Talam-Qedish

This oasis town is currently best known as the home of Numhotep Orsi’a, a popular modern writer of poetry and of history, especially that of the Lower Kingdom. A less exciting, but more important, aspect of the town’s economy is its ongoing mining of natron, a key component in the mummification so crucial to all Khemitian burials. While natron can also be found at other sites, that of Talam-Qedish is easiest to extract and closest to the population centers of Lower Khemit. It is also a center of caravans from and to Pharos and the country of Guurzan, with several routes converging. A strong wall protects against bandits, and two military units patrol the area with the town as their headquarters.

Settlement

Talam-Qedish, Town of

Ruler

Administrator Baiti-shobi

Government

bureaucracy

Population

1,512 (mostly Khemitite)

Type

Town

Owning Organization

Khemit