side note : the Fallen Legion, whilst not TECHNICALLY a part of the city guard, did have a “virtual” rank in the guard (as do the battleogres) so beings such as themselves and the command structure were given special privileges when it came to requesting things from the V’ral Obelisk…

also (my woken brain has reminded me) that whilst in the Mess, after the Great Resurrect wound up burning down the weave, the deities of magic respun it using the obelisk network - which made each of the crystalline entities basically Ley Line Nexuses. after that occurred, they didn’t mind so much blasting extra mana into manapools or batteries, as they had access to overflow from the main conduit of magic feeding the whole sphere (similar to the feed Daren gets from his microsphere).

or were you thinking of the Mana Shower that Arg built in Argopolis ?