Where's the Tapestry?

[Disk Elemental]

I'm just curious, where the Hao Jin Tapestry ended up following the conquest of Jormurdun?

Was it taken back to the Lodge, and stored in the vaults?
Was it set up in Jormurdun to provide easy access to the Sky Citadel?
Is it somewhere else?

[The Great Rinaldo!]

According to the introduction in one of the Tapestry scenarios at the end of Season 3, it is "safely secured in a vault beneath the Grand
Lodge in Absalom".

The scenario in question:

3-26 Portal of the Sacred Rune

I am not aware of anything to change that yet.

[Disk Elemental]

But as of

minor spoilers:

5-20 The Sealed Gate

It was being used to transport supplies and personnel to and from the base camp in the Realm of the Mammoth Lords.

[The Great Rinaldo!]

Oh, I had forgotten about that. Good question!

[Morgen]

One writer wants it locked away ala Indiana Jones and another wants it being used. Most Society literature seems to suggest they use the thing though.

Not like they can't drag it out when they need it of course.

[kinevon]

Morgen wrote:

One writer wants it locked away ala Indiana Jones and another wants it being used. Most Society literature seems to suggest they use the thing though.

Not like they can't drag it out when they need it of course.

Actually, overall, the attitude of the Society's PTB, otherwise known as the Decimvirate, is that, usually, anything powerful gets locked up pending study.

It just happens that, in the instance of the tapestry, they have it out being studied quite a bit.

Aspis:

Especially until they find out, and block, the Aspis Consortium from sneaking into it, too.

[Muser]

Heh, "block".

As if.

[KestlerGunner]

SPOILERS FOLLOW.

Spoiler:

My understanding was that the tapestry remains in the basement of Grand Lodge Absalom, however the demiplane that the Ruby Phoenix created has a number of entrances and exits all across Golarion.

Because of these entry/exit points, the only movable entry/exit point is the tapestry itself. However, depending on how the PCs do in 'Fabric of Reality', Aram Zey may have the ability to program new entry and exit points as he desires across the Inner Sea. It is unclear if the number of these entrances are limited. That would affect how much it is used.

Also because of the number of entry/exit points the Pathfinder Society are able to use it to massively reduce travel time for agents dispatched around the world. This works sort of like QuasiSpace in the amazing videogame Star Control 2 (nerd nerd nnnnnnyerdddd)

So it all depends on the canon ending for Fabric of Reality. If the PCs were successful, Aram could just create one entrypoint in the Five King Mountains and another in the Grand Cathedral of Jormurdun.

The problem is Jormurdun is still in the Worldwound and demons can still teleport past metres and metres of stone to anyone trying to restore the fortress. There are also giant holes leading to the Darklands in the mining tunnels of Jormurdun that need to be closed. So actually attempting a proper restoration of Jormurdun without extreme magical protections (like a new Wardstone) looks very ambitious. A new Wardstone requires a herald of a good deity to infuse it with power... that's asking a lot. Those same magical protections might actually stop a new tapestry entry/exit point being used (such as a forbiddance spell).

Personally, I can't see the Decemvirate moving the Tapestry to Jormurdun. I think they'd be realistic about the long-term viability of the sky citadel. A lot of this depends on whether the Dwarves of the Five Kings Mountains have enough military and economic strength to found a new settlement that requires a big magical start-up cost.

[Morgen]

kinevon wrote:

Actually, overall, the attitude of the Society's PTB, otherwise known as the Decimvirate, is that, usually, anything powerful gets locked up pending study.

It's actually listed as one of the ways the society gets people around in the back of one of the pathfinder society chronicles books is what I'm talking about.

[BigNorseWolf]

Kestler: one season 5 scenario deals with what you have to do to make more stable / more user friendly entrance exit.

[Disk Elemental]

So, no one knows, since there's been no official word on the subject. Excellent.

[BigNorseWolf]

Disk Elemental wrote:

So, no one knows, since there's been no official word on the subject. Excellent.

Its in "the basement" but i don't think there's any need to specify the exact layout of the basement.

[The Great Rinaldo!]

I think he's trying to determine if it has been returned to that basement, or if it is still "in the field", as it were.

[DesolateHarmony]

There are boons, two of which I have, that allow for use of the tapestry as quick transport. One allows the character to have another place in Golarion which counts as Absalom for use of qualities that work in Absalom. This one assumes the tapestry is in the Grand Lodge. But, then there's another, and I'll have to look up the details at home.

The original question is about what happens after scenario /redacted/, when the tapestry was taken far afield...

[Dragnmoon]

I believe it is in Brunwald Castle.