Quinnen Quum, a.k.a. Quum, the Forts of Quum, and “Behind the Falls”

A mysterious refuge or sanctuary located high in the Caucasian Mountains (during the 14th century). Its setting was said to be mild however, for the valley that hid the refuge behind a large waterfall enjoyed a subtropical climate, full of exotic flowers and plants. Quinnen Quum is under the protection of a secret society of slavery opponents, headed by Khuitani, the Prince of Gothia (Principality of Theodoro) as well the leaders or princes of some of the Caucasian clans, including the Adyge, Svan, Megrelians, Tucheti, and Imereti. The Forts of Quum, maintaining a school and a gargantuan library, are run by the geymari, an order of learned monk-like scholars headed by a former Sumerian/Akkadian priest-king called Yarlaganda (Gutian dynasty, Yarlaganda). Quinnen Quum is known to change its location every few hundred years. Other known designations for the elusive sanctuary are plentiful (though some are only mythical and have been mistakenly associated with Quum) and include: Hyperborea, Ultima Thule, Isles of the Blest, Abode of the Goddess, Isle of Immortals, City of Dionysus, Workshop of the Fisher King, Helgoland, Shambhala, The Red City, Hollow of the Ants People, Kunlun Mountain, Zerzura the White City, Trapalanda, the Wandering City, Lin Lin, Jinalaya, Annwn, Cephaloedium, Kingdom of Opona, Belovodye, Land of Chud, Buyan, Fortunate Islands, Irly, Vyraj, the Invisible City of Kitezh, Cefalù, Ouranopolis, and Athos.