheets, part of the legendary Index. At the center of each Reading Room is a wooden table and several chairs. Visitors to the library are brought to one of the Reading Rooms, allowed to consult the appropriate sheets of the Index, and then brought the book they request to peruse. During the day, these floors are regularly visited by the clerics as well as wandering patrols of the Fists. At night, only the monks pass through, making their rounds. ; 17) Tower of Tomes - Roof : The roof of the Tower of Tomes consists of a small chamber at the top of the spiral staircase leading up from below. The room is dominated by various sacred, nonmagical relics of the Sun and Moon and serves as a private chapel for the inhabitants of the temple during religious services. A single door leads out on to the parapet, from which one can look out over Luminaux. Atop the small chamber is a slender spire that reaches some 30 feet above the parapet. Two members of the Guild Council Guard are usually stationed atop the parapet at night or during the day. From the parapet they can easily signal for reinforcements.
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