Shrike's Lookout
The shattered stronghold of the Shrike in the Shrike Desert: haunted, soaked in ether, and drifting in pieces above the sands.
- Before the Invasion
- The Goblin Invasion
Description
Shrike's Lookout is the heart of an ancient sorcerer's stronghold in the Shrike Desert, torn apart by volatile magic centuries ago. The aftermath lingers: sandstorms veil its outer bailey, the barrier between reality and other dimensions is flimsy, and its highest ruins float in the air on chunks of masonry and rock. Among them Aurelius felt oddly at ease, as if near a vortex of power in perfect balance, like the eye of a storm.
Historical context
After the portal in Healand closed, most of the goblins left in Meliora gathered here, and here the other Aurelius made his stand. The stranger passed its ether-locked gates and phantom-haunted plazas, climbed its floating islands and defeated him and the dragon Asper in the ring above.
Related entries
CharacterThe Shrike
A cruel sorcerer of myth who dwelt in the desert many centuries ago; their magic still warps the land around Shrike's Lookout.Ancient days · The Invasion
CreatureSand Serpents
Serpents of animated stone that haunt the ruins of the Shrike, said to be among the sorcerer's golems still guarding the stronghold.The Invasion
CreatureEther Phantoms
Semi-corporeal beings that slip through the thin veil of the Shrike Desert, immune to every spell of the material world.The Invasion
CreatureAsper
The dragon bound by spell to the other Aurelius, which guarded the floating ruins of Shrike's Lookout.The Invasion
CharacterThe Other Aurelius
Aurelius's doppelgänger from the future: the sorcerer behind the goblin invasion, bent on revenge against the realm that rejected his invention.The Invasion
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