Mount Or-Ghash was a peak in the northern Chigidi Mountains in the Plain of Horses region of northwestern Kara-Tur.[1][2][3] Its western slope was a holy place to local lamas and the body of Or-Ghash Gol, who was considered to be the greatest high lama to have ever lived in the area, was interred nearby.[1]
Description[]
As a memorial to Or-Ghash Gol, one hundred caskets were placed along the pass to the mountain, approximately 100 yards (91 meters) apart. Only one casket held Gol's remains, but which it was was a secret known only to the high lamas dwelling on Mount Or-Ghash.[1]
Activities[]
The mountain was visited often by lamas and pilgrims. It was expected that pilgrims make an offering such as a scarf (khtagh in Chuchian) on top of every casket. Strangely, each spring, the high lamas placed a new set of clothes in the true casket of Or-Ghash Gol, and each autumn they took them out again, finding them used, dirtied, and torn.[1]
Inhabitants[]
The high lama of Mount Or-Ghash was Torgoja P'a, who served for ten years as of Shou Year 2607 (1357 DR).[4]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Mike Pondsmith, Jay Batista, Rick Swan, John Nephew, Deborah Christian (1988). Kara-Tur: The Eastern Realms (Volume I). (TSR, Inc), p. 82. ISBN 0-88038-608-8.
- ↑ Mike Pondsmith, Jay Batista, Rick Swan, John Nephew, Deborah Christian (1988). Kara-Tur: The Eastern Realms (Maps). (TSR, Inc). ISBN 0-88038-608-8.
- ↑ Karen Wynn Fonstad (August 1990). The Forgotten Realms Atlas. (TSR, Inc), p. 14. ISBN 978-0880388573.
- ↑ Mike Pondsmith, Jay Batista, Rick Swan, John Nephew, Deborah Christian (1988). Kara-Tur: The Eastern Realms (Volume I). (TSR, Inc), p. 86. ISBN 0-88038-608-8.