Temple of Balder

The Temple of Balder was an abandoned shrine to Balder in the city of Medinat Muskawoon. Martek enchanted it to serve as a means of reaching the Star of Melos-Pelar.

Location
The temple of Balder was almost due east from the old banks of the Me'at lake.

Structure
The Temple of Balder consisted in two concentric rings of dirt, twenty feet tall, with thirty feet of span in the middle. The outer ring was broken by three gaps; the inner ring was broken by only one, aligned with the middle gap in the outer ring. Crossing the inner ring led towards a courtyard where two tall great stones flanked the path, themselves part of a ring of 24 stones. Inside that ring, lay a smaller ring of 50 stones, which surrounded a circular slab of multi-hued stone, backed by a wall of similar stone, 15 feet tall. The wall was carved in a twisted lattice work. In the platform there was a 10-foot-tall marble column with a carved surface. Behind the shrine stood a ring of 13 stones, 15 feet tall, 5 feet wide, and 3 feet thick, forming an irregular circle around a stone tablet of polished black rock rising 5 feet from the ground.

The inner ring of stones was enchanted, and anyone who was affected would cast out any wooden objects before entering it.

Rumors & Legends
The Norns would appear before those who stood before the semicircular wall, with their backs to the column. For those who answered their three questions, they would explain how to break the wards on the Star of Melos-Pelar. Inside the innermost ring, an apparition of the god Baldr would offer people the opportunity to weep for him. Those who did would receive a jewel that would ward against the Eye of Hathor in the Temple of Ra.

Appearances

 * Adventures
 * Desert of Desolation