Teglon Plaza

Teglon Plaza is a named open plaza within the walls of Orithena, adjacent to the temple complex. It is mentioned in the same context as the Temple steps, Analemma (named ceremonial area), and The Decagon (decagonal plaza), but the text does not state whether it is identical to, overlaps with, or is separate from those spaces.

Context / First mention

• During the night when a Geometers (alien visitors) probe descended into Orithena, locals raised a wide parachute as a canopy “above the Teglon plaza,” using shroud lines anchored to many fixed points (the top of the outer wall, trees, Cloister pillars, trestles, rocks, and stakes). This impeded immediate helicopter access to the interior of the concent (concent: walled mathic community).
• Later, as authorities arrived in force, a line of soldiers moved across the Teglon Plaza, picking up debris—including loose tiles—that might be hurled by rotor wash when they began landing equipment there. Evacuation flights ultimately formed outside the walls when a larger eruption threat emerged.

Description

• The plaza is described functionally (an open, level space suitable for spanning with a canopy and for use as a landing zone). Specific dimensions and paving details are not given here.
• It lies by the Temple steps within Orithena’s precincts, in proximity to named features such as the Analemma and The Decagon.

Relationships and associations

• Name: The term “Teglon” elsewhere names a geometric tiling challenge associated with The Decagon and The Teglon (tile puzzle). This account does not specify the exact relationship between Teglon Plaza and those features.
• Community: Orithena is populated by avout (avout: cloistered scholars) and workers managing the excavation of the Temple of Orithena; Teglon Plaza serves as a focal open area during the described events.

Current status

• Following a powerful eruption initiated at the nearby volcano, a fast, hot ash-and-gas flow overran the Orithena precincts. The specific condition of Teglon Plaza afterward is not described, but the walls and buildings around it were overwhelmed.

Notes

• Terminology here follows in-world usage; where proper names exist (e.g., “Analemma,” “The Decagon”), capitalization follows canonical forms.