Yre

The Fractal Treasure Fortress of Yre^[1] is the priest court of Mammon,^[2] and the headquarters of the Bank of the Grand Dragon. The fortress is spatially infinite on the inside, and most of its endless space is taken up by death traps meant to kill whoever enters it.^[3] The Priests of The Count form the defensive force of the fortress and are lead by 000001.

While many believe that the purpose of the fortress is to protect Mammon's vast wealth, it is actually meant to protect the Grand Dragon himself from the other members of the Seven.^[4] As such, Mammon rarely leaves the central vault which is named Ynamon.^[1]^[5]

Zaid was imprisoned within the treasure fortress of Yre by a very tenuous agreement after the Concordance meeting held in the void,^[6] but by the time Allison had arrived in the central vault, Zaid had already been sold.^[7]

The Fortress of Yre was largely destroyed after Mottom attacked it by ramming her Palace of Radiance into its outer walls in search of Allison.^[8]^[9] How much it has rebuilt at the current time, is not known.

Locations[]

The Fractal Fortress of Yre has infinite space within, but its interior can still be divided into sections based on their contents and architecture. Aside from the vault of Ynamon, almost all of the interior is designed to kill or stop intruders.

The Mimic Rooms[]

Large portions of the fortress are seemingly abandoned rooms filled with clutter and desiccated corpses. In reality, most of the furniture, refuse, floor tiles, and coins are mimics.^[10] These creatures are capable of disguising themselves as nearly anything, and wait to attack anything they consider prey. Mimics are unable to differentiate each other from the objects they copy, thus entire rooms in this area are completely filled with massive piles of mimics that have copied one item over and over again.^[11]

Face Door[]

The entrances into the infinite labyrinth are blocked by tall golden doors that have a large, red, screaming head embedded into their center. These doors are locked by a formidable mechanism that can take a master lock-picker hours to open. In addition, the embedded head will begin screaming an alarm mere seconds after intruders are detected.^[12] An alternate method of opening the door is to feed a victim to the screaming head.^[13] The head will then devour the sacrifice and the door will open.^[14] The purpose of this defense is to sow distrust within any group of intruders, as they decide who to feed to the door.^[13]

Infinite Labyrinth[]

Past the face doors is an infinite labyrinth filled with a variety of puzzles, obstacles and dangerous creatures.^[15] The labyrinth is composed of many floors that all connect via a series of infinitely complex staircases and walkways. The topmost level of the labyrinth is mostly flat and grid-like, opening up to seemingly endless sky above. Reddish pillars sporadically jut out from the maze below.^[16] Within the Labyrinth is a small cylindrical structure staffed by many priests. This building holds one of the silver coins Mammon paid to have his family killed. The coin exhibits a pull towards the central vault and is used as a key into the prison of air. ^[17]

The Prison of Air[]

This chamber initially appears as an empty rectangular shaft of indeterminate depth. The single visible exist is located on the opposite wall of the entrance door and quite a far way down.^[18] However, the Prison is actually a three dimensional maze, with invisible walls, floors, and ceilings.^[19] The Prison is filled with death traps, including blades that will slice through intruders when triggered (these are also invisible).^[17]Furthermore, there are dozens of hidden entrances located throughout the Prison, these can open to allow priests to fight any intruders directly.^[20]

Inner Sanctum[]

Past the Prison of Air, the inner sanctum is said to be a fragrant temple that encircles the vault of Ynamon. It is here that Mammon has entombed the slaughtered elders of his clan. His reasons for doing such are unknown.^[21] The vault of Ynamon can be directly reached from this area by swimming through a flooded tunnel.^[22]

The Central Vault[]

see Ynamon.

History[]

Not much is known about the construction and early history of Yre. At some point after the Universal War, Mammon secluded himself away in its vault.^[1]

Seeker of Thrones[]

Allison assembles a devil heist team in order to raid the vault and find Zaid.^[3] The party is able to make their way through the many obstacles in the fortress, suffering losses and betrayals along the way. Shortly after Allison and Cio both reach the inner vault of Ynamon, Mottom crashes her Palace of Radiance into the Fortress's outer walls, breaching its defenses,^[8] and allowing her forces to invade. A battle between Mottom's troops and the Priests of the Count ensue, during which, the fortress collapses from the damage.^[9]

Destruction of yre — The fortress falls.

Commentary[]

"Mammon's interior designer was the infamous warlock Gari Gy'Gax." - Concordance Commentary from Seeker of Thrones 6-64 * This is an homage to the co-designer of the Dungeons & Dragons role playing game, Gary Gygax.

“It is said in some circles that the among his hoard the Grand Dragon scattered nightmarish beasts that, much like the trap-door spider, could conceal themselves while they wait patiently for prey. These creatures, however, are rumored to have the devilish power to conceal themselves as furniture, or puddles of water, or even men. They are said to have only one weakness – they are vastly stupid, and left alone are incapable of distinguishing others of their kin from enemies or prey. They have little imagination and will simply copy the form of the nearest object. Imagine, then, if you will, a little thought experiment – a room of only these things, hundreds of them, duplicating each other’s form in idiot redundancy. The thought is, of course, quite ridiculous and chilling in equal measure. I prefer to believe their existence is confined to rumor alone.” -Pree Parzy de Peroxes, S.C. 260, The Magnificent Beast^[11]

Not even the dragon knows how the Prison of Air was built, and it's final architect was burned alive in molten gold. - Commentary from Abbadon. Seeker of Thrones 8-87

“The inner sanctum of Yre is said to be a fragrant temple, encircling the vault, where Mammon has kept the elders of his slaughtered clan entombed and preserved for hundreds of years. The purpose of such sentimentality is unknown to any but the low numbered priests of the Count, who do not venture from Yre and do not see the sun their entire lives. It is the bane of any historian, to be certain.” -Payapop Pritram Seeker of Thrones 9-101

Trivia[]

The devil syndicate commanded by Himself wants to get into the vault of Ynamon.^[23]

References[]

[SoT_2-9-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Seeker of Thrones 2-9

[2] KSBD 2-28 to 2-29 (CITY OF GOD)

[:3-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Seeker of Thrones 5-41

[4] ttps://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/seeker-of-thrones-9-111/

[5] Seeker of Thrones, 9-105

[6] Wielder of Names 4-77

[7] ttps://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/seeker-of-thrones-9-119/

[:4-8] 8.0 ^8.1 https://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/seeker-of-thrones-10-121/

[:5-9] 9.0 ^9.1 https://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/seeker-of-thrones-10-143/

[10] ttps://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/seeker-of-thrones-6-63/

[:0-11] 11.0 ^11.1 https://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/seeker-of-thrones-6-68/

[12] ttps://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/seeker-of-thrones-7-74/

[:1-13] 13.0 ^13.1 https://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/seeker-of-thrones-7-75/

[14] ttps://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/seeker-of-thrones-7-77/

[15] ttps://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/seeker-of-thrones-7-83/

[16] ttps://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/seeker-of-thrones-7-78/

[:2-17] 17.0 ^17.1 https://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/seeker-of-thrones-7-87/

[18] ttps://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/seeker-of-thrones-8-88/

[19] ttps://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/seeker-of-thrones-8-92/

[20] ttps://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/seeker-of-thrones-8-93-priests-of-the-count/

[21] ttps://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/seeker-of-thrones-9-101/

[22] ttps://killsixbilliondemons.com/comic/seeker-of-thrones-9-105/

[23] April 2016 Patreon Hangout

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