Antaeum

"The Imazighen - the people the world knows as the Berbers - venerate Antaios as a hero-king. Of course Antaios the Opponent, the Son of Earth, was a great enemy of the Lionsmith, but the Lionsmith has always respected his great enemies - or so say the initiates of the Antaeum."

is a Shrine to the Lionsmith. It can be found through Communicating with the Last Antaean Initiate in Tripoli. It hides details of the Exile character's backstory. Unlike other Shrines, it can be visited more than once, and, with the use of the Last Antaean Initiate, can be visited if you are consecrated to The Colonel.

= In the Antaeum = "The sanctuary is quiet, cool, though barred with sandstone sun. ‘I am the last,’ the old man says quietly. ‘And so I am the last who knows she was laid to rest - here - beneath the great stone of the altar. A Child of Earth is a difficult birth for ordinary flesh, you see; and so her heart burst. Then your father took you anyway...’"

Travel to this Shrine with the Last Antaean Initiate to receive Grief and the Kirqa-Caul. The Shrine will be returned to you. "I remain in the sanctuary after the old man has gone, until the stars wink outside the unglazed windows and the air is bitter with night. He pressed a gift into my hand before he left - a scrap of flesh I wore as I came into the world. ‘You were born beneath the shattered sword,’ he said, ‘and so we always hoped you would choose to rebel. After rebellion, of course, there comes the more difficult choice.’"

- End description, if not consecrated or consecrated to the Lionsmith

"I remain in the sanctuary after the old man has gone, until the stars wink outside the unglazed windows and the air is bitter with night. He pressed a gift into my hand before he left - a scrap of flesh I wore as I came into the world. ‘You were born beneath the shattered sword,’ he said, ‘and so we always hoped you would choose to rebel. We had never thought you would rebel against the Lionsmith. But choice is freedom's shadow.’"

- End description, if consecrated to the Colonel

"There's no sign of the old man today."

- If attempting to visit the Shrine with the Last Antaean Initiate again

= Use =

Visit a Brazen Shrine
"Start description: The Lionsmith’s shrines are bright with the scent of hot brass, and rank with the scent of big cats. I can learn more of the battle-mysteries of the Edge here.] End Description: I am growing stronger."

Travel to this Shrine with Lore while not consecrated to the Lionsmith in order to upgrade the Lore to the next level.

"I won't learn anything more here, but I could gain a Vitality so I can heal a Wound."

Doing this with The Mysteries of Force while unconsecrated will provide a Vitality.

A Consecration to the Lionsmith
"Start description: I could dedicate myself to the Lionsmith. [This will enrage you and limit your dealings with the Colonel, but increase Defiance, and open the Lionsmith's mysteries.] End Description: I have spilt the beast's blood and scorched my skin. I have undergone the Three Valorous Trials. I am a warrior of the Lionsmith, unless some day he releases me."

Travel to this Shrine with Temptation: Defiance to gain a mark of Defiance and Rage. This can only be done once. It will prevent you from accessing Shrines dedicated to the Colonel, but will allow you to access additional mysteries at Shrines to the Lionsmith.

A Brazen Vow
"Start description: I might choose to take the Brazen Vow, which demands boldness in even the direst circumstances. [This will give you a Rage, and make it impossible to win the game with an Obscurity victory, but will increase your Defiance.] End Description: ‘From valour, strength. From strength, valour. There is no defeat but shame.’"

Travel to this Shrine with Temptation: Escape while consecrated to the Lionsmith to destroy the Temptation and gain a mark of Defiance and Rage. This can only be done once.

Make a Pilgrimage to a Brazen Shrine
"Start description: The Lionsmith’s shrines are bright with the scent of hot brass, and rank with the scent of big cats. Meditation here will improve my understanding of the techniques the Lionsmith’s Names teach. End Description: My strength overwhelms my thoughts, and I circle the shrine, growling like a beast. Through the haze of my rage I think I hear the Many-Winged Ones whispering in the rafters. ‘The strength of the earth. Of the earth...’"

Travel to this Shrine with Lore while consecrated to the Lionsmith in order to upgrade it to the next level of Lionsmith Lore and gain Rage.

Make a Pilgrimage to a Brazen Shrine, for a Revelation
"Start description: The Lionsmith’s shrines are bright with the scent of hot brass, and rank with the scent of big cats. I have mastered his mysteries. If I meditate in his shrine, perhaps I will hear his voice. End Description: The sunlight falls in my eyes like blood, and all I see is the gold. The Name Menhit stands growling in the light, though I cannot see her. ‘Child of Earth!’ she hisses. ‘Hear me!’"

Travel to this Shrine with The Shattered Mysteries while you still have Unknown Foe's Weaknesses to reveal one of the Weaknesses and gain Rage.

Make a Pilgrimage to a Brazen Shrine, to Retrieve a Relic
"Start description: The Lionsmith's shrines are bright with the scent of hot brass, and rank with the scent of big cats. I have mastered his mysteries. If I meditate in his shrine, perhaps I will find something that has been left for me. End Description: In the space beneath the altar, I’ve found something left for me long ago."

Travel to this Shrine with The Shattered Mysteries once all of your Foe's Weaknesses have been revealed to gain Skaptodon's Sacrifice and Rage.