As an aside, it is probably worth marvelling at how remarkable an architectural wonder the Sun Dome Temple in Sartar is. With a dome approximately 30 meters in diameter, the Sun Dome Temple stands some 45 meters high, making it larger than the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. It is comparable in size to the ziggurat of Ur or Pantheon of Rome.
It was far beyond the Yelmalio cult to build, let alone pay for. But was within the resources of Prince Tarkalor, the King of Dragon Pass, although it is his single greatest building feat. Greater than the tower that bears his name or the road to Whitewall or even the port of Karse.
Tarkalor was of course a great builder – he built the road to Whitewall, the road between Wilmskirk and Duck Point, financed the port of Karse, built fortifications, buildings for guilds, commoners, and the beggar’s bed-row too. And more too! But the Sun Dome Temple was likely his greatest project. And in Sun Dome County they still speak in reverence of that great prince of Orlanth Rex, Tarkalor Trollkiller.
