The Petrified Forest of Sigil

A Less-Known Feature of Sigil

The Petrified Forest of Sigil:
        Most Cagers don't know that there's a forest in Sigil, but then, who
goes exploring down all the alleys?  But kips of all sorts are built in
Sigil.  Real trees won't grow very well in Sigil, so tree-dwellers live in a
petrified forest of stone trees (the next best thing).  The kips built there
are wood, and well-placed amongst the branches.  Since a stone canopy of
leaves would be far too heavy for the branches to support, magical leaves
come out of the rocky twigs.  The whole thing was set up a long time ago,
surrounded by high, dense buildings.  This makes the area tough or
impossible to spot from most curved vantage points in other places of Sigil.  
        There are perhaps fifty of these trees altogether.  Access to the
area is not restricted, but the only way to reach it is through one of about
a dozen long, narrow alleyways.  At dark, a set of iron gates are closed to
help keep out the riff-raff.  
        Elven art is sold here, along with special elven equipment (most of
the items from the Complete Elves Handbook can be bought here).  To get to
some shops, narrow staircases wrap around thick trunks of the trees.  A few
shops have only rope ladders, allowing a good defence if necessary.  Some
elven mercenaries are available for a high price, most of these outcast
prime elves that found their way here.  

© 1996 by W. Pattison

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