The Valley of the Avatar

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On the planet New Albuquerque, wedged between a mountain range and the main debris field lies a valley where one of the Avatars of Troniac crashed, largely intact, having survived the end of the 1000 Years war.  Separated from the direct guidance of Troniac, but possessing substantial intelligence of its own, the Avatar set about constructing a temple of Troniac with the help of other discarded and wrecked robots from the main debris zone.

The temple supported a large and active chapter of the Ascended Children of Troniac, and some of the local biological intelligences joined the temple as well.  Over time a small town sprang up around the temple, populated mainly by robots, with a few organics as well.

One of the main features of the temple was the Rotary Encoder of Fate, a large disc that functioned as an extremely sensitive rotary encoder that was used as a fortune-telling device.

Eventually, when the Avatar's mechanical body broke down, it was permanently installed on the temple grounds, and it's electronic brain, which continued to operate, was consulted for wisdom, and sought out for advice by pilgrims from across the planet.