Dominating the ceiling is a sprawling mural that captures the essence of a grand masquerade, alive with dance, song, and music. Strands of fiery hands, made out of the most pure and beautiful fire, can be seen weaving between joyous attendees (Symbolizes Callera through her fiery hair, with the mural trying to depict that she's present during the revelry). This scene is illuminated by several large chandeliers, from which hang orange Concalian crystals, casting a warm and inviting light throughout the room.
A grand hall unfolds across two stories, its elegance underscored by walkways adorned with gilded Rosenwood railings along the northern and southern walls, linking to the western entrances. Dominating the western wall, a striking mural showcases Marcandria's three matron deities, merging painted art with sculptural realism. Adorned with authentic jewelry, these divine figures gaze eastward, towards the ducal throne, each extending an arm upward to a scroll that unfurls across the ceiling, bearing their dogmas in golden script.
+The hall's center features an open, slightly recessed area, designed to focus attention towards the east where the duke or duchess presides on an elevated platform. Here, seats of intricately carved and gilded Rosenwood await, the ducal throne distinguished by its ruby embellishments and fixed position on the platform. A decorative false wall, rich with purple mosaics and gold accents, conceals the space behind.
+The floor, a tapestry of finely engraved tiles, is accented by elegant carpets stretching down its length. Rosenwood panels grace the walls up to waist height, capped with a substantial rail that discreetly conceals handles for hidden doors. The space above, painted in muted peach and highlighted with accents of green, gold, and red, completes the room's majestic palette. Adorning the northern and southern walls, wide tapestries serve as banners of history, illustrating pivotal moments: the initial voyage across the Wayfarer’s Sea, the first landfall near present-day Vessina, the founding of Alatri, the maiden voyage of their merchant fleet, and the signing of seminal treaties among the ducal houses and with the now assimilated minorities.
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The open center where attendees make their plea is slightly depressed into the floor
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