And what have you discovered?
Yes, I would agree that the windows are most distinctive. 'Twould seem the structures appear the same to both your sight and mine...
And you say you could not so much as scratch the wall? Even with all your might behind the blade?
Forename, everywhere I turn in this place, my gaze is drawn by peculiar materials for which I do not have a name.
The buildings I had you investigate are prime examples. They may appear to be constructed of ordinary stone, but I assure you it is nothing of the sort...
If pressed, I would describe the substance as a composite of several mineral properties, blended to create a material of unparalleled durability.
Even the Ronkan Empire, once the greatest power in Norvrandt, produced nothing which compares to this level of perfection.
But if not the Ronka, then who? Who were these ancients the Ondo claim as the architects of their sanctuary?
I suspect our answer lies with the reason Emet-Selch withdrew here to the Tempest.
He may simply have wished to retreat somewhere mere mortals would struggle to reach...but there are many such remote locations. Why here, specifically?
Emet-Selch is devoted to his role, and thus we might assume his choice of stronghold somehow serves the Ascian agenda.
Or mayhap...'tis a place more dear to him than any other.