Kolaar Mountain
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Kolaar Mountain, also known as Mount Kolaar, is a multi-peaked mountain in the state of Vadam in Yermo, Iruiru, Sanghelios.[1] The mountain is covered by expansive groves of trees and the peaks are covered in snow.[2]
Overview[edit]
Kolaar Mountain forms a core part of Vadam keep, with the lower levels of the keep built directly into its base. Its central location and natural defenses made it a formidable castle-like stronghold; in times of war, the mountain's hardened rock and an underground river running beneath it ensured the survival of Vadam and its citizens from historic assailants.[1]
The Mountain Gate of Vadam Keep is situated below in the narrow gorge that the river flows through. Rising from a natural spindle of rock on the mountain's slope is an open-air observation tower, the tallest structure in Vadam Keep. Just beyond the tower, a pair of colossal statues of Ther 'Vadam and Mak 'Vadam stand guard on either side of the split mountain, crafted from the rock of the mountain's slopes.[3]
The distance between Vadam Keep near the mountain's base and Vadam Harbor spanned approximately thirty miles in 2535.[1] The Kolaar Manufactorum is a forge in Vadam likely based around the mountain's foothills and is named after it.[4] Workers in the Kolaar Manufactorum live in tenement islands throughout Vadam Valley.[5]
Kolaar Mountain also holds deep cultural importance for the Vadam lineage as the bearer of the keep's saga wall. Deep within the mountain, in a stone chamber of Vadam Keep, the continuing Vadam saga is carved into the walls, preserving the clan's generational history.[6]
List of appearances[edit]
- Halo: The Cole Protocol (First appearance)
- Halo: The Thursday War
- Halo: Hunters in the Dark
- Halo: Outcasts
- Halo: Edge of Dawn
Sources[edit]
- ^ a b c Halo: The Cole Protocol, chapter 9
- ^ Halo: Hunters in the Dark, chapter 3
- ^ Halo: Edge of Dawn, Epilogue
- ^ Halo Waypoint Forums, Catalog Interaction: "[macto cognatus] [forge] located within the Vadam territorial sector on [Sanghelios]." (Retrieved on Apr 13, 2016) [local archive] [external archive]
- ^ Halo: Outcasts, chapter 1
- ^ Halo: Outcasts, chapter 2
