Shambhalla

Shambhalla (Area 17)
About
Founder	George_Mann
Contributors	Nofleet
Category	Settlements
Underground?	Yes
Fortified?	Yes
Public access?	No
Public build?	To dig? yes. To build? No.
Transport
Road link?	N/A
Nexus link?	No
Rail link?	TBA
Boat link?	TBA
Portal?	Yes
Location
Dimension	Overworld
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Lore

In a year long forgotten to time, a proud civilization stood firmly above the rest. Shambhalla-XVII was uniquely equipped with technologies that can be only described as "magic", not a soul dared to challenge its people or its authority. These people had conquered and mastered everything, even being able to control and bend the forces of nature itself, or at least they thought so...

No single force in the universe, not even nature, could bring this formidable colony of the Heruvian Federation to its knees, but a perfect storm of all of them combined? They did not stand a fighting chance. These people, wounded and battered dragged whatever they could take, destroyed everything that could not be saved, and withdrew underground where nothing would be able to trace it, much less penetrate its walls. Some time later, a small force would emerge on the remains of their civilization, reclaimed by nature, to raise a disguise town in what was then the current age of building, to deter settlers. These people then sealed off their underground stronghold, rebuilding their great city and plotting their revenge...

The people of Shambhalla re-emerged from their underground city to a changed world, one that outside of the disguise town, had forgotten about them. The forces of magic that worked against them seemed to give no resistance or aid at all, as if it did not exist. Nature itself seemed to have lost its life, appearing stagnant and static. The few magical crystals found to have no potency at all, and a known elixir well drawing up nothing more than chicken feathers. There was now an ocean where their great civilization once laid. The entire continent surrounding them, where the center of civilization lied in their times, was close to devoid of any life, save for very sparsely scattered towns. All efforts to re-establish communications with the The Motherland failed, but time stamping nearby decaying remnants of Heruvian battle stations told them that at least 9.8 Billion years had passed since the fall of their great civilization. But that couldn't be! What happened? Why are there no large civilizations within several kilometers? What was the Heruvian Military doing on their own soil? Why is there an ocean where there once was nothing but land? Where did the magic go?

At any rate, the people of Shambhalla had no time to query over such trivial ponderings. They had a world to reconquer, and nothing lie in their way to stop them this time.

Other Info

Located under The Isle of Cennas at (-18716, 5, -5348), anyone is free to help core out space for the build (and keep resources)

Property of the Heruvian Federation