Scorching Library

The Scorching Library, previously known as the Erudite Citadel, was once one of the largest institutes of knowledge within Bataf. Located on the edge of the Cooking Canyon within the Princedom of Pyrulos, the Sorching Library was once at the forefront of magical research within the known world. The library would eventually finds it end when the ground underneath it was split open plummeting into the Cooking Canyon and its scorching lava.
== History ==
Founded by the dragon Niorvulth, the Quiet in the year 980, the Erudite Citadel as it was once known would grow out to become the centre of magical research in Bataf. Instead of hoarding chest of gold Niorvulth would hoard scrolls, books, staffs and other items known to either hold knowledge or magical properties. It is said that deep within the vaults of the library the last piece of makanium was kept. Makanium being a magical crystal once used by the elves of Al-Kanish as a power source, but has been lost for long after there magical arrival in the world of Bataf.
The Erudite Citadel prospered but would meet its end in the year 1498, with the ground underneath the library being torn apart. The whole structure fell into Cooking Canyon below, while heavily damaged parts of the building did manage to survive. Partially by sheer luck, however the few that survived the event said that the magii of the Erudite Citadel put together all there knowledge to safe the building from being destroyed completely. Nonetheless large parts were destroyed and only a handful of souls survived, with most of the knowledge being lost. It is however said that the main vault of the structure managed to live through the ordeal and that the knowledge kept within is still intact. This led to groups, be it scholars, mercenaries or opportunists to try and recover the contents of the vault, none of them managed to return. 
The exact cause of the event is not known, some groups claim the library stored forbidden knowledge and therefore angered the gods. Others blame the dwarves located at Othlest Inod for experimenting too much with lava, which according to them would have triggered a massive cataclysm of lava. But some lay the blame at the librarians themselves, who must have caused unrest of the magical forces causing the ground to collapse. The official stance by the dragon princes of Pyrulos is that the dwarves were to blame, with many of the common folk of the Oroborian Empire believing these claims. The dwarves of Othlest Inod however claim that they were innocent.
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