Setting: Location Inspiration

By: Jason Collins

for the city:

the developing modern scenery blends almost seamlessly into the lush forest from bird's eye view. from the ground, however, the transition is a bit more harsh.

Brazil seems like the closest to Sylvan to me... ancient, yet new, growing yet deeply traditional. city folk stay in the city, unless they need to do something other city folk dont need to know about, or buy something most city folk dont get to buy. all the privileged city kids would die to see the outside, until they get to see the outside, then they realize they dont want to die.

and, for the temple:

natural grandeur, a sense of meticulous order, extreme isolation... the stone may be cracked and obviously aged, but the structure is as solid as the mountain