Clueless Delver

In truth, Hajer did not wish to take this path to scale the Sprig. And though carrying out this fear took every ounce of focus he could muster, he felt some relief at listening carefully regarding this passage from the feline spirit. Had he not done so several cycles ago, he would have been in an even deeper mire than he was.

A silver roach with flaring limbs, the symbol of the Order of Righteousness, formed by a disgraced Sentinel of the Holy Ka-Abir. The Sentinel was named Nirsana, and was said to be banished from the Holy Capital due to treason which purportedly led to the loss of several northern fiefs of the Holy Capital to Ninur-Sin and Agash, during the War of the Righteous, which was unceremoniously named after the clique Nirsana had formed. After her banishment, her followers rallied under her banner which bore this symbol, alluding to the eternal persistence of righteous spirit akin to the stubbornness of the roach which was a pest that struck fear in the cloistered upper echelons of the Ka-Abiri clergy.

"You madman, you utter madman!" The barely audible voice of an aged elderly man echoed amongst the powerful night gusts as Hajer stepped precariously up the nearly vertical side of the Right Sprig. Just an inch away was the lower Anthre and a single wrong step would lead to his demise.

A rare gecko the half the size of a kitten known for its remarkable glowing hood, which shines faintly in the dark, attracting moths and other light-drawn insects which it preys upon. It is also known to the several pilgrim groups as the Pilgrim's Guide, as it is said to appear when a pilgrim is lost according to several anecdotes.

 As they stepped into the darkness outside, the grand sight of the lower stratum Right Sprig unfolded before them the expansive branches of the lower three branches could be seen stretching out in the lower Anthre, exposing the large plains and farms that were upon its surface.

 A mythical creature of omen, representing melancholy.  Depicted as a curled up boar whose tusks are coiled in manner such that they are curved towards its own eyes, Said to be spotted before the mass reduction of morale of a civilisation or an army, and often spells certain doom.

 After winding through several corridors, the three scaled a flight of spiral stairs and headed in the direction of the gate that led to the outside of the building - as could be seen by the rays of darkness that were cast upon the warm wood-tiled floor.