Great Library of Perpustakaan

The Great Library of Perpustakaan, or simply Perpustakaan, was a library in Perpustakaan in the Kesasar Valley in the Shao Mountains of southern Kara-Tur. It was one of the most magnificent repositories of knowledge in all of Kara-Tur. Unfortunately, most of the people outside the Shao Mountains had forgotten the existence of it.
==History==
Perpustakaan was built in ancient times by the empire of Anok-Imaskar. After the fall of that civilization, the existence of the library was forgotten in the later empires of Shou Lung.
Circa , however, an adventuring party may have rediscovered the library and told Emperor Kai Tsao Shou Chin and Imperial Wu Jen Kao Shan Ten about it.
==Description==
Perpustakaan was made of black granite. It was a huge building with a tall pagoda stretching into the sky.
Inside, the library was divided into many reference Sections, with one specific section for each of these topics: literature, astrology, geography, ancient history, military history, philosophy, biography, mathematics, arcane lore, and one section for each member of the Nine Immortals.
There also a conference room, a rotunda, rooms and cubicles for visiting scholars, a foyer, and residences for staff members.
==Population==
Perpustakaan had a limited librarian and clerical staff but a large militia that enforced the respect of the library's rules and maintained peace inside.
==Rules==
Perpustakaan was open twelve hours a day, from dawn to sunset. To use the library, one needed to register six months beforehand. It was possible, however, at the head librarian's discretion, to bend rules under special circumstances.
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Category:Locations in the Shao Mountains
Category:Locations in Shou Lung
Category:Locations in Kara-Tur
Category:Locations on Toril
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