So I've always been curious about the very interesting Qarn normal mode description that it has in the game. During the description, it speaks a little bit about the findings of the scholars that have been excavating the sight so far.
"Under the unforgiving Thanalan sun lie the ruins of an ancient temple half-devoured by the shifting sands of a timeless desert. Though used by ancient Belah'dians as a place to worship the sun goddess, Azeyma, the massive underground structure appears to be far older than this Sixth Astral Era civilization. That, however, did not deter Belah'dian sultans from each adding their own chambers to the original construct in a bid to achieve immortality through creation. In the subsequent years since the fall of Belah'dia, many an adventurer has sought to explore the temple's mysteries and perhaps return with the reassure of a loser era... only to fall victim to one of the complex traps set to prevent that very thing from happening."
—In-game description
The massive underground structure, and appearing to be far older than the Sixth Astral Era civilization. What exactly.. *is* this so called 'far older' civilization?
Has there been any other mention of this? You have Ul'Dah, which is still around, then Sil'Dih, which was a sister state to Ul'dah. They formed a divide because of a succession crises in Belah'dia. Which seems to be the first and oldest civilization in that desert until this comes up.
I don't think it's Allag. Allag is ancient on a whole other level, and this does not appear to be Allagan at all, or else I would probably be staring at an insanely-high technological chamber instead of what you see in Qarn.
What does it mean? Do they refer to the Egyptian-style architecture you see or was that placed there by Belah'dia? Anyone have any speculation or clues?
"Under the unforgiving Thanalan sun lie the ruins of an ancient temple half-devoured by the shifting sands of a timeless desert. Though used by ancient Belah'dians as a place to worship the sun goddess, Azeyma, the massive underground structure appears to be far older than this Sixth Astral Era civilization. That, however, did not deter Belah'dian sultans from each adding their own chambers to the original construct in a bid to achieve immortality through creation. In the subsequent years since the fall of Belah'dia, many an adventurer has sought to explore the temple's mysteries and perhaps return with the reassure of a loser era... only to fall victim to one of the complex traps set to prevent that very thing from happening."
—In-game description
The massive underground structure, and appearing to be far older than the Sixth Astral Era civilization. What exactly.. *is* this so called 'far older' civilization?
Has there been any other mention of this? You have Ul'Dah, which is still around, then Sil'Dih, which was a sister state to Ul'dah. They formed a divide because of a succession crises in Belah'dia. Which seems to be the first and oldest civilization in that desert until this comes up.
I don't think it's Allag. Allag is ancient on a whole other level, and this does not appear to be Allagan at all, or else I would probably be staring at an insanely-high technological chamber instead of what you see in Qarn.
What does it mean? Do they refer to the Egyptian-style architecture you see or was that placed there by Belah'dia? Anyone have any speculation or clues?
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