The first room of Shandorways is the Parlor.  Upon entering, one is greeted by
two gargoyles, both rather large, both rather strong and fast, one with
wings. 
They relay (mentally) to a standard servant troll that a visitor is at the
'gates' as well as the visitor's reason for being there, and then the troll
goes to Shandor.  (What actually happens is that the troll is fed constant
information, as opposed to the guardians gathering it and then sending it.) 
Three people (besides Shandor) are currently allowed immediate access beyond
the guardians: Alana, her 'maid,' and Despil, (these three, while having their
own access to Shandorways, are accompanied by an alert sent to the alert orb
nearest Shandor; these orbs announce to Shandor when a living entity passes
beyond the border marked by the guardians. they work by glowing blue
initially,
then showing an image of the person, [physical, as well as magical and aural],
entering the Ways).  There is no orb in the Parlor.  Others, (Flark, Seonaid,
Fendrith, Mandor, Jurt, Julia, envoys of the king, [as well as the king
himself, though he probably wouldn't ever come]), are treated respectfully by
the guardians.  All others are treated neutrally.  So far, no one has been put
on the 'kill on sight' list.  Over the gateway the guardians guard is an
inscription in Thari: "Welcome to my Parlor."

The Parlor empties into the Antechamber, a large, circular, domed room with
green marble columns along the walls, arches leading off to other parts of the
Ways, and a frescoed ceiling depicting Shandor's own interpretation of the
taming of the Logrus by Suhuy.  The floor of the room is laid with tiles
displaying an intricate image of the Logrus.  An image that has a tendency to
shift.  (This can be deduced by anyone who looks closely enough: Shandor has
invested a precise amount of Chaos into the floor and tiles themselves so that
the tiles can change their positioning on the floor, but the floor does not
lose its floor-like qualities, nor does any of it desolve into nothingness.) 
The shifting of the floor happens quite slowly, but faster when a conscious
entity is not observing it; it is never, however, completely motionless.  To
make it so would unbalance the precise amount of Chaos invested into it.

There are twelve arches in the Antechamber, eight are white, four are black. 
The white ones are ways to other parts of the Ways, the black are not; they
are
there for when Shandor wishes to expand.  And these arches do not lead to
hallways, as one might think; rather, they are just arches built into the
walls
of the circular Antechamber.  One of the arches leads back to the Parlor.
Upon
passing back past the guardians, they check the visitor to make sure that
s/h/it is not carrying off any unlent items.  Another of the arches leads to
Shandor's bedroom, and the activation of this way requires a key: Shandor's
conscious will that the way be opened.  (Inside the area designated Shandor's
Bedchambers is his personal study, as well as personal bath.  There is also a
special sensor at the arch to his bedroom that will send an image to the
nearest orb to him an image, [same kind as earlier] of whoever is
attempting to
enter there.  The troll, Reginald by name, merely stands at the arch if he has
to alert Shandor of a visitor, knowing only that if he stands there, Shandor
will notice.)  Another arch leads to the laboratories, which are sheilded from
incoming and outgoing forces; this minimizes the chances of something outside
interfering with experiments, or with experiments interfering with something
outside.  Then there is the physical armory, which houses weapons and armor of
diverse types, both mundane and magical.  The magical armory, however, houses
only magical items and potions, as well as scrolls.  The library houses the
tomes of knowlege that Shandor has collected over his short lifetime, and will
undoubtedly grow as time progresses.  Next, the sitting rooms offer a place
where Shandor can entertain guests.  They are all furnished comfortably, with
windows that open (oneway: visual only, and one can only see out of it) into
different Shadows.  Each sitting room gazes out upon a different Shadow: the
Blue Room looks out into a sea full of myriads of life; the Red Room looks out
upon a volcanic wasteland; the Black Room looks out into the emptyness of
space; the Green Room sits observing a lush forest.  The last arch leads to
the
hub of hallways to guest quarters.  Currently, Shandor has only built one
guest
quarter, and it was fashioned in the style of the Blue Room.  It also has its
own bath.

And last, but not least, the Hidden Way.  This can also be accesses from the
Antechamber, but not through the wall-arches like the others.  To activate
this
way, one must first bring up the Logrus.  Then one must look down upon the
image of the Logrus set in tiles on the floor of the Antechamber.  Taking
careful notice of how the Chaos is distributed in the floor and tiles,
(something few Lords of Chaos have been able to match in Shandor), one must
shift the Chaos in those tiles/floor just right, thus opening the secret way. 
Mind you, one must not add to or subtract from the amount of Chaos; rather,
the
Chaos must be, well, shifted around in the design.  (The Chaos in the black
tiles representing the Logrus must be moved towards the center of the image,
and the Chaos in the white tiles [the background, as it were] must be moved to
the outer sircumference of the floor.  This opens up the way in the center of
the floor.)  Right now this leads to nothing, but Shandor plans to construct a
scrying well there, so that he might scry.

Anything else you want in the way of descriptions?


There were a few things I forgot when I typed the last one.

The troll can Send to the guardians, (unlike the constant Feed that he
receives
from them), used mostly so the guardians can tell the visitor that 'the master
has been informed and will be here shortly to see you.

Time flows throughout his Ways--  1x Speed: Guest Rooms, Parlor, Antechamber,
Sitting Rooms, Hidden Room; 1.5x: Shandor's Rooms; 2x: Library; 10x:
Laboratories.


Jäger
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