Connects to: 43.08 and the World’s Edge.
Somewhere deep in the vaults of the Undercity of the Shuttered City, rumour has it that an ancient zoo lies hidden - bricked up now and deserted, yet still inhabited by a variety of strange animals who are preserved in eternal life by an enchantment placed upon the building. The Menagerie was created long ago by an elf named Pandelar who, unusually for and elf, travelled far from the Kingswood. Pandelar built the menagerie to repay the Doge of the city for a great service rendered unto him. Today, Pandelar dwells once again in the Kingswood, but is known only as the Weeper (43.08).
There are collectors in the upper city who would pay handsome prices for the rare beasts that dwell in the menagerie. Creatures from all over the Shrouded Lands may be found there, some of which are no longer extant anywhere else in the world. It is said that the terrible goatscorpion is there, who was one of the seven firstborn sons of Chimalia, goddess of chimerical creatures.
Another rumoured creature is the xortoise, an enormous creature from beyond the World’s Edge that was subdued by Pandelar in a hunt lasting three days.
Hooks:
- What other weird creatures dwell in the menagerie?
- What and where are the other seven firstborn of Chimalia?
- What was the favor that the Doge did for Pandelar?
- Why did Pandelar eventually abandon the zoo? Was it something to do with the death of his daughter?