Nightmare Telescope

The Nightmare Telescope, sometimes referred to as the Temple of Un, is a structure located on the planet Nexuta, in orbit around Un. A very ancient construction, it is not known who originally constructed the Nightmare Telescope, as its design, though reminiscent of Tuoctlo or Vuokra technology, does not resemble anything else found in The Cluster. The Nightmare Telescope, as a structure, is divided into two different portions. A cubical base anchored into the ground, and a floating diamond-shaped structure that hovers high above this base. The base of the structure is a maze of corridors, empty rooms and strange, diamond-shaped doorways surrounding a large, open room in the center of the structure. In the center of this room is a diamond-shaped aperture filled to the brim with Ether Bile. This aperture, as it turns out, is a wormhole that serves as the connection between the base of the structure and the telescope hovering above it, which contains an identical aperture. Climbing into the pool of Ether Bile in one aperture equates to a person climbing out of the pool in the other aperture, a rather disorienting process that is poorly understood. The telescope portion of the structure is relatively featureless, save for the wormhole pool located near the back of the telescope room, and the magnifying screen in the front that constantly projects a crystal-clear, zoomed-in picture of Un.

Ever since his arrival thousands of years ago, the Only Hierophant has made the Nightmare Telescope his home, filling its empty rooms with artifacts and trinkets that he collects from various alien civilizations. After a few expansions by the Infinity Guild, the Nightmare Telescope has become an important place of worship for all high-ranking Guild members, though the actual telescope itself is off-limits to everyone except the Only Hierophant and those that he deems fit to become Black Witnesses. Gazing through the Nightmare Telescope is not an unusual process for most people, as Un's appearance does not change inside of the telescope. However, those that have seen glimpses of Black Infinity exhibit a strange reaction when brought inside of the telescope room, claiming that they see a white corona around the edges of the black star. After gazing long enough, these people bear witness to what the Only Hierophant has called "an impossible truth," and become Black Witnesses.