Rell-too Synopsis (alter as much as you want):
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 For now, the age has been given the tounge-in-cheek name "Rell-Too",
since it blatantly rips off ye-olde ridicolously-tall-pinnacle concept.
For extra silliness, it adds a slight twist.
Fog limits the view.
Maybe a better name lurks in somebody's head.

 Currently there is no story to the age. It consists of three (within
range of sight) hollow pillars, whose top bits literally looks like screws
Tower no.2 has lost its "hat", which has taken a bite out of
the side of the pinnacle as it crashed down.


Astronomy:
		The age has a spectacular day/night cycle of a mere
		six minutes. We seem to be at the equator, telling by
		the large red sun passing directly overhead. No other
		celestial objects have been seen - the sky never seem to
		become dark enough, maybe because of the
		light-scattering/emitting properties of the mineral that
		appear to be part of it (see also Geology/crystals).


Geology:
	"Base rock"
		The towers seem to be consist of a single tough
		material composition, which is grey in inert state,
		revealed during excavations, but gets a spotty tan 
		and black pattern where exposed to air and humidity
		over time.
		Pending research.

	Crystals (catalogued by Perlenstern)
		There are clear bluish, lumiescent crystals growing
		here and there, some floating in empty air!
		The growth suggests the mineral is somehow abundant
		in the very atmosphere and prone to crystallise,
		hopefully it is still safe to breathe.
		One of the many strange phenomena seen, is a bridge-like
		object made from thin sheets of the mineral, that forms
		now and then and collapses shortly after becoming thick
		enough to carry the weight of a human or two, probably
		seeded by the free-floating crystals. What gives cause
		to the fixed matrix it seems to follows, is unknown.
		Initial research has been conducted by Corvus, who has
		yet to present any results.
		Perhaps the odd "clouds" that connects tower one and two
		are also related. These soar, although they are dense enough
		that you sink less than an inch into them, stepping on them.


Flora:
	Seemingly plain grass (catalogued by Justintime)
		Looks like the usual green stuff. It grows around the
		edges of the pond Justin dug. Speculation is that this
		grass is not indigenous, but may have been brough to the
		age under the soles of our shoes - maybe we need to take
		better care roaming the ages...
		Pending research.

	GlowPlants (catalogued by Core43)
		Slick green ocotopus-like things that hangs from sunlit
		cliff overhangs and "holds" a glowing egg-shaped purple
		sac of some kind. Possibly not a plant at all, but a
		creature in pupal stage? 
		Something to do with the crystals?
		Pending research.



Fauna:
	Rockeaters (catalogued by Ametist)
		Dog-sized snail-like creatures with both a tubular 
		internal shell and a heavy protective one on their 
		backs. They have a single eye at the end of a 
		funnel-shaped stalk.
		The rockeaters appear to consume and metabolise the
		very rock they live on. So far we have not seen any
		burrows, so guesses are they eat only surface rock,
		possibly extracting something permeating it.
		With the recent influx of flying predators the
		number of visible specimens has dropped dramatically. 
		Supposedly those that have not been eaten have gone
		into hiding. One rockeater have constructed a nest
		of gravel and can be seen there, protecting leathery
		eggs.
		Initial reasearch has been conducted by Ametist and
		Corvus, but little has yet been published, pretty
		much only what is outlined above.
		See also: "Hunters"

	Hunters (catalogued by Ametist)
		Horse-sized flying predators with the body shape of
		a peanut. These seem to feed on rockeaters, judging
		by their massive beaks and the decline in rockeater
		population since their appearance but have so far 
		shown no interest in visiting explorers, still,	try
		to avoid going to Rell-Too without letting anybody
		know where you've gone.
		The predator and its prey may share a common ancestor;
		they both have nearly identical eyestalks, albeit
		the hunters have several, whereas a rockeater have
		just the one. In addition the hunter appears to have
		no legs, but a foot-pad, like that of a snail - hard 
		to tell, at a distance. 
		Initial resaerch by Ametist suggests that there may
		be a rather vicious feeding cycle, with Hunters
		depleting the local rockeater supply and then either
		going into a hibernative state or migrating until
		the population has recovered.
		See also: "Rockeaters"



History:
		A few manmade structures have been around since 
		before our arrival.
		Nothing else is known at this time.


Intrigue:

	Explorers:
		We have been visiting the age and undertaken some 
		research and engineering projects.
		Notable is the nexus book near the link-in spot,
		the hut where explorers can stay overnight and the
		laboratory.


	Natives/earlier visitors:
		There were pieces of technology	present before we
		arrived, some of which has been restored to partial
		or full functionality by able explorers.
		Writing of some sort has been found - the nine
		glyphs, grouped by threes, are assumed to make up 
		some sort of numeral system

	Other concurrent visitors:
		An unknown individual calling himself James has hid
		a journal in the sleeping hut. He apparently explores
		the age together with a coworker named Alison, on
		behalf of an unknown entity. None of us have so 
		far bumped into any of the two.
		 - James has perished and Alison has discovered his
                journal, into which she has added an epiteth. She
                walled him into the side of the crevice at the
                southern base of spiral 1, but his remains have
                recently become exposed.

		 - An unknown entity has gained access to the 
		Age and has stolen several specimens in the lab, leaving
		behind a Linking Book to the Ferry Terminal. No suspects 
		have been named, though as Books to Rell-too are only held
		by explorers selected by Jojon, as well as the employers of
		"Allison", the suspect list is short; an investigation is
		underway.