Labyrinth of Shiman-Sekh

The Labyrinth of Shiman-Sekh is a maze of black glass obelisks and white marble plazas located near Shiman-Sekh. It was built during the height of the reign of the Pharaoh of Forgotten Plagues, who envisioned it as a trap that might bind the power of a godlike entity into his own form. In -3070 AR, after many years of construction that claimed the lives of numerous slaves, the pharaoh targeted the daemonic harbinger Zelishkar for his experiment. His attempt ended in a catastrophic failure as Zelishkar overpowered all of his wards, assistants, and magical devices before the pharaoh released an ancient ifrit. Together, they summoned a genie army and bound Zelishkar and the 666 fiends rampaging through the labyrinth into the Bottle of the Bound.

After the Pharaoh of Forgotten Plagues

After the Song Pharaoh overthrew the Pharaoh of Forgotten Plagues, she sealed the portal to the Labyrinth of Shiman-Sekh and founded the city of Shiman-Sekh nearby. In -2044 AR, the Lich Pharaoh An-Hepsu XI, with the help of Szuriel, freed Zelishkar from the Labyrinth of Shiman-Sekh to unleash him upon a Shory city, but he went out of control and devastated several cities before being re-imprisoned. Zelishkar has since remained in the Labyrinth of Shiman-Sekh, plotting burning vengeance upon Osirion and all of Golarion for his imprisonment.

Recent history

In either 4688 AR or 4698 AR, the Labyrinth of Shiman-Sekh was uncovered beneath the topsoil of the Golden Oasis by workers digging a well in the outskirts of Shiman-Sekh. Khemet III immediately ordered the ruin resealed and tasked a Risen Guard contingent to watch over it.

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