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== Location-based Strata and Relics ==
== Location-based Strata and Relics ==
Whenever an underground floor of a historic site has a name other than "liminal floor", that name represents a location that is part of the generated history. The location will be one that existed during the period of the sultan associated with this historic site, though it may or may not be a location that is explicitly mentioned in the significant events of the sultan's life.<ref name="AddSultanHistoryLocations" /> Historic sites are often conceptualized as "regions" within sultan lore, and those regions can contain one or more specific locations. For this reason, a snippet of sultan lore might say something like "While traveling through <historic site name>, <sultan> visited <location>". Occasionally, those locations can also include relics of importance to the sultan. For example, consider the following bit of sultan lore:
'''Liminal floors''' represent additional unnamed floors of the which do not have any specific history associated with them, in contrast to ''named'' floors which do.
 
'''Named floors:''' Whenever an underground floor of a historic site has a name other than "liminal floor", that name represents a location that is part of the generated history. The location will be one that existed during the period of the sultan associated with this historic site, though it may or may not be a location that is explicitly mentioned in the significant events of the sultan's life.<ref name="AddSultanHistoryLocations" /> Historic sites are often conceptualized as "regions" within sultan lore, and those regions can contain one or more specific locations. For this reason, a snippet of sultan lore might say something like "While traveling through <historic site name>, <sultan> visited <location>". Occasionally, those locations can also include relics of importance to the sultan. For example, consider the following bit of sultan lore:


{{qud quote|In 1764 BR, Ylepater won a decisive victory against the combined forces of Seminary District Salep at the bloody Battle of the Hamlet of Birsivuh, though he lost his prized {{qud shader|Y|Shiningacus Succulentswoe}} during the course of the conflict. As a result of the battle, the Hamlet of Birsivuh was so bristling with carnivorous geodes that it was renamed Lustrousruin.}}
{{qud quote|In 1764 BR, Ylepater won a decisive victory against the combined forces of Seminary District Salep at the bloody Battle of the Hamlet of Birsivuh, though he lost his prized {{qud shader|Y|Shiningacus Succulentswoe}} during the course of the conflict. As a result of the battle, the Hamlet of Birsivuh was so bristling with carnivorous geodes that it was renamed Lustrousruin.}}