Gonglu Temple (Ruined)

Near the southeastern borders of Pukisho, not more than half a day’s walk from Jinshu Kong, lies the ruined Gonglu Temple. Once standing as the greatest Shen temple, and the most popular with aspiring initiates, it now stands abandoned and ruined amidst the thick vegetation of the jungle. Its great gates broken inwards by the might of the imperial war machine, the temple’s halls, courtyards and chambers have been overturned and ransacked, the remains of monks and soldiers alike still found strewn about now two generations later, picked clean by the creatures of the jungle. Now the temple is home to a small allosaurus pack who use it as a den to return to after their long hunts. Yet the allosaurs, according to some brave adventurers, stick to the courtyards and exterior portions of the temple, despite being more than capable of fitting into the temple’s sanctuary and adjoining chambers. Even during great rainstorms, the allosaurs find what shelter they can in the temple’s exterior. Some superstitious folk claim that the spirits of the dead who were killed there during Uzumikoku’s assault still linger, that Xinshi refuses to take them to the afterlife, as their blood was spilled in such a horrific, dishonorable fashion. Whether there is any truth behind any of these ghost stories remains uncertain, for nobody dares approach the ruin, what with the presence of the allosaurs.