I have spoken.

Another look at the jewel-encrusted walls. This time I tried for a really battered and time-stained effect on the background. The gems themselves, being of course made of some adamantine and superior Barsoomian material, retain their flawless and scintillating lustre, though it has been uncounted thousands of years since the deft hands of long-dead craftsmen set them into place.

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These all started with the interestingly-named Burning Ship fractal. In the past, I have found its reflective symmetry somewhat too much, but it seems about right for these decorative motifs.