Khatyanghatar

"Forty years had he waited, but the gates would not open. His soles were calloused, his skin cracked, and his eyes clouded, but still he walked. I asked why they would not let him in, and he replied, 'They do not like me. They do not like me because I tell them their walls will fall, and so they do not let me in.' I asked how many times he had rounded the city, and he said, 'Four thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.'"

—Marco Turello, "The Endless March of Khatyanghatar"

Khatyanghatar (/kəˌtjɑːŋgəˈtɑːɹ/, Chazhdurm: Hatąnģatar [hɑtʃaŋɣaˈtar], Erghuz: ܚܬܢܚܬܐܪ [xatanˈhatːaːr]) is an oasis city in southern Eussis along the shore of lake Khatyanghatar. It is one of the largest cities in the Arega Desert, and the largest not along the Ástarin river.

Type

City