Of Machines & Magics (2012)
“To the other was the great building which had—on the outside—stood half a league or more in the distance; here it was no more than a furlong from them, an effect of crossing the barrier between dimensions.
For a few minutes they stood and looked at the Tomb of Al Jehan’s wife then, by common consent, walked on to the next building which now was revealed as a low pyramidal structure, perhaps three chains on a side. Even though it was low in proportion to its spread, it grew in stature until ...it dwarfed the building they had just left. A single portal was visible on the triangular side which faced the river. A narrow slot cut straight into the wall, internal radiance flooded out through the opening laying a long, straight path across the sand.
“Another tomb?” wondered Ponderos.
Calistrope shrugged. “Who knows?”
Attached to the sloping face just outside the entrance was a sign. In mundane characters it read: the Palace of Turain the God.MoreLess
For a few minutes they stood and looked at the Tomb of Al Jehan’s wife then, by common consent, walked on to the next building which now was revealed as a low pyramidal structure, perhaps three chains on a side. Even though it was low in proportion to its spread, it grew in stature until ...it dwarfed the building they had just left. A single portal was visible on the triangular side which faced the river. A narrow slot cut straight into the wall, internal radiance flooded out through the opening laying a long, straight path across the sand.
“Another tomb?” wondered Ponderos.
Calistrope shrugged. “Who knows?”
Attached to the sloping face just outside the entrance was a sign. In mundane characters it read: the Palace of Turain the God.MoreLess
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