Throne of the Gods

“When the low clouds parted above the Inner Forest, the embrasure was finally revealed. The natives’ stories, though true, did no justice to the enormity of the indentation. The escarpment itself was a perfect wall of stone thrust upward from the land’s foundations. It connected the north and south horizons, like an enormous rocky stair that divided the forest into lower and upper halves. As the day waned and Arzàmarádð lowered into the West, the cavity was illuminated. No trees grew upon the lofty seat, at least not close enough to the edge to see. The bottom of the seat ran parallel to the escarpment’s edge and the crowded forest floor hundreds of feet below. The only life visible in that space was the wheeling of giant birds, nearly imperceptible against the distant sky. Further inspection, though from a distant vantage, revealed that the seat was devoid of any stones or rubble that might give clues to the creation of its simple but indefectible shape. Whether this unnatural cavity was indeed the seat of gods may never be known, but can easily be imagined.” – Journal of Ðirínys Gōlar

One of the most curious Wonders of Teréth End is the inscrutable Throne of the Gods. Tultāa Egn is an enormous square depression in the Sul-Tèreðor escarpment. By itself, it appears to be a natural shelf of stone in an otherwise unbroken wall. Closer examination reveals more questions. The seat appears to be expertly excised from the escarpment wall, though there are no tailings evident within or below the space. If the missing stone was removed, it would have provided enough materials to build several cities with paved streets. There are no apparent veins or cracks in the surrounding walls, no suspect streams or springs, no tunnels or caves that might harbor tireless Hôrkyr. The only evidence of life upon the seat are the occasional skeletons of hapless animals that have tumbled to their deaths from the high walls.