Tür

"'...but he had a tool at his disposal that they did not—his pillars, the Türs.'" —The Sword and Its Servant

Devices used by the Löwa to cross tremendous distances almost instantaneously. The secrets to using these "pillars" are kept by only a few of the highest-ranking clerics of the Realm.

Physical Description
The Türs are crudely shaped stone archways made from a black variety of rock similar to the composition of the Kaltstein. A Tür has two crooked pillars that together support a single large rectangular slab over top.

The entire outside surface of these three stones are covered in primitive drawings of natural symbols: sky, earth, water, plant, animal, life, death, and many others.

History and Usage
The Türs were constructed by the Great Hund himself as a means to travel from place to place very quickly to quash any dissent. They were even said to allow him to World Walk.

Many millennia later, the Türs are used by the Reikhalder to enforce his rule on the various Mindhalders of the Hundish Realm. Only the Reikhalder and his most obedient clerics are privvy to the powers of Realm Walking.

Through a mysterious set of sacred rites, a "doorway" can be opened, connecting one Tür to another in a remote location. The doorway can only be sustained for a limited amount of time, but allows for many hundreds—if not tousands—of troops to cross. A single journey across the Realm may take all of a few minutes in this fashion.

While travelling through a Tür (or more accurately: the "tunnels" they create) one experiences a journey through a passageway of shifting color, much like the surface of an oil slick on turbulent water. The colors fade towards the entrance and exit of the tunnel and are most intense towards the middle of the course.

It is rumored that Ilnel has found a way to reach other worlds with his Türs, perhaps even the Ærth.

Only ten Türs are known to remain. One of them (the very first one constructed) is kept in the underbelly of the Kaltstein in Ilnel's chapel.