Reliquary of Dommah Rae

The Reliquary of Dommah Rae is a holy site in Rasa dedicated to preserving knowledge. It is held as a sacred place by both the Rashishi people and the sand giants. Even the halflings do not cause mischief.
Ages ago, it was carved into a mesa by sand giant slaves ordered by the annu. They crafted the beautiful edifice seen to this day. As the power and pride of the annu grew, a raven prophet came to them and warned that if they set themselves above others, an agent of Myrael would come to enforce the balance. The annu leaders heeded the raven's warning and released the slaves. Humans and others came to join the giants in their pursuit of knowledge.
Inside the mesa, the carven halls are uneven and made to accommodate the giants and the even larger annu. The inner sanctum is richly carpeted (no shoes are allowed) and filled with a massive library, one to rival even the great elf cities of Tellaria.
Archivists from all over Dorhaun seek this place, for there are few greater honors or rewards for a reader than access to such knowledge. All access is free, but the Reliquary is warded by spells and guarded by sand giants.
During the final years of the Age of Telvimbror, many priests of Dommah Rae began having visions of crashing waves washing the library away and led their followers from the Reliquary to the coast, where they would take their books and escape the impending devastation. Those who left and survived the journey landed on Exscillon and founded the nation of Gharzaraa.
In what was perhaps fated by the hand of Dommah Rae, the departure of these priests encouraged the others to prepare mighty wards for any oncoming disaster. When the Virgin Lands appeared and the Great Flood came, the top of the mesa was broken, but the Reliquary survived with every book, tablet, and scroll intact.
=== The Unutterable Vaults ===
The Reliquary also serves as a hub of intrigue regarding dangerous sacred texts and artifacts from the broader region, as far away as Aria and Tagdri, with works from farther afield being brought in occasionally by outside parties. Agents of the Reliquary and adventurers hired by them move across the land collecting dangerous scrolls and writings, especially those containing powerful magic, but in other cases mundane materials considered heretical or otherwise in danger of being lost or destroyed. Those scholars who fled to Exscillon accepted, with sadness, that these texts would be lost. The Reliquary does not condone killing in the name of acquisitions, but they understand self defense. Once acquired these works are placed in the "Unutterable Vaults," places where they may be studied as long as they are never removed and under no circumstances read aloud. Absolute silence is enforced. Even muttering under one's breath is grounds for expulsion, as some of these works will produce catastrophic magic when read aloud... or are aware and can hear the reader and in some way respond. Which is more dangerous depends on the work in questions.
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