Ink and watercolour sketch of a wizard's study: a fireplace, crowded bookshelves, a great map with carved figurines on the table, a deck of cards, an open spellbook on a lectern and an arched balcony at night.

Location

The Sanctum

The wizard's hideout from which the stranger and Aurelius travelled through time, built, Aurelius says, by another wizard long ago.

  • The Goblin Invasion

Description

The Sanctum is a wizard's hideout with a balcony, a fireplace and shelves crowded with books and doodads that Aurelius would rather not see knocked over. It holds his spellbook, which records its owner's progress in magic; a great map of Meliora, whose figurines and tokens open the way to places and times; his collection of Fate Cards, through which old battles can be revisited in makeshift alternate universes; and a glyph leading into the pocket dimension.

Historical context

Aurelius told the stranger that the Sanctum was built by another wizard a long time ago, and gave it to them as a home for the duration of the goblin invasion. Even after he left in his new body, he could still answer the stranger there, if they relaxed by the fireplace and thought of him. A generation later a small map figurine from the old Sanctum turned up in the Primeweald, as though it had followed the stranger.