Temple of the Lakes

The Temple of the Lakes, at Haraldsborg was a Hurmu temple in Haraldsborg, Stormark. Founded in 1608, it was tasked with preserving Hurmu culture as best as it could within the Storish state until 1685, upon the collapse of the Storish state, when the Order of the Holy Lakes evacuated its archives, people and artifacts temporarily to Talenore before founding the Hurmu Trust Territory in 1689.

Dark green = trees/forest; light green = other type of garden vegetation

The temple grounds covered 2,023,428 square metres. A wall, one metre high, surrounded the grounds, with one gate house and gate allowing for access between the Temple and the rest of Haraldsborg. The gardens were famous. The main temple building was built in the Hurmu pyramid style, covering an area of 600 m x 600 m. The pyramid was also 600 metres high. Many buildings here belonged to the temple. There were apartments in the main temple building. Every resident had 30 square metres pro bono. Single households had 15 square metres extra. A household of two people had 60 square metres, a household of four people 120 square metres, and so on. Every resident was free to do what he or she would like within their apartment, subject to common sense and the lease contract. As such, most Hurmudans in Stormark moved here for cheap lodging in the main city, in an environment that allowed for the expression of their own culture and languages, and not be assimilated to the local one. At the time of evacuation in 1685, the Temple housed 13,992 people.

Following the evacuation, local Haraldsborgers looted whatever was left of the temple. It is believed that the pyramid remains in a ruined form.