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General
Colours - Predominantly Blue and Gold.
Located in the north-east corner of Orin Rakatha, near the Pass of Jade.
Extremely Lawful and of good intentions. Good seers reside within. Close ties with our Micheliners. However, they are strongly suspected of being sympathetic to the Denetharian Empire because of mutual Lawful aspects.
Known to have formed crusades against both Aldanor and the Tower of Sleepless Flame. They consist of many different orders on many planes not all of whom maintain the same alliances.
Various Alliance reports
"The Halmadonian Tower is ruled by a table of Grand Knights. Each quests for different specific goals, but all have a love of the Good Sphere, and Law, in common.
"One well-known Grand Knight is Lord Rif-Silal Quentril, a Noldor Elf of Thranduil, who has been gravely wounded by a Morgul blade. He was instrumental in the destruction of the member of the Nine known as the Messenger.
"The Halmadonians are engaged in actions on many, many planes. The purpose of the Tower is to serve as a safe base; a place to coalesce, exchange stories with those of a like mind, and to plan future quests.
"King Michel dwelled in the Heights for many years, after being rescued from near death (indeed, pulled through _time_ itself) by the White Seers."
Quicksilver, 15th of Planting, 10AR
"Once the Pax Silvani used to live in their own Tower on Orin Rakatha. They were ruled by a King and a Queen. One day the King went to get the Queen a present, (it might have been a key?), he went to seek out a Melnibonean because he’d heard they were the most talented at making those kinds of things. But he never returned. I think the Queen might have gone after him after a while to look for him, but she didn’t come back either. They had three children, the oldest of them were two twin brothers. One of the brothers went out to look, years passed he didn’t return, then the next one departed as well. Years passed again without his return. The third brother was more of a sage and instead of journeying out he turned to books and research to try and solve the problems. I think he did some research which bound a hepath into a rod (there may have been some Melnibonean involvement again). Lots of people from their tower were sent out to look (they referred to this as the hopeless quest or similar) but they never returned. Then the second brother came back. By this time the third brother had got really paranoid and stuff, and was a bit jealous of conceding his rulership of the people. I think their people were split down the middle over who to back, the brothers decided to have a noble dual to decide it but the younger brother couldn’t resist cheating and killed the elder, not realising that he would lose his final spirit strength. After this he got quite tormented, there was the previously-unknown threat of civil war, there was a battle and he called upon the hepath to help him but he didn’t have as much control over it as he thought he had and it killed lots and lots of his people. With his dying breath he remembered the words to bind it back into the rod before passing away. The rod is now looked after by the Watchers Sect of Halmaddons Heights, they guard items of evil and chaos."
Mouse, as told by the Pax Silvani, Green Growing Moon, 11AR
