Planet:Koldenwelt/Old/Arakai Mountains

"A cold and unforgiving land, just like those who inhabit it."

- Unknown

Arakai Mountains is the home of the Arakai and the former home of the (more commonly known as the Inventors), located in the far northwestern corner of, near the territories belonging to the Urindalë.

Early History
Earliest traces of the Mountains' history date back to an age before the Qoranit formed their empire and are shrouded in mystery. According to the oldest of Qoranit texts a now-extinct race of nordic dragons used to rule the Arakai Mountains before the Qoranit formed their empire.

Greater Qoranit Imperium
In time the Qoranit became the dominant species of the Mountains and formed the Greater Qoranit Imperium. Qoranit took complete control of the Mountains and began to build great cities of stone and gold deep underground. The main reason for their rapid rise to power was the fact that Arakai Mountains used to hold great deposits of orichalcum, also explaining their desire to live underground. At some point they came in contact with the Colossi, who Qoranit began to despise. Qoranit using their advanced technology and great understanding of the Source enchanted much of their orichalcum and made numerous automatons that acted as their guardians and workers. These mechanical machines were powered by so called Soulstones, made with Soul Magic that the Qoranit had developed. The Qoranit rule over the Arakai Mountains ended when they mysteriously disappeared without leaving any clues that what happened to them, leaving their artifacts, knowledge, cities and their guardians behind for others to discover.

United Arakai
Many years after the fall of the Greater Qoranit Imperium, a new race called Arakai rose to fill the void that the Qoranit left behind. They too came in contact with the Colossi when, the Colossus of Ice passed through the Mountains, but unlike their predecessors the Arakai began to worship Kartansimal. Some time after this meeting they discovered Qoranit ruins and the artifacts that they left behind. As they learned more of the Inventors that built these ruins Arakai gained knowledge on the Source and the Soul Magic of the Qoranit. Although successful, the Arakai lacked any sort of unified government. Realizing that the Arakai would make a strong empire it didn't take long for a single warlord to gather his clan and unify the Arakai under one banner. This warlord was, an accused warlock that rose to power in his clan when the previous warlord died, leaving no one else than Vortigern to lead the clan. Vortigern's campaign was bloody and fueled by his obsession with Qoranit artifacts, especially the legendary Manufacturum. He eventually conquered all of Arakai Mountains and crowned himself the Emperor of the Mountains. After his campaign was over he solely focused with finding the Manufacturum and claiming its power for himself and beginning a campaign against all outsiders. But handful of warlords united against him and were possible to mass an impressive army to defeat Vortigern. Believing that he had found the key to the Manufacturum Vortigern ordered all his warriors to the ancient city of Ntchnzel and protect him while he retrieved the key. Realizing that this was their time to act, the revolting warlords attacked Vortigern in Ntchnzel. A massive battle was fought and in the end of it Vortigern was killed and all those loyal to him massacred. Even after nearly thousand years after Vortigern's defeat in the Battle of Ntchnzel the Arakai still don't have an unified empire. Perhaps this is for the best as when united the Arakai could potentially cause chaos to all those who live outside of the Arakai Mountains.