Kumakarna

Kumakarna is a ruined minotaur graveyard.
== History ==
Kumakarna is an ancient sacred site of burial for minotaurs. Unlike the Stone of Songs and the group of minotaurs that travel with it, Kumakarna cannot be moved. For this reason minotaurs such as Jahwud feel that it is imperative to protect the knowledge of the location from outsiders at all costs, as such exposure would risk harm to the sacred tombs. Many centuries ago the Stargazers made a pact with the minotaurs agreeing not to attempt to seek out, disturb or use divination magic on the site or the Stone of Songs.
== Description ==
From above Kumakarna looks like nothing more than an outcrop of rock in the waste, but underneath there lies an expansive and complex labyrinth. Beyond the labyrinth there lies buried an ancient warren of crypts, each holding the bones of minotaurs. Ancient magic protects Kumakarna from teleportation magic.
==In the Campaign ==
Lannus inadvertently broke the pact the Stargazers had made with the minotaurs regarding Kumakarna when attempting to locate Lorzak. Vantis obtained the appropriate supplies and gathered a crowd in the streets of Daln for an artistic competition, and then handed out gold as prizes for imitations of the image that Lannus scryed and caused to appear in the Eternal Fountain. These images portray Lorzak digging in the crypts of Kumakarna, and some were taken by the artists. After learning from Ruskar and Womak that outsiders were planning to attend Mornhak, Jahwud devised a ruse where he would instead meet with Vantis, Rexxar and Lannus in a barren location with twenty or so minotaurs and pretend the gathering was Mornhak (thus concealing the true location of Kumakarna). Using the following divination cast by Lannus, the deception was uncovered and the three arrived at Kumakarna just in time to see Nalfesh attack:
"A where you ask but guidance would befit, if you would find the minotaur you seek
He digs within the old forbidden crypt, of which only his kin may see or speak
The elder's ruse seeks only to distract, to guard that where of which they have not spoken
And to protect always the ancient pact, that which you have, without your knowing, broken"
Lannus, Vantis and Rexxar then defeated Nalfesh, as well as Sabu, Galura and Lorzak and saved the elf Vasha. They also discovered a powerful magical symbol that had been placed under Kumakarna by Sabu, intended to trigger an explosion and destroy the sacred site. Lannus attempted to disable the magical trap, however he was unsuccessful. The symbol detonated and triggered a major collapse, rendering most of the tunnels inaccessible from the surface.
Category:Locations
Category:Divinations