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Magnified Constellations I

Astronomy · by Historian Eril Ballyshack

Tertiary constellations observed as of 1465 PC -- of a more mathematic nature than artistic. These are not visible in the sky without magnifying tools (discovered with the assistance of elven telescopes).

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                          ____/         \____
                    _____/                   \_____
                   /                               \
                  /               . .               \
             ____/    .         .  +                 \____
            /        .              .  .                  \
     ______/          .        .      *                    \_______
    /               . .       .      .             .               \
   |                   .               .          . .               |
   |                .                 .                .  .         |
   |                  *                         .        ..         |
   |                  .       Reflecting             *     .        |
   |                   .         Pool                         .     |
   |                                                                |
   |      ..      Lysenties'                     Veil Wounding      |
   |        *     One Shadow          ..                            |
   |         .                       . . .                          |
   |      +   .                       .                       +     |
   |            .              .                           ..       |
   |       .                . ..                          .         |
   |                         .  * .                     .           |
   |   Fortification               .                   .            |
   |      Quarter                                       .           |
   |                            Violence            *               |
   |                                               . .              |
   |             .                                 .                |
   |              ..                 .           .                  |
   |                 *           .. .                               |
   |                              .               Belted Blade      |
   |          The Sleeper        . .                                |
    \_____                    ..                              _____/
          \                    .  *    .  .                  /
           \____                .  +  ..                ____/
                \                                      /
                 \           Lighted Hilltop          /
                  \_____                        _____/
                        \____              ____/
                             \_____  _____/
                                   \/

Notes: These eight constellations appear vividly inside the Gateway Constellation which is visible with the naked eye during the summer; these only so with powerful magnifying tools. Each cluster has a Prime star. Xemna, Peytri, Lorala, and Seirabi are visible at the "cardinal" north, east, south, and west.

Through the Gateway Constellation we observe a slew of metaphorical constructions. Topologically, Peytri (east) is flanked by a device and its function. Seirabi (west), relaxed shapes. Xemna (north), a place where memory is collected. Lorala (south), the physical plane. In the center of the Gateway is pure violence, or the mutilation of the now by change -- destruction or growth both mutate the future. It ties the spectrum together.