Flooded Columns

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It was an engraved map of Europe with a diagram of the solar system superimposed over the top of it. In the northwest corner there was the sun, situated over my home in Queen's Stanley. Surrounding this, there were four rings and four planets marking four elemental paths - each one’s topography mapped out with extraordinary detail and precision...I realised that I needed to embark on one of the four paths, and that once I had chosen, I would not be able to turn back. Destiny beckoned forth, and, somehow, I knew that if I were not ready, or not adequately prepared in my heart, then I might as well turn back and return home.

Flooded Columns

11/3/2020

An ancient pavilion erected on the side of the College Des Sirènes in 1819, when the college was built. The pavilion was originally linked to the side of the college building via a slatted wooden walkway, which was swept away during the Great Flood. During the remainder of the 20th century, the flooded columns simply stood as an ornamental garden feature, where schoolgirls from the College Des Sirènes were allowed to congregate. Since then, water from the Flood Control Dam #3 has been gradually creeping up the shore towards the college building and the elegant, classical columns have sunk beneath the water. Today, they are half submerged when the tide is in, but the area has proved an excellent place for paddling (or skinny-dipping, as documented in Hair, Lipstick and a Candle). It is thought that underneath the Flooded Columns is located Arielle's Chalice.