Rooms in Holy Grove

• A clearing in the woods - You are standing in a clearing in the light woods. Somehow, this place seems powerfully DIFFERENT from the rest of the forest, as if something is severely strained in the fabric of reality here. Small paths to the south, east and west lead away from the clearing and into the woods. To the north the trees and bushes form an impassable tangle.
• The holy grove - You are standing amidst the ancient oaks and poplars in the holy grove. You can feel a strange sensation of joy and calm seeping through You, as if great burdens have been lifted from Your shoulders. To the south, You glimpse an open area through the trees, while paths lead away north and west.
• The holy grove - You are standing amidst the ancient oaks and poplars in the holy grove. You feel calm and relaxed here, as if great burdens have been lifted from Your shoulders. From here, pleasant-looking paths lead east, north and south. To the west, through the trees, You can see the road to Delos.
• The holy grove - You are standing amidst the tall, majestic trees in the southern end of the holy grove. Paths lead north and east. To the east, You can see a wide, open field, sloping gently down towards a bright, glittering lake. Somehow, here you feel an inexplicable happiness, as if the world's troubles no longer really matter to you.
• The sacred glade - You are standing in the middle of the sacred glades, where the citizens of Delos come to celebrate the spring, where farmers give thanks for bountiful harvest in the fall, and where lovers stroll in summer. You feel seasons of remembered happiness and joy taking Your sorrows and worries away from You, leaving You calm and invigorated, ready for the world. Paths lead into the holy grove to the east, north and west, while to the south a wide, sunny field slopes down to a sparkling lake.
• The sunny field - You are standing in the middle of a wide, summery, sunlit field. There is a fragrance of spring in the air, a sound of summer and a feeling of eternal Saturday afternoon. To the south is a clear, sparkling lake, and to the north and west is the holy grove. In the wood's edge, to the east, is a stately man- sion, shimmering softly through the colors of the rainbow. You feel as if You could spend the rest of your life here, lying on your back and looking at the patterns of the clouds as they gently drift across the sky.