Kadish Tolesa

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Kadish Tolesa
Written by Guild Master Kadish
Type	Private Age
Connected places	Kadish Gallery, Bahro Cave
Restoration phase	Open
Link-in points	Forest, the first telescope

Kadish Tolesa is an age written by Guild Master Kadish around the decade of 9390 DE ^{(1735 AD)}. It served as a storage place for his wealth, securely locked in a vault.

Several clues for the puzzles in this age can be found in the Kadish Gallery, but no doubt the main clue rests in the significant quote from the Regeltavok Oorpah given to the modern explorer by Yeesha: "A shallow glimpse can deceive. Look deep, ponder, and recognize all that is hidden."

The Age consists of a thick purple forest, with green and orange leaves always falling from the ceiling. It can be divided into five main areas, which are: the Age's top, the Moon Room, the Pyramid, the Pillar Room and the Vault. Each of these parts is meant to be a hindrance towards advancing on the Age.

The Age's top is composed of three sets of telescopes which consist the main puzzle here. Upon solving the puzzle, the traveler is granted access to the Moon Room, where he must assemble and then seek the true path towards the Pyramid. Once outside the Moon Room, it is possible to catch a glimpse of what the Age's exterior really is, with its purplish blue sky, the tall trees that protrude from the mist below, and its sun and moons, which complete the beauty of the view. Whether Kadish wrote this age to be some sort of ruins, or if it became this much decayed due to lack of maintenance is unknown. The state of things on this Age just add to its beauty. The Pyramid is the most difficult of the five areas to get through, if one does not know what to look for. After getting through the Pyramid, one is taken to the Pillar Room, a huge contraption designed to elevate the pillars in order to go forward. After finding a way through the Pillar Room, the traveler is finally taken to the Vault, which the Guild Master thought to be impenetrable and intended to remain forever locked. Within the Age's Vault are the remains of Kadish, lying amidst the treasure he coveted. A letter written in D'ni can also be found in the vault, a testament to the Age's purpose and the Guild Master's final days.

There is an alternate version of the vault, empty of treasure and with Kadish's body gone. Torn fragments of paper document Yeesha's claim that she gave him new life with "the powers of gods", but the nature of these events and of the empty vault remains a mystery.

The age's most visible flora are the massive trees which dominate the age. There is little in the way of wildlife, but fireflies and butterflies have been seen. The calls and flapping of an unseen bird are audible, and the calls of frogs (which resemble the call of the ytram) can often be heard.