The Lion’s Tooth is the headquarters of House Shar Dakhan, located in the city of Seng Karash upon the planet Aeotheran. A combination of both comfort and function, it serves as the official seat seat of the House's Quaestor Darkblade and his Aedile Bentre Stahoes.
History
Following the events of the Great Jedi War and the Dark Crusade, this citadel was constructed as the headquarters of House Shar Dahkan. This gave the occupants a location in which to barrack and train loyalist forces within the walled city. The stucture was first concieved by former Quaestor, Galleros Sjl. He alone spearheaded the project in an effort to construct a monolithic spectacle for the entire city to revere and fear.
About halfway through it's construction, the Consul of Naga Sadow introduced Sjl to his new Aedile. Inarya Tiberius Entar. The two worked together to ensure the success of the project. Once completed the building was just as imposing as intended, blocking out sunlight for the southern side of the city and covering the entire district in perpetual darkness. The dome which sat at the topmost tower leaned forward, as if to remind the inhabitants their true masters were ever vigilant, ever watching.
Structure
Main Hall
The main hall is a vast open room directly in the heart of the citadel. The roof of the room is supported on several large black marble pillars, each draped with the heraldry of both the House and Clan Naga Sadow. Pillars line the walkway to a large central staging area, used by the Quaestor and Aedile for any official House announcements. It is in this large space that the many relics the House has gathered since its inception are displayed. Among these is the infamous Sword of Shar Dakhan. The room is mainly used for formal events, but it has been known to be used as a general meeting area, depend on who occupies the seat of power.
Courtyard
Leading out from the main hall is a large central courtyard. The space is flat and in direct view of the sun with lush green vegetation. Flower beds are filled with a rich selection of local tropical flora and fauna. A few exotic specimens remain, having been planted by a former Quaestor, or planted by other members of the House.
The courtyard is not only filled with the sound of the native wildlife but also the sound of trickling water from the large central fountain. This sculpture of is symmetrical with three bowls, the higher ones smaller than the base. The outside of the highest bowl is lined with the official markings of the Order of the Black Guard. The next bowl holds a native Aetheran etching, with the highest symbols clearly seen as the House symbol. The lowest and the widest bowl in which the entire fountain sits in was constructed in a subtly different style. Inside the bowl where the water sits is an engraving of the Clan’s insignia, chiseled into the bowl and overlaid with a darker slate. The arms of the clan insignia reach out to four lips that drop for water to flow through. This stream leads off away in different directions and towards the preserved clusters of gardens that the courtyards holds.
In each of these gardens, the streams feed the flower beds, trees and the shrubs that naturally grow there. The wildlife are most likely found here, drinking and picking fruit. The stream then leads off out towards the cliff edge and drops down into Seng Karash, where it is collected into large bathing areas.
Holocron Library
Holocron Library
Branching off from one of the many corridors of the main hall is the Holocron Library. The room is carved almost entirely from obsidian glass giving the room a black purple hue. Towards the middle of the room are large white marble statues of great dark side scholars that stare down upon the room's occupants. Beyond the statues, desks litter the empty spaces each carved out of a single piece of Gallian Firestone, black high back chairs are pushed neatly into each one.
The walls of the room are covered from floor to ceiling with Holocron storage banks, each one documenting thousands of years of knowledge from the Ancient Sith Empire to far off planets and systems. Wandering around the room keeping ever watchful eyes on the information housed within the wall are the Krath scholars of House Shar Dakhan.
From the ceiling hang large shards of Glow Stone that illuminate the room with a warm light, the crystal nature of the Firestone desk catching the light and shining. What the Glow Stone doesn’t illuminate, the harsh artificial light of the storage bank does giving the room a odd mix of the natural world and the technological.
While the information in the library is accessible to any Brotherhood member, the tomes documenting in depth history of Clan Naga Sadow, their secrets and hidden rituals are kept locked away from the anyone but the eyes from Sons & Daughters of Sadow and the summit leaders.
Barracks
Citadel Barracks
Near the back of the complex in amongst the living quarters of the members of House Shar Dakhan are the Barracks of the Houses Ground Forces. Each room is equipped with all the basic amenities needed for comfort, while not big in size the room are big enough for there to be a bed, desk and chair in each as well as a small storage unit.
While primarily used to house the 2,000 troop attachment of House Shar Dakhan’s flagship the VSDII Covenant, it is capable holding any extra forces that may be deployed there. Along with living quarters the barracks are equipped with training facilities and weapons lockers holding all of the equipment for the House forces.
Equite Offices
Located on the first floor of the Lion’s Tooth is a room that mostly a ghost town and never spoken of to outsiders. This office space stretches the entire diameter of the citadel and it is layered with firestone desks, each desk supported with a comfortable chair stitched with leather. The room is clearly designed for the Equite members to work, as each desk holds their own personal console, a built-in holocommunicator and a dossier number.
It is rare for a member to see another member inside here, as most people use the consoles in their rooms. However for things such as formal meetings, studying unknown resources not found in Holocrons or distance Shadow Academy work, then this is the place to find someone. Mostly found here are the dedicated Krath members trying to achieve more, or the aspiring Sith pilots who file their applications into the spaceport located near Kel Rasha.
Elder Luxury Lounge
Exclusively designed for Elders only no-one enter this area of the citadel, a large gilded door fitting with a biometric scanner blocks the way into the lounge area. Behind the door a long hallway leads to a large ornate space line with golden fixtures accented against deep purple polished marble. On one side of the room is a large bar behind which is nearly every alcoholic beverage in the know galaxy, each poured and served but a number of different service droids that shoot busily round the room.
Opposite the bar is seating area, each chair large and soft made from the finest fabrics that can be found. The chairs are clustered together, sat for the members to converse and discuss things privately. Each group of chairs holds its own very rare wooden coffee table, darkened to a bark brown and very sturdy. Tall oval windows sit just behind and around the bar which face the setting sun on the eastern wall, and lined with pairs of chairs each with their own wooden tables. Oddly enough, this is the only place in the Lion’s Tooth you will find wooden furniture. Lined neatly across the southern walls where the entrance hall resides, are alcoves each covering a statue of every elder who remains in the House. Underneath each statue holds all the titles and awards that each Elder has achieved.
Aedile Office
The official home of Inarya the current serving Aedile, her office is very much an extension of herself. A large painting of her home world of Ryloth hangs from the wall being her simple metal desk and chair. On the desk is the untidy mess of data pad and papers very much showing her unprofessional nature, choose to spend very little time here she keeps the majority of the information she needs on her personal data pad leading to a lot of the paperwork that litters the area to vastly out of date.
Although a large room, the space that is her office is remarkable empty due her lack of personal belongings. Other than a few trinkets and blaster the walls and surfaces are left as empty as the day she was appointed. The temperature of her office is kept hot and dry, a reminder of her home, a temperature that visitors to her office often find themselves uncomfortable in a few minutes.
Behind her desk are two large window each giving her a view across the city of Seng Karash, in the far distant the blue ocean is just about visible from both of them. When Inarya is in her office she spend most of her time at the window, fashioning a seat out of the pillows and other fixtures that came with the room.
Quastor Office & Greenhouse
Representing the workplace and professional stature of Galleros Sjl, the office that sits in the highest room of the Lion’s Tooth is seen as an extension of himself. In every space possible within this office is some form of exotic and native flora, growing and flourishing delightfully. The plants that sit by the skyline windows are big, strong and beautiful, the shrubs, vines and tendrils can crawl along the floor seem almost dormant until disturbed by a foot or speech, then scurry into the darkness of the wall. The ceiling of the office has faded away and a cloud of mist has formed, pattering the broad leaves below with rain drops. If you eventually reach the back of the office area, there is a single window that overlooks Seng Karash and it’s beautiful glimmer from the sunshine.
The desk like other desks is scattered with datapads, various tools from his analysing and testing, and a holocommunicator which he constantly uses to speak with other members who dare not risk coming into his office. However, Galleros also keeps a colony of slugs on his desk, which frequently purr at him or their siblings for attention. He keeps these creatures in here for two reasons, the first is so they can cull back the overgrowing or dying flora located within this office which removes the trouble of him performing maintenance. The second reason is to keep other members in check, by first sending the juvenile slugs out with fitted cameras and then releasing the adult father who would pester the member until he kills him, or they are devoured. by one thousand teeth.