The Omnillian Citadel

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Summary

The Omnillian Citadel lies within the heart of the Omnillian District, standing tall and proud. It is the headquarters of house Omnillian, and where the citygod of Omnillian Quin Aven is currently contained. Quin's physical form rests in the top floor of the citadel. However, he can send his awareness throughout the complex and control it's many functions at a whim.

Services

The citadel serves as a grand laboratory for members of house Omnillian to experiment and further their understanding of Nodd's inner workings - or, at times, update it should the City's nature change. It's many floors are generally grouped by purpose and laid out in a thoughtful manner to ensure efficient day to day operations.

Visitors are welcome within the citadel's halls, and the entryway is designed to show off the brilliance of Omnillian to all. The ground floor and a handful of floors above it are designed as a mix of a showcase, armory, and menagerie. A guest is welcomed to marvel over Omnillian's latest technology - examples include vehicles replete with weaponry, destructive handheld artifacts, or other such stunning displays.

Visiting citizens are also welcome to tour Omnillian's menagerie, where the house gleefully makes displays of a myriad of live specimens. Knowledge that Omnillian mages have collected about each given species is proudly displayed before each exhibit, and guests may find themselves at the receiving end of a lengthy discussion about what is currently being studied.

Beasts, however, are not the only creatures housed in the citadel for study - the basement levels contain what is referred to as the 'fodder pens'. Citizens who were chosen for experimentation are held within until required. "Volunteers" come from a variety of sources, with many plucked off the streets or taken down after being separated from a tour group, with rumors that some of them did indeed volunteer for the duty.

Experiments on both beasts and citizens are varied. Many experiments are designed for general research - cataloguing, furthering medical understanding, and other such tests. It is entirely possible for fodder to be released after a simple examination. However, it is also entirely possible that fodder was chosen to test the effects of a new weapon's capabilities as well.

The citadel's middle floors house their laboratories and medical wing. While tours do occasionally reach these floors, it is often only groups of prospective members of Omnillian rather than general citizenry. The labs are one of the busiest sections of the citadel, with constant experiments and tests being run. Weapon or artifact tests on fodder are also performed here - particularly notable tests may even be held as an event for spectacle.

The medical wing contains a wide selection of facilities, including a general hospital. It is tough to tell where the laboratory ends and the medical wing begins, however - the staff are just as eager to study the progression of injuries and diseases as they are to treat them, and body augmentations or other similar procedures are carried out close to the labs. Omnillian's medical services are open to house members, any with an interesting condition to study, and finally any who can pay.

The uppermost floors of the citadel are reserved for the archives. The lower section of the archives act as a library, filled with reference material and results of prior studies performed by house mages - as well as Quin's own works, which are said to be no small portion of the library's contents. The middle section of the archives tends to house less regularly utilized data. The upper sections of the archive, closest to Quin's physical form, are more mysterious. Acting as Quin's personal archive, few are permitted to access the uppermost floors. Whispers abound of the untold knowledge within, and rumors state that he may even be forbidden from revealing any of it.

Atmosphere

The Omnillian Citadel is unusual among other house citadels in that they allow general citizenry relatively open access to their domain. Similarly unusual is that most mages within Omnillian have had frequent contact and discussion with Quin Aven himself - he stands as one of the most approachable among citygods due to his integration with the citadel. It is not unusual for Quin to send his consciousness to a given panel or display, and there are an untold number of devices in the citadel he can communicate through.

Quin also possesses a variety of artificial bodies he can push his awareness into, allowing him some freedom to move within the citadel - though it seems he can only act within the citadel's walls, even so. Omnillian mages treat Quin with respect, but there are some rumors regardless. Some deny that Quin is so free - why would he be so unique among citygods, allowed to roam so freely? They theorize that 'Quin' is nothing more than some artificial creation, an awareness that masquerades as him - and similarly, they wonder if the citygod truly rests atop the citadel after all.

Point(s) of Interest

• Fodder pens
• Menagerie
• Armory
• Laboratories
• Hospital
• Libraries
• Studies