Why has the tarrasque been dormant so long?

[Yqatuba]

According to Pathfinder Wiki the last time he appeared was about 5000 years ago. So why has he been gone so long? Maybe he is imprisoned somewhere?

[Paradozen]

Inner Sea World Guide pg35 wrote:

-632 The Tarrasque, greatest of the Spawn of Rovagug, destroys Ninshabur and devastates Avistan until it is defeated and sealed away in a hidden cavern.

So, yeah. It is sealed away in a cave.

[Darigaaz the Igniter]

Ever eaten too much and gotten sleepy afterward? Same thing, just a LOT bigger scale.

[Pizza Lord]

Someone sent him a link to tvtropes.com
[link purposefully not included]
... one link... that's what's he's been doing since.

[Volkard Abendroth]

Pizza Lord wrote:

Someone sent him a link to tvtropes.com

Linked
... one link... that's what's he's been doing since.

FTFY >:-)

[The Sideromancer]

Somebody did about
5000 y*365.25d/y*24h/d*60min/h*10r/min*40hp/r=1.05*10^12 damage.

[Derklord]

Curse of Nonviolence

[Dastis]

Its trying to lose weight. After eating most of every race it decided that it would look better minus a few thousand pounds. As such it has since been on an all vegi diet. But nobody tells rumors about giant vegitarians.