Great Lighthouse

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View of the Great Lighthouse from the open sea.

The Great Lighthouse - also known as the Lighthouse at Praxegos - is a massive Precursor structure found on Praxegos Island, located at the southeasterly end of the string of rocky islands known as the Codus Islands. It is one of the prominent sites of Arginium.

The age of the Lighthouse is unknown, but its architecture is of the same style as other Precursor structures that still dot the Continent. From its base to the pinnacle of its light, the structure stands approximately 3,500 feet high. On the evening of every new full moon, the massive lamp at the pinnacle of the Lighthouse sends out a multi-colored beam of light that reflects in the skies above and can be seen across the entire Continent.

First discovered by explorers in the year 491 of the Common Era, every attempt that has ever been made to gain access to the Lighthouse has failed, as no way has been devised to open the towering doors that are the only apparent means of entry. The doors and outer walls deflect magical spells, and scrying the interior produces nothing. Scholars of the Incantrium who visited the site report they sense potent magicks at work within the structure, but have had no more luck than anyone else in gaining access.

The purpose of the Lighthouse, similarly, remains unknown, but scholars continue to study what of it they can. Some theorize there is a connection between the Lighthouse, the Zomorah Abyssal and the legends of the Precursor city of Ionorath. The Incantrium maintains a small enclave on the opposite end of the Codus Islands, on the island known as Eovotara.