Tan Sugi Monastery

Tan Sugi Monastery, located near Willowshore in Shenmen, is an abandoned Sangpotshi monastery.

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History

Monks of Sangpotshi led by Zhi Hui founded the monastery in 7020 IC and founded Willowshore nearby, first to support its construction and then to facilitate trade between the monks and the outside world, with the two connected by a long, winding trail known as the Pilgrim's Path.

The monastery was named after a specific sugi tree, the Tan Sugi, itself named after the adventurer Tan Sui-Jing. Sui-Jing is said to have transformed herself into the tree as an act of sacrifice to defeat and seal away the fiend Kugaptee in 6223 IC.

Zhi Hui died in 7054 IC, and amid the town's transition to logging and discord among the Sangpotshi monks, the monastery was effectively abandoned by 7060 IC.

In 7062 IC, a group of loggers from Sze that included the son of Sze's leader Chou Mingxia attempted to harvest ancient sugi trees at the monastery's site, but returned to town as hostile undead. The townsfolk fended them off in a deadly battle later known as the Night of Broken Blades. The abandoned monastery was subsequently regarded as cursed and avoided, though many of the town's residents remained faithful to Sangpotshi.