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The Cloister of St. Ramedar was a combination prison, sanitarium, and shrine to Ilmater, the One Who Endures. It was located in the Starspire Mountains northwest of Zazesspur in the land of Tethyr, circa the. The Cloister was the home of the Ramedaran Brotherhood—a monastic order of the church of Ilmater led by Reverend Father Benentine Boldoran—and they were chartered to administer Tethyr's penal system, as well as care for the mentally ill (so-called "prisoners of the mind").

The Cloister was formerly a military outpost, remodeled into cells, kitchens, administrative offices, and a library, but the eight-level subterranean structure dated back to the time of High Shanatar, roughly. Above ground, the Cloister had a walled courtyard that included a chapel, a stable, a smithy, and a guest hostel. The entrance into Mount Adiir was known as the Adiir Gate, and the passage contained an air-tight mantrap inside a dead-magic zone that was guarded at all times by the monks. (Archive | Read more…)