Duam
This city at the center of the isolated Gtsang Prefecture is the second-oldest settlement in all of Akados. Founded by Mithradic colonists reportedly from the land now known as Far Jaati, Duam began life as a rude huddle of huts surrounded by a rough palisade, but soon the hospitable nature of Gtsang brought peace and prosperity to the colonists. Within a few generations, what had been a primitive village was the spiritual center of a thriving new nation.
Duam sits on a low hill surrounded by well-tended farmlands and Mithradic shrines crafted of pale stone. The city is unwalled and arranged in the form of a six-pointed star bounded by whitewashed roads. Each point of the star is dedicated to different functions — three are residential, two mercantile, and one public — with each filled with shines, temples, and parks. The religious and administrative center is in the hexagonal center of the city and sports large and elaborate temples, some of which have stood here for millennia. In the center is the tower of Mithros, where the Svaame-Anahbii or Priest-Lord and an advisory council of Anahbii (priests) and Bedhka (mages) apply a light but firm hand to the nation’s governance. Few suffer in Duam and the city does not experience the crowding, crime, and poverty found in other Xha’en cities.
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