Emain Macha

An overview of Emain Macha.

Description and Geography

Minimap of Emain Macha.

“	A lakeside city surrounding the Sen Lake.	„

Emain Macha suffered through many years of turmoil due to foreign imperial rule and the Fomor Clan invasion. Reconstructed to its former splendor and revived as an important cultural center, Emain Macha is famous for the Knight's Templar, a place of honor for courageous and legendary heroes.^[1]

Emain Macha is a city which sits on the northern edge of Lake Sen in central Uladh. Famous for its magnificent art and architecture, the city was long ruled by the lord of Emain Macha.

The westerly sea wind from the east causes heavy rainfall over Dunbarton and subsequently loses most of its moisture content in Antrim Mountains. Then, the wind picks up additional water vapor from rivers surrounding Antrim Mountains and arrives in Emain Macha and Tara. Thus, the precipitation is uniform year-round. The pleasant climate also contributes to a growth in the population and the size of the city.

Osna Sail, to the north-east, connects Emain Macha to the city of Dunbarton, while the Blago Prairie to the west leads to Uladh's capital city, Tara. Coill Dungeon can be found located to the north-west, While Rundal Dungeon can be found to the east of the city.

Due to its balmy climate and high precipitation, Emain Macha exports corn in vast quantities.

Players can come to Emain Macha's church to get married. See the main article on Marriage for more information.

Landmarks

The Observatory, located in the town square, has a Viewscope, which enables a short cutscene displaying the highlights of the city, as well as a Telescope.
The Cathedral, functions as a major congregation for followers of the Church of Lymilark.
The Restaurant Gordon owns, Loch Lios, is found here.
Emain Macha has two stages for performances: The small stage, near the Town square, and the much bigger Arpeggio Concert Hall.
Bean Rua, Emain Macha's famous night club, also known as the "paradise of red-haired ladies".
The Paladin Training Grounds, northwest of the city, where recruits train to become Paladins in order to serve and fight for Morrighan.
The Advancement Test Hall, to the north of the city.
The Puppet Workshop in the southwestern corner of Emain Macha, where one can learn the art of Puppetry.
There are three cutouts that can be found around the town: Succubus Signboard, Imp and Golem Cutout, and Nao Billboard.
The Emain Macha Cooking Contest is held every Samhain (Saturday) in the Town Square.

History

A magic school formerly stood in the current location of Paladin training grounds, but it was closed under unknown circumstances.

Generation 3: Dark Knight: Macha According to Emain Macha (Spoilers)

The Tragedy of Emain Macha (Spoilers)

One of the infamous invasions took place within Emain Macha, known as "The Tragedy of Emain Macha", where the city was under heavy siege along with many citizens injured and/or killed. Eavan's and Jenna's father and Aodhan's mentor were known to have died in the tragedy trying to save others. Rian, the last known Lord of Emain Macha, was accidentally killed by Redire during the event in which resulted him escaping a sentenced execution and becoming Price. Redire's lover, Aranwen, also blamed herself for leaving her post in Emain Macha and quit her duty as a Paladin and left to Dunbarton.

Although is widely believed that the Fomors were responsible for this event, with Generation 2 depicting Goblins raiding the nearby Coill Dungeon, Generation 11 also shows Royal Alchemists, who later became Corrupted Alchemists, attacking.

The tragedy was all a planned event created by Esras, Rian's adviser who had ambitious goals, according to her letters. She tricked Redire into "rescuing" an infant Triona, a "fomor" that greatly resembled a human, which prompted her father Morgant to invade the city to take back his "kidnapped" daughter. Fearing that Redire would interfere with her plan, she tricked him and Aranwen to a date at Gairech Hills on the day of the invasion, but they were soon alerted and immediately rushed back. A fight between Morgant and Redire ensured, but Redire's sword was knocked out of his hand and impaled itself into Rian's leg, injuring him greatly. Esras then appeared and returned Triona, prompting Morgant to retreat, and then arrested Redire for "causing" the event and injuring the lord. Unfortunately for Rian, he did not survive the injury and passed away shortly after Redire's arrest; Esras did not announce his death, but instead used this opportunity to reanimate his body to become her mindless puppet to take over the city. Once this piece of her plot was complete, Esras made various changes to Emain Macha, notably the fee for training Paladins and having them "train" at Barri Dungeon's gold mines in order to be able to harvest its riches, in order to fuel her ultimate goal of recreating Tabhartas and then using it to find Lia Fail so she could become a God.

Areas of interest

Resources

Animal/Crop/Monster Source
Resource	Obtained From	Location
Wool	Sheep	North-Eastern fields
Milk	Cow (NPC)	North-Eastern fields
Egg	Hen	North-Eastern fields
Cobweb	Spiders (automatic production)	South of the Advancement Test Hall
Corn	Harvesting	Fields (Farmlands north and west of the town)

Trees/Fruit
Resource	Obtained From	Location
Apple	Apple Tree	City outskirts north, east, and west

Other
Resource	Obtained From	Location
Water	Wells, Lake Sen	Restaurant Pier West and East of the Castle Near Rua's House
Large Nail Small Gem Colored Small Gems	Hitting man-made objects	Pathways
Bundle of Flowers Fresh Grass Four-Leaf Clover	Flower Field	City outskirts

Amenities

Facilities

Blacksmith
General Shop
Church
Grocery Store
Healer's House
Housing Board
Trading Post
Receivable QUest Board

Fishing List

Fished Items

Monsters

Areas Connected

Osna Sail (North)
Blago Prairie (West)
Sen Mag Plains (South)
Coill Dungeon (Northeast)
Rundal Dungeon (East)

Music

Track	Title
	Scenery Reflected in the Water Emain Macha
	Fairy's Flight Emain Macha Square
	The Crossing of Hands Emain Macha Throne room
	Rosy Lipstick on a Wine Glass Bean Rua

Local NPCs

Trivia

Far south of Emain Macha, there is a small island that cannot be reached under normal circumstances. The only identifying feature of this island is that it has a sign that contains a single, four lettered word marked as XXXX.
- Using the Telescope at the top of the Observatory will reveal that a series of numbers is printed on the sign. However, the numbers change each time the cutscene is viewed.
- During Generation 22, James explains that the island where the signpost lies has ties to The Tragedy of Emain Macha. The signpost has a magic spell cast on it, which may explain why the numbers on it change.
There are fields near the Healer's House, but they do not bear any harvestable crops.
Emain Macha (pronounced /awən maxə/) is based on a real-life site.
- Macha refers to both the Goddess Macha and the word macha, which refers to a cattle-field or plain.
- The exact meaning of the word Emain is debated; the words twin and brooch are given in various stories. It may instead be a derivation of an older word that meant holy mound.
Using the Macha the Goddess of Destruction Keyword on Delen in-game reveals that she believes the word Emain means another body or twin.
- The Milletian's note in Macha According to Emain Macha suggests that they take away from this conversation that Emain Macha means Macha's Incarnation.

Gallery

Emain Macha concept art. Note the inclusion of Manus.
The flower digging sites.
Emain Macha from the Kartrider X Mabinogi Crossover.
Lorna and Pan in Emain Macha.
Emain Macha
Emain Macha's Church
The Cathedral.
The streets of Emain Macha.
The Castle of Emain Macha.
The Observatory of Emain Macha.
Emain Macha's Town Square.
The Paladin training grounds.
Loch Lios Restaurant.
The Advancement Test Hall building.
Close-up of the Advancement Sign.
Emain Macha's Emblem. Most depictions of the Emblem use erroneously mirrored colors.
A Nao Cutout players can take pictures at.
A Succubus Cutout players can take pictures at.
A Imp and Golem Cutout players can take pictures at.
Sign for Bean Rua.
A mermaid statue within the Observatory.