Pay a visit to the seat of Kaleida's first neolithic council.
A limited number of spaces have been granted to us by the local tribesfolk including the mukash, kasulam, and pinno' grath, to provide visitors to Kaleida with access to one of the universe's most unusual treasures.
Premium clients can visit the site of the world's first neolithic assembly. Eleven seats made from artfully broken geodes protrude from the rock to form a rough circle around a sandy arena, and visitors are invited to walk among these and enjoy the sight of these beautiful natural wonders-turned-cultural artifacts, that have been used for so long by the local tribal chiefs.
The Sunset Cathedra is an excellent place to spot khoricru, especially during the day when they use the cathedra as sheltering spots. Although the arena is kept clear of plants, marra trees grow nearby and provide homes for some cob'li po-fea species, including majestic tannam-fago, which occasionally eat from these trees in between breeding cycles.
The site is still in use, and access to the site depends on the needs of the local tribes.
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The History of the Sunset Cathedra
The Sunset Cathedra is a set of geological features located in the foothills of the Blisters, the volcanic range bisecting the equator in the Oplayn continent.
During Kaleida's prehistory this area was highly volcanic. The magma below ground level contained many bubbles, a large number of which did not reach the open air before the lava solidified after eruptions. These bubbles became trapped as air pockets.
Over many years rain fell across the Blisters, especially the tallest volcanoes. This rain ran off these volcanoes and sank down into the porous, igneous rock of the foothills. This rain picked up minerals on the way, and some filtered into the air pockets. It drained out again but left its mineral content behind. The minerals grew into crystals, mostly amethysts.
The desert sands wore away at the rock over many thousands of years until the pockets became semi-exposed as distinct balls of rock.
By this time, several neolithic tribes had begun to live in the area. When one of these tribes investigated this location they found that it was littered with strange, spherical rocks. When they broke them open, they discovered crystals inside. These were geodes, the results of smaller pockets that had been worn free of the rock.
It did not take them long to realise that the bigger balls of semi-uncovered rock that they observed might also contain crystals. They broke open the larger geodes and confirmed that they did indeed. In all, they counted eleven of these giant geodes, including broken and unbroken ones.
The chief of the tribe that had discovered the giant geodes claimed them as a treasure and issued an invitation to the other tribes of the area to join them at the location. The broken geodes remained mostly intact, which allowed the assembled chiefs to use them as seats in which to sit together and discuss important matters and seek one anothers' council. More were broken with this function in mind until the location had eight seats, with three more geodes identified but unopened.
To make the seats more comfortable, they had their people bring sand from the desert and part-fill the seats.
As the geodes are in the middle of the desert, the environment is too hot for unhurried, considered discussion during the height of the day. The chiefs decided to time their counsels for early morning, late evening, or at night, hence the name Sunset Cathedra.