Ikkor

Ikkor is located on the west bank of the Stygian, just south of the confluence with the Astebera River and of the first cataract. It is the first stop on the westbound trade route out of Elephantine, but it is so close to the origination point that few caravans stop long enough to profit the city much.
The bucolic peace of Ikkor has been disturbed in the past year or so by an influx of strangers from the north and south. Many of them claim to be prospecting in the rough land around the cataract, but they don’t seem to be showing any results for that. Given that strangers dressed in outfits of black have been seen slipping in and out of town after dark, citizens are suspicious but can point to no actual criminal activity; not even any chickens have gone missing. One rumor is that these dark strangers are assassins with plans to kill the pharaoh or perhaps just the vizier. Another is that they have a hidden temple to the evil spirit Aapep, the black serpent and destroyer, and it is only a matter of time before they start kidnapping people as sacrifices to their dark lord.

Settlement

Ikkor, City of

Ruler

City Administrator Mose-ky-nebu

Government

bureaucracy

Population

17,665 (mostly Khemitite)

Type

City

Owning Organization

Khemit