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The '''Tomb of Afiele''' is a vast tomb that houses [[Afiele]]'s dead. This is the place where [[Cara O'Sullivan|Cara]] was teleported to at the start of [[Gravesong]].
== Overview ==
Located in [[Noelictus]], it is an immense tomb filled with endless, identical rows of graves.<ref name="GS101"/>
== Layout ==
It has a vaulted ceiling high overhead and flat walls of ancient stone. Vast arches and bridges crisscross in the sky, leading down to stairs set against each wall. The walls were hollowed out in alcoves, multiple floors by which the dead could be stored in their very inefficient patterns. There were caskets, each made of stone and marble and plain slate, separated by a dozen feet for each and sealed by heavy stone lids. Blocks were making up the floor, and each one seemed hand-carved.<ref name="GS101">[[Gravesong Chapter 1.01|Gravesong 1.01]]</ref><ref name="GS102">[[Gravesong Chapter 1.02|Gravesong 1.02]]</ref><ref name="GS103">[[Gravesong Chapter 1.03|Gravesong 1.03]]</ref>
== Atmosphere ==
There was this old, herbal smell in the air. There was air to breathe but no wind.<ref name="GS101"/> There was perfect silence and absolute darkness.<ref name="GS101"/>
== History ==
The tomb was last opened four thousand years ago. It has since been sealed by an [Archmage].
== Creatures ==
The tomb was never meant to accommodate the living in any fashion<ref name="GS105">[[Gravesong Chapter 1.05|Gravesong 1.05]]</ref>, and there were safeguards in place to discourage the formation of the dead.<ref name="GS108" /> [[Dalius Bedornial|Ser Dalius]] ensured there were only mice here<ref name="GS106">[[Gravesong Chapter 1.06|Gravesong 1.06]]</ref> and not even bugs<ref name="GS110" />, but as [[Cara O'Sullivan|Cara]] discovered, undead mice and Bone Horrors can still arise.<ref name="GS111">[[Gravesong Chapter 1.11|Gravesong 1.11]]</ref>
* Ghost ([[Dalius Bedornial|Ser Dalius]])
* mice
* mice (undead)
* [[Bone Horrors]]
== Named Occupants Buried ==
* [[Dalius Bedornial]]<ref name="GS108">[[Gravesong Chapter 1.08|Gravesong 1.08]]</ref>
* [[Secaris Ladel IV]]<ref name="GS101"/>
* [[Aidai]]<ref name="GS101"/>
* [[Merigal]]<ref name="GS101"/>
* [[Iscle Ladel]]<ref name="GS102"/>
* [[Diski Ladel]]<ref name="GS102"/>
* [[Arteis Ladel]]<ref name="GS102"/>
== Trivia ==
* It is described that the height of the ceiling is around a thousand feet.<ref name="GS101"/>
* The graves reach up to [[Cara O'Sullivan|Cara]]'s midriff in height and their lid was so heavy that even when she threw her weight, she barely shifted it.<ref name="GS101"/>
* Few could enter [[Noelictus]]’ sanctuaries without great magic and even an Archmage would have difficulty cracking the seals. If someone entered the tomb, they are either of Noelictus’ honored families, keepers of the dead, or an intruder.<ref name="GS104">[[Gravesong Chapter 1.04|Gravesong 1.04]]</ref>
* [[Dalius Bedornial|Ser Dalius]] has filled eighteen caskets with mice bones.<ref name="GS110">[[Gravesong Chapter 1.10|Gravesong 1.10]]</ref>
== References ==
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[[Category:Locations]]
[[Category:Noelictus]]
