Golgotterath

The area surrounding Golgotterath in 4109

Golgotterath and environs

The Horns of Golgotterath

Golgotterath was the nigh impregnable stronghold of the Consult, located to the north of the Neleöst Sea in the shadow of the Yimaleti Mountains. Called Min-Uroikas (“Pit of Obscenities” in Ihrimsû) by the Nonmen during the Cûno-Inchoroi Wars, Golgotterath did not become significant to human history until its occupation by the Mangaecca School in 777, who excavated the Incû-Holoinas and raised vast fortifications about it. It was known as Anochirwa (“Horns Reaching” in Kûniüric), due to the soaring golden horns of the Incû-Holoinas before acquiring its current dread reputation.

Description

Golgotterath is described as a stronghold that surrounds the golden horns of Incû-Holoinas, barring entry to the Ark. Walls, some 90 feet high, surround the escarpment known as the Scab that houses the Horns of the Ark. The walls meet at the mouth of the Scab, at the gatehouse of Gwergiruh, flanked by two fortresses; Domathuz in the south and Corrunc in the north. Beyond the gatehouse lies a series of terraces called the Oblitus that lead into the final fortress, High Cwol. The fortifications of Golgotterath are greater than anything built by Men, but are dwarfed by the enormous immensity of the Horns above the fortress.

In the Unholy Consult

The stronghold was finally impregnated by the Great Ordeal and the Canted Horn was broken by the Sun Lance, a weapon of the Inchoroi Tekne wielded by Anasûrimbor Kellhus, falling to Shigogli in ruin.

Parallels

• The name of the stronghold recalls "Golgotha", the Greek name of the place of Jesus Christ's crucifixion, knowns as Calvary in Latin.
• There is also some nominal similarity to The Plateau of Gorgoroth, the vast wasteland at the heart of Mordor in The Lord of the Rings series.