Tomahna

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Tomahna was the home of Atrus, Catherine and their daughter Yeesha, on the surface of Earth. It was built after the events on Myst Island created painful memories that Atrus and Catherine wanted to escape.

1 Origin of name
2 Location
3 Description
4 Appearances
- 4.1 Featured
- 4.2 Mentioned
5 References

[edit] Origin of name

The name Tomahna has its origins in the D'ni word tomahn, which means "house".^[1] The name is probably not purely D'ni but the ending -a could have been derived by place names in English.

[edit] Location

Tomahna is close^[2] to areas such as the Lodge, the Cleft and therefore also the tunnels leading to the Great Shaft, and ultimately, the D'ni caverns, because the Stranger apparently easily traveled from the area near the Cleft — where he would have found the Myst linking book — to Tomahna, as evidenced in the storyline beginnings of Myst III: Exile and Myst IV: Revelation.

[edit] Description

Tomahna is initially approached by a tram that gives a spectacular overview of the area, passing through a tight spot and with an area that has a gorgeous view of the entire complex. The tram stops at Atrus' laboratory. From the lab, an elevator descends to the medium living level, which contains a greenhouse, an experiment laboratory (possibly Catherine's?), and the bedroom of Atrus and Catherine. If the lab elevator is taken downwards to the lowest level, it goes across the lake and leads to the bedroom area. There is a swinging bridge that leads across the lake to the kitchen and Yeesha's bedroom. From the experiment lab, a door leads to the sunroom and Atrus' office.

[edit] Appearances

[edit] Featured

Myst III: Exile

In Myst III: Exile, we see Atrus's office and the attached sunroom. Catherine doesn't allow the player to visit the couple's private chambers.

Catherine introduces the player to the view seen from the sunroom ("Breathtaking, isn't it?"), but as the Stranger likely traveled to this place directly, not through linking, they would already have seen the view before. The Stranger may not have seen a similar view before. Alternatively, Catherine's statement implies that Tomahna was considered to be a separate Age during the game production.

Myst IV: Revelation

In Myst IV: Revelation, we are introduced to a different part of their home, surrounding a lake close to a waterfall. It is unknown whether this part had been there before or was newly added.