The Tomb of Imhotep

Rising high above the Kalah Crevasse, Imhotep the First King looked upon his newly constructed monument-temple built in his name. Little did he know that his people would soon make this place his tomb.

Purpose / Function

The first king to unify the badlands from Nalepo to Nyag Town was Imhotep, a man said to have been so prideful he changed his name to that of a god. He is said to have found a genie’s bottle and used the wishes to achieve power and immortality. However, the immortality he was granted was only in soul, as his spirit stayed strong his body fell weak. To preserve himself, he built a monument in his honor and buried inside things he held dear. He feared that one might come to take everything he held close.
Worship of Bhaal grew in the city and the city itself grew notorious for being a place of evil. Imhotep waged wars against the outside and sought more magical means to keep his corporeal form. As Imhotep’s body began to fall, his people grew weary of him as a leader, and the Bhaal worshippers overthrew the king and used dark magics to seal his soul in his own monument; a place meant to exalt Imhotep now became his tomb

Alterations

The people of Imhotep's kingdom feared the king and did not believe his interests were in their best interests. They revolted and drove the king to his monument. The ancient peoples at the time sealed the King into a cursed sarcophagus, thinking they sealed the immortal king away forever. They sealed the entrances of the monument attempting to prevent anyone from entering the tomb to free their previous king. After the death of the dragon overlord Tyzyt, Imhotep's old kingdom became a desert and parts of the land began to swallow the tomb.
As time went by, adventurers and treasure seekers made their ways into the temple to plunder the treasures Imhotep left in life that weren't stolen by his people. Monsters and other creatures made the tomb their home while time and erosion withered away the initial greatness the tomb once had.

Architecture

Sandstone and other hard stones were utilized in the construction of the monument. Imhotep, making this a place for his own self worship and self storage used the best artisans of his kingdom to create statues of himself at the entrance and all through the tomb. A large pillar rises above the plateau the tomb was built into, while multiple pillars and statues line the initial crevasse leading to the tomb itself.

Alternative Names

Imhotep's Tomb; Temple of Imhotep

Type

Tomb

Parent Location

The Dead East Province

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