Circle Tombs of the Gilded Prince
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**Circle Tombs of the Gilded Prince**
The earth priests of Torusk believe that specific shapes of underground structures produce various esoteric effects, based not only on the shape, but the other shapes linked to them and their specific placement and orientation. Under their tutelage, the royal family of the second Dillsoan Dynasty constructed several sets of “circle tombs” that were derived from the design of other, older, circular tombs that they had studied combined with the inspirations of the sacred writings of Torusk.
This particular tomb was built for a young scion of the dynasty who was captured by enemies of the bloodline and then died in their “care” before he could be recovered.
The circular design of the tomb begins with the large bowl cut out of the hillside – steps climb up along the exposed stone face to two tiers of walkways with large niches cut into the walls. These open-air tombs contained the bodies of soldiers left here to guard the tomb through the ages – all of the skeletons long gone except for a few bones trapped under rocks. Two of these tombs on the upper tier contain secret doors into some deeper tombs that are the eternal homes of the priests themselves. The tombs on the left contain a storage room for texts and minor artifacts of the church and dynasty. The tombs on the right have been breached by the descendants of the elemental guardians set by the priests – they have lost their way and hunger for the dead they were set here to guard.
Within the main tomb complex are a set of eight circular chambers set around a larger central tomb. Each of the eight chambers is unique except in dimensions. They were built specifically to ‘conduct’ energy into the central chamber set down between them. They are guarded by a number of elemental guardians summoned forth from the plane of earth – but after such a long time here, most have gone insane and a few have died, passing on their tasks to their ‘childer’ that were birthed in their death throes. Some of these have begun digging through the walls of the tombs, looking to consume the dead instead of protecting them.
The central tomb is unusual for one of these circle tombs as it does not contain the body of the prince, but instead the tombs of the eight men who were slain in the recovery of his body. At the south end of the chamber is a statue of the prince painted in flaking gold paint, standing with a look of sorrow and yet of forgiveness over those interred around him.
*The 1200 dpi versions of the map were drawn at a scale of 300 pixels per square and are 10,800 x 14,400 pixels (36 x 48 squares). To use this with a VTT you would need to resize the squares to either 70 pixels (for 5′ squares) or 140 pixels (for the recommended 10′ squares that match the description) – so resizing it to either 2,520 x 3,360 or 5,040 x 6,720, respectively.*
[https://dysonlogos.blog/2026/05/18/circle-tombs-of-the-gilded-prince/](https://dysonlogos.blog/2026/05/18/circle-tombs-of-the-gilded-prince/)
The earth priests of Torusk believe that specific shapes of underground structures produce various esoteric effects, based not only on the shape, but the other shapes linked to them and their specific placement and orientation. Under their tutelage, the royal family of the second Dillsoan Dynasty constructed several sets of “circle tombs” that were derived from the design of other, older, circular tombs that they had studied combined with the inspirations of the sacred writings of Torusk.
This particular tomb was built for a young scion of the dynasty who was captured by enemies of the bloodline and then died in their “care” before he could be recovered.
The circular design of the tomb begins with the large bowl cut out of the hillside – steps climb up along the exposed stone face to two tiers of walkways with large niches cut into the walls. These open-air tombs contained the bodies of soldiers left here to guard the tomb through the ages – all of the skeletons long gone except for a few bones trapped under rocks. Two of these tombs on the upper tier contain secret doors into some deeper tombs that are the eternal homes of the priests themselves. The tombs on the left contain a storage room for texts and minor artifacts of the church and dynasty. The tombs on the right have been breached by the descendants of the elemental guardians set by the priests – they have lost their way and hunger for the dead they were set here to guard.
Within the main tomb complex are a set of eight circular chambers set around a larger central tomb. Each of the eight chambers is unique except in dimensions. They were built specifically to ‘conduct’ energy into the central chamber set down between them. They are guarded by a number of elemental guardians summoned forth from the plane of earth – but after such a long time here, most have gone insane and a few have died, passing on their tasks to their ‘childer’ that were birthed in their death throes. Some of these have begun digging through the walls of the tombs, looking to consume the dead instead of protecting them.
The central tomb is unusual for one of these circle tombs as it does not contain the body of the prince, but instead the tombs of the eight men who were slain in the recovery of his body. At the south end of the chamber is a statue of the prince painted in flaking gold paint, standing with a look of sorrow and yet of forgiveness over those interred around him.
*The 1200 dpi versions of the map were drawn at a scale of 300 pixels per square and are 10,800 x 14,400 pixels (36 x 48 squares). To use this with a VTT you would need to resize the squares to either 70 pixels (for 5′ squares) or 140 pixels (for the recommended 10′ squares that match the description) – so resizing it to either 2,520 x 3,360 or 5,040 x 6,720, respectively.*
[https://dysonlogos.blog/2026/05/18/circle-tombs-of-the-gilded-prince/](https://dysonlogos.blog/2026/05/18/circle-tombs-of-the-gilded-prince/)