Rumor 0005 (DM)

“We traveled northeast of the city and outside the walls on the glacier there is a field of strange columns that glow with the light of Hel.  Be careful!”

These are obelisks that were outside the city perimeter to be repaired.  They must be set upright, but once done they go dark and then light back up after 1d3 rounds.  (They need to reboot.)

Each obelisk does something different:  1 - data repository (a way to extract thoughts, knowledge or Grey spells), 2 - defense obelisk (fires 5d6 Lightning Bolts), 3 - houses a captured being (basically a jail obelisk, works like a Mirror of Life Trapping), 4 - a hologram emitter (vision of a scene from within the City or Skein for d3 rounds before stopping), 5 - a power source that can be tapped to recharge Grey items, 6 - no longer functional.

Each one will function 1d6 times before failing and going dark again.