
The great oracle Xeeus spoke to supplicants through the giant face built into the first of the octagonal chambers of the sanctuary… well, actually disciples of Xeeus would use the face to speak down to supplicants below, and occasionally would invite heroes and special supplicants to meet Xeeus itself.

But at some point the Paladin Kheros brought a band of hardy adventurers through here and trashed the Sanctuary in an attempt to slay Xeeus. The town was destroyed in the fighting, and as suddenly as the assault began, it ended with Kheros sending his friends away and remaining in the Sanctuary, now a disciple of Xeeus.

For Xeeus is no humanoid oracle, but a truly ancient kopru who dwells in the pool chamber in the west end of the…
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