Lujhiran Dam

This marvel of engineering was built in 1115 XC (–187 I.R.) when many of Akados’ inhabitants still lived in highly primitive conditions. Raised on the Alu River and intended to prevent the annual flooding of the Pantai, the dam succeeded almost too well, flooding the Pantai Lowlands and depriving The Plains of water, necessitating the construction of canals, channels, and aqueducts to bring water back to the Plains of Xha in a more controlled fashion. It also utterly tamed the Alu and the Pantai Rivers, transforming them into far more placid (and in the case of the South Pantai River, far filthier) waterways. The dam itself was crafted of fitted stones laid individually along the Alu’s riverbed and in from its banks between the Pantai Lowlands and the flat floodplains north of Xha’ahan City. Some claim that high sorcery and elaborate rituals were also used in the construction, for the dam remains intact and functional three and a half millennia later. To be sure, the dam has been renovated and repaired over the years; at one point during the Huris Dynasty, a second, stronger dam was built, essentially adding a second wall to the first, but the structure’s longevity nevertheless supports the notion that arcane or supernatural forces were used in its erection. In addition to its flood control functions, the dam also drives great grinding stones that produce flour and meal for the Hegemony.

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Dam