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A series of monumental structures that served as the physical nexus of the Dark Lord's prison. They were the repositories of the divine energy of [[The Eight]] and the source of the powers of the [[Demi-Pantheon]]. There were nine in total, eight white and one black. 

[[Antioch the Apologist]] and [[Marwynn of the Stand]] each managed to gain control of one of the White Obelisks, while Alexandria's opening of the Black Obelisk allowed her to assume the [[Omnity]].

As the Goodly Races spread out across the mainland in the wake of the Sacrifice of the Eight, they occasionally discovered a massive obelisk dominating the surrounding  countryside. Their purpose was unknown, but they were presumably left behind by the Eight Makers. Each was uniform in width and height: over a hundred feet tall from base to tip, but only twenty feet wide at the base. They were covered in an indecipherable writing and made of an unknown material, although the shattered remains of these structures are now widely known as [[Obelaster]]. 

It is now believed that the Obelisks were a content-spanning magical henge complex. Sages continue to argue as to the mechanics of such a structure, but the overall purpose of the Obelisks is widely agreed upon. It both bound the Dark Fiend into its prison and invested the Demipantheon with their divinity. It is unknown if these were separate or interrelated functions, but Alexandria's unlocking of the White Obelisk appears to both fully freed the Dark Fiend to return to the demiplane of shadow and slay the Demipantheon utterly. 

Antioch, and later Marwynn, were able to harness a portion of that power by "unlocking" the lesser obelisks. Antioch used the power to assure the independence of Hakan City-State. Marwynn, a skilled sorcerer in her own right, was able to harness the Obelisks' power far more effectively, and used to primarily to stave off defeat during the long [[Prophet's War]]. 

When Alexandria unlocked the White Obelisk, she absorbed all of the powers not just of the demipantheon, but also all of the energy that had once bound the Dark Lord, shattering all of the obelisks in the process. 
 

There were nine in total, eight black obelisks and one white.   
*1. Alexandria City. ''(Unlocked by Marwynn)''
*2. South of Lake Flan, Flannary 
*3. Avarice Hills, Odessa
*4. Hakan City ''(Unlocked by Antioch)''
*5. The Eld (Plateau), Odessa
*6. Wyvern's Reach, Petara
*7. (Mt.) Spear of Heaven, Gildenhome
*8. Deep in The Ulan
*0. (Mt.) Axis Mundi, Flannary/Fresia borderlands. ''(Unlocked by Alexandria)''