Editing Dolsia (section)

=== Notable Locations ===
There are a wide variety of landmarks within Dolsia, from its tunnels covered in painted hands to the forges lining lava flows. A selection of some of its most well known ones are as follows.

==== Apsthal ====
The capital city of Dolsia. Apsthal is the first city of Dolsia and remains its capital. It is located in the south of the cave network, a half day's journey from the Skymouth. Apsthal is located within the second-largest cavern in Dolsia: it is enormous, and standing at its bottom, you cannot see its ceiling, even with caelian light. It's extremely densely populated, and this is where most of the old, powerful families began and still reside. Few natural structures still exist: the entirety of the cave has been developed, and architecture is layered upon layered for the generations its been since the city was founded. It is still very vertically oriented, designed for flight, so bridges and stairs are commonplace. A large lake pools at the bottom, where soft green algal glow lights the city from below. Apsthal is the central hub for scholarly and preservation work. 

===== Onyx Repository =====
Of all the museums and archives in Dolsia, the Onyx Repository is the largest and most well known. It has a front-facing museum wing and a library wing, both of which are open to the public. It also offers services to help verify familial connections, record stories, and update or repair genealogies. It's a bustling hub of activity within Apsthal, and it is run and maintained by Talmai's family. 

==== Salted Sea ====
The Salted Sea is located in a very low, very wide cavern. Standing on its sandy shores, one can only see water fading into the darkness. It is impossibly deep, and remains not fully explored by caelians, but it's theorized to connect--somehow--to the actual oceans. Unlike water everywhere else in Dolsia, it's salty and does have mild tidal action; however, it's far inland, only slightly west of center of the country. The Sea is an important source of food for caelians, as there's a strong fishing community here that catches every manner of fish, crustacean, and jellyfish. It's also a very popular vacation spot, in spite of its very cold water. The ceiling has long ago been painted with stars that glow in the dark.

==== Cumula Taiga ====
The Cumula Taiga is the cornucopia of Dolsia. It is located in the biggest cavern in Dolsia, far to the north, and cracks in its ceilings let enough threads of sunlight in to allow plants to grow. Over the millennia, a lush and massive rainforest has sprouted up, and the cave's size combined with its humidity has resulted in its own self-contained weather system. The canopy is constantly shrouded in clouds, and rain is frequent. In the misty dark below the canopy, a wealth of fungi grow alongside mycoheterotrophs--plants adapted to life without light that don't produce chlorophyll. Caelians that live here are largely farmers, foragers, and naturalists.  

==== Beknighted Corridors ====
The Corridors are the main path that connects the cities of eastern Dolsia. They consist of large, open tunnels pierced by thick spears of shining crystal. Local superstition holds that the Corridors are the remains of an ancient battlefield, where the stars used the spears to protect them from some sort of horrible calamity, but there is no evidence of this beyond the presence of the spears themselves. Nevertheless, walking the Corridors is considered a holy pilgrimage by those that believe, and the crystals remain--mostly--untouched by mining tool or travel paint. 

==== Skymouth ====
This is the largest and most well-known entrance to Dolsia. It faces south to [[Sayil]] and is an absolutely massive cavern entrance, easily hundreds of feet wide. A regularly used trail off the [[Theriad Caravans|Heartstone Road]] leads directly to it. A small city exists at the Skymouth: it used to be a temporary settlement for merchants, scouts, and guards, but as caelians have grown more bold in recent years, it's blossomed into a thriving economic center. Anyone who has a vested interest in trading with the outside world does their business at the Skymouth,