Post by Onyxaeon on Jan 17, 2009 23:12:19 GMT -5
Solainoti is land-locked in the center of the Eastern Continent, the old volcano in a mountain range that runs like a backbone through the continent.
Like the old High Reaches Weyr, there are several vents in the old volcano that serve as entrances to the Weyr. There is one main vent that is big enough for a dragon half again as big as an amber or raven to enter easily, and three smaller vents for dragons smaller than a black or emerald to go through. Inside the Weyr is an absolutely huge, hollowed out cavern that is split almost exactly in half. The more northerly half is filled with gritty sand and gem dust, still heated from below by the leftovers of the volcano's former life, that acts as the Hatching Grounds. There are only two ways into it: through one of the three minor vents, and through the gaping cave-mouth splitting it off from the Bowl. Two queens could lay raven-sized clutches comfortably in these Grounds at the same time.
The other half makes up the Weyrbowl is slightly bigger; the main vent opens directly into it, and the two other vents. Enough sunlight comes in through the vents that grass can grow on the Bowl floor, supporting herds of dragonfodder. A geothermal spring bubbles up against one wall of the Bowl that serves as the lake.
The old volcano was already riddled with tunnels from its active life, so not much needed to be done in the way of carving to give Solainoti private weyrs and Lower Caverns. Some weyrs in different tiers in the Weyr are connected by stairwells and winding corridors in the living rock of the Weyr itself, and not just perched on the walls of the Bowl.
Like the old High Reaches Weyr, there are several vents in the old volcano that serve as entrances to the Weyr. There is one main vent that is big enough for a dragon half again as big as an amber or raven to enter easily, and three smaller vents for dragons smaller than a black or emerald to go through. Inside the Weyr is an absolutely huge, hollowed out cavern that is split almost exactly in half. The more northerly half is filled with gritty sand and gem dust, still heated from below by the leftovers of the volcano's former life, that acts as the Hatching Grounds. There are only two ways into it: through one of the three minor vents, and through the gaping cave-mouth splitting it off from the Bowl. Two queens could lay raven-sized clutches comfortably in these Grounds at the same time.
The other half makes up the Weyrbowl is slightly bigger; the main vent opens directly into it, and the two other vents. Enough sunlight comes in through the vents that grass can grow on the Bowl floor, supporting herds of dragonfodder. A geothermal spring bubbles up against one wall of the Bowl that serves as the lake.
The old volcano was already riddled with tunnels from its active life, so not much needed to be done in the way of carving to give Solainoti private weyrs and Lower Caverns. Some weyrs in different tiers in the Weyr are connected by stairwells and winding corridors in the living rock of the Weyr itself, and not just perched on the walls of the Bowl.
