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To fully understand and appreciate a ruin like Tahkul-Rimtar, it is essential to know its history. My character Rahm Engem lived near the ruin and was IC exploring this history, revealing bit by bit what had happened when this fortress was still full of life. To make it easier for you, I present the History of this Fortress-city Out Of Character. To start, this is its location:
To fully understand and appreciate a ruin like Tahkul-Rimtar, it is essential to know its history. My character Rahm Engem lived near the ruin and was IC exploring this history, revealing bit by bit what had happened when this fortress was still full of life. To make it easier for you, I present the History of this Fortress-city Out Of Character. To start, this is its location:
History of the Ruin
Tahkul Rimtar's region was once called Khuldas, a Dwarven city that was going to be build for Diplomacy purposes, but it was never build. There has been a pretty big discussion about who really owned this region, in the end it's been reclaimed to be called Tahkul Rimtar.
It was the city of House Locun. Locun means Rise in the old Dwarven language. It was a Dwarven House. The goal of Locun was to reunite all the lost Dwarves after the clan-wars and put them under the banner of Yearnen. Locun was an intellectual house who aspired to record the history of Altera and to bring all books scattered in our world into one giant archive.
Tahkul Rimtar fulfilled the role of a City of Knowledge and provided space for Dwarves to live. The whole fortress-city is built in Dwarven architecture. This is the city where the Hall of Diplomacy, The Horgâr Hall and The Archive of Altera were present.
The founder of House Locun and Tahkul Rimtar is Krummi 'The Bald'. Krummi was the former librarian of Thraall and a Dwarven Scientist. This explains his love to write and read books. Tahkul Rimtar is freely translated: Book's Castle. This name was chosen, because Krummi raised most of the funds to realize the city by selling the books he wrote.
Tahkul Rimtar has among others a bow and arrow as town-sigil. It is situated near a Greyling village called Chanac. The bow-pattern that used to be on the floor in the center-hall was aimed at this village, for Greylings have a vicious reputation. You can reach Tahkul Rimtar by travelling via Thraall or the Dockmaster.
The Ruin
The castle Tahkul-Rimtar holds the following chambers:
~ The Central Hall ~
The Central Hall grants access to The Main-entrance, The Library, the residence hall and The Diplomacy Hall. It is a giant space with a tower with spiral stairs in each corner. These towers were meant to be the docking places for airships. Now there is not much left but broken remnants.
The Central Hall grants access to The Main-entrance, The Library, the residence hall and The Diplomacy Hall. It is a giant space with a tower with spiral stairs in each corner. These towers were meant to be the docking places for airships. Now there is not much left but broken remnants.
~ The Diplomacy Hall of House Locun ~ 
The Diplomacy Hall is the hall where the big meetings of Altera were supposed to be held. It was a more or less round chamber with a high ceiling. It contains nine seats, this dates back from the time that there were nine races: Humans, Earthspawns, Elves, Dwarves, Greylings, Nakam, Syrien and Halflings. This meeting-room was supposed to be used when catastrophies of enormous proportion happen to Altera: Like the exodus. This Diplomacy Hall has never been used, because of the endlessness quarrels within and between each race. The Greylings, Humans and Dwarves have never appointed a representative for their race.
~ The Hallway Bar ~
The Bar was a place where Alterans could meet each other and just sit, relax and talk about whatever they felt like. It's a place without obligations and where you would always hear the laughter of Dwarves. The bar used to have a display of strong drinks and a basement with its own brewery, for the Barkeeper to experiment on. The wood in this hallway has given a good soil for plants to grow upon, the bar is now nothing more than a wilderness with an occasional chair or table.
~ The Laboratory ~
The laboratory was the place where Krummi used to run his experiments. It held 4 observation tables, one examination table, an observatory, 4 brewingstands with 4 cauldrons with 5 classes of potion-chests, a netherwart provision and an unending pool of water. What's left is some ingredients and the chests. Who knows what kind of potions remain in this chamber?
~ The Temple of ... ~
Tahkul-Rimtar is a Dwarven city. It could never have been built to such a glory without the help of the gods. Or rather one god; the Dwarven God Korog. That is why a temple was constructed to honor his presence in Altera. This temple has been robbed of all its treasures and is now a windy place where the statues flow their everlasting lava. Rahm Kennys, who found this Ruin abandoned, recognized it as a temple and placed a beacon in honor to Shalheranna, the Goddess of Nature. Thus this temple is now Shalheranna's Temple.
~ Fishing Pond and farms ~
At the end of the halls where the residences are, there is a small fishing pond. In this outside-area there used to be a big farm near a spring and three animal-farms with a mushroom farm under the ground. The garden with many flowers and grass fields that once was has now turned into a thick willow forest, the fishing pond turned into a swamp.
~ The Dungeon ~
Tahkul-Rimtar has got a dungeon. It's a wild maze of alleyways and dark halls where you could easily get lost in. Krummi knew the way as he had already explored this labyrinth and noted the way to get through in a book. (still available in the Royal Library!) The Dungeon is the ideal place to hide things that should not be found. It also gives access to The Horgâr Hall. The main passage to the dungeon is currently blocked because the roof above it fell down. Yet there must be another entrance to the dungeon. Will you find it?
~ The Great Library of Tahkul-Rimtar ~
Last but not least: the library, with probably the biggest archive that could be found on Altera. It was immense and you needed the librarian or a map of the sections to find the book you were looking for, if anyone had knowledge archived in their city, it was Tahkul-Rimtar: Books Castle! But no longer, since the curse of the wizard, all books were wiped clean (the book about this event is also available in The Royal Library). Some books, though, remain. Most are empty but every now and then, you might find a book filled with text in one of the shelves that are left in this ruined library...
The Diplomacy Hall is the hall where the big meetings of Altera were supposed to be held. It was a more or less round chamber with a high ceiling. It contains nine seats, this dates back from the time that there were nine races: Humans, Earthspawns, Elves, Dwarves, Greylings, Nakam, Syrien and Halflings. This meeting-room was supposed to be used when catastrophies of enormous proportion happen to Altera: Like the exodus. This Diplomacy Hall has never been used, because of the endlessness quarrels within and between each race. The Greylings, Humans and Dwarves have never appointed a representative for their race.
~ The Hallway Bar ~
The Bar was a place where Alterans could meet each other and just sit, relax and talk about whatever they felt like. It's a place without obligations and where you would always hear the laughter of Dwarves. The bar used to have a display of strong drinks and a basement with its own brewery, for the Barkeeper to experiment on. The wood in this hallway has given a good soil for plants to grow upon, the bar is now nothing more than a wilderness with an occasional chair or table.
~ The Laboratory ~
The laboratory was the place where Krummi used to run his experiments. It held 4 observation tables, one examination table, an observatory, 4 brewingstands with 4 cauldrons with 5 classes of potion-chests, a netherwart provision and an unending pool of water. What's left is some ingredients and the chests. Who knows what kind of potions remain in this chamber?
~ The Temple of ... ~
Tahkul-Rimtar is a Dwarven city. It could never have been built to such a glory without the help of the gods. Or rather one god; the Dwarven God Korog. That is why a temple was constructed to honor his presence in Altera. This temple has been robbed of all its treasures and is now a windy place where the statues flow their everlasting lava. Rahm Kennys, who found this Ruin abandoned, recognized it as a temple and placed a beacon in honor to Shalheranna, the Goddess of Nature. Thus this temple is now Shalheranna's Temple.
~ Fishing Pond and farms ~
At the end of the halls where the residences are, there is a small fishing pond. In this outside-area there used to be a big farm near a spring and three animal-farms with a mushroom farm under the ground. The garden with many flowers and grass fields that once was has now turned into a thick willow forest, the fishing pond turned into a swamp.
~ The Dungeon ~
Tahkul-Rimtar has got a dungeon. It's a wild maze of alleyways and dark halls where you could easily get lost in. Krummi knew the way as he had already explored this labyrinth and noted the way to get through in a book. (still available in the Royal Library!) The Dungeon is the ideal place to hide things that should not be found. It also gives access to The Horgâr Hall. The main passage to the dungeon is currently blocked because the roof above it fell down. Yet there must be another entrance to the dungeon. Will you find it?
~ The Great Library of Tahkul-Rimtar ~
Last but not least: the library, with probably the biggest archive that could be found on Altera. It was immense and you needed the librarian or a map of the sections to find the book you were looking for, if anyone had knowledge archived in their city, it was Tahkul-Rimtar: Books Castle! But no longer, since the curse of the wizard, all books were wiped clean (the book about this event is also available in The Royal Library). Some books, though, remain. Most are empty but every now and then, you might find a book filled with text in one of the shelves that are left in this ruined library...
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