by Jay Batista
 

T'u Lung

Places of Interest

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Oriental Adventures

Kara-Tur

The sublime E'do formal gardens are north of
Chempka on the road to Chunming, and have been
the scene of many historic visions && events, like the
prophecies of Jaki Wan before the bell of Sandor, or
the murder of Wai Finto Hu, the cousin of our emperor,
in the Maze of Torlak Zo. Wai?s treaty of peace with
Ausa was signed here, and the ?Hostage?s Revolt? was
centered in the main pagoda of E'do. Here is a map of
these famous gardens, given to me by the monk Sintan
who tends E'do. Often the first gate is crowded
with supplicants and seekers of knowledge, but few
venture into the hanging gardens or stop to contemplate
the wandering trees or the elms of the mighty
wu jen. The final shrine stands in a grove that never
needs tending, and seldom do men chance the madness
that comes with the arcane visions it bestows, so
the grove stands always empty and still. The gardens
are the ultimate tranquility in all of T?u.

Key to E'do Formal Gardens
1. The Ganji Gate, or Gate of Dawn's Rays
2. Eleven bonzai junipers, gifts from the Kozakuran court
3. The Bell Tower of Sandor
4. The Gate of Lenn
5. The maze of Torlak Zo
6. The great brass pyramid of Yo'un
7. The Magical Gate of Fa
8. The statue of Minchu the Horrible
9. The Golden Globe of Forgetfulness
10. The E'do pagoda
11. Concave wading pool with obsidian tiles, drain in center forming Yin
12. Convex wading pool with white opal tiles, fountain in center forming Yang
13. The War Shrine of Pendax, under the hanging gardens
14. The three elms of the wu jen Choi'ax
15. The Mas'zing Gate and the Field of Wandering Trees
16. The Shrine of the Holy Balance
17. The Temple of Absolute Knowledge