There were many Citadels scattered across the Stormsea, hidden in its eerie and unpredictable waters. Some had been ruled by the House of Night for decades, some were conquered recently, as a result of Mordret infiltrating the Great Clan in preparation for the Domain War.
A year ago, one of them was ceded to the River People after they escaped the Tomb of Ariel, so that they had a home in the new and unfamiliar world Ananke had brought them to.
That Citadel had been known as the Black Obelisk before. It was a massive stone spire rising from the water and pointing at the sky as an accusing finger… in fact, it was a finger — a tip of one.
If one dove deep into the turbulent waters and followed the Obelisk into the depths of the Stormsea, they would eventually discover that it connected to a gargantuan hand carved from black stone, with four more fingers protruding from it at an angle.
