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+++ settings:cahyali:dahabu [2024/02/16 00:46] – [Cities of Dahabu] Added the city of Andromeda, a player-made city. simeonrice1_gmail.com
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   * Symbol: Waning Crescent & Caduceus
   * Major Races: Cosmopolitan
-  * Major Cities: Soko, [[settings:cahyali:dahabu:leviathan|Leviathan]], Abydos, Tasarazi
+  * Capital: None
+  * Demonym: Dahabi
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 ===== Overview =====
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-**[[settings:cahyali:dahabu:leviathan|Leviathan, Maw of Pirates]]** Floating in the bay, a towering city built out of the shambled together parts of hundreds of ships stands Leviathan. It is a floating pirate city the size of a small island, resembling a absolutely massive wooden ship, with dozens upon dozens of masts and sails, and a gaping maw that it uses to reel in unfortunate ships and strip them apart to add to the city. Very rarely, separate cells of the Dahabu, Buyuk Vahsi, and Nahrūl [[settings:cahyali:factions#the_cerulean_moon|Cerulean Moon]] factions will choose to have a meeting on Leviathan.
+**[[settings:cahyali:dahabu:leviathan|Leviathan]]** {UNDER CONSTRUCTION}
 **The Kharshi Collective:** An organization made up of several towns across the coast of the Al-Kharshi Bay, involved in trade with Ruefang and Ulos. Though it holds little power relative to Leviathan just off the coast, the Kharshi Collective acts as a check to Leviathan's ambitions and effectively keeps the pirates who run it from expanding further inland. Towns within the Collective include the villages of //Amactus, Envaruna, and Syraea//, among others.
-**Abydos, The Holy City:** Abydos is the most religion-fueled city on Dahabu, by far. While the everyday residents are not necessarily fanatics, the holy nature of the city brings in many tourists on pilgrimages from across Cahyali. A few even hail from Jaern. As a theocracy, the city is ruled by priesthoods and all priests within its walls are treated with the utmost respect, save for Vormaxians and Zepherinites, who are acknowledged but not venerated, Almarians - which are afforded the same disdain here as they are in most of Dahabu, and Priests of the Dusk, who are arrested on the spot for demon worship.
+**Abydos, The Holy City:** Abydos is the most religion-fueled city on Dahabu, by far. While the everyday residents are not necessarily fanatics, the holy nature of the city brings in many tourists on pilgrimages from across Cahyali. A few even hail from Jaern. As a theocracy, the city is ruled by priesthoods and all priests within its walls are treated with the utmost respect, save for Vormaxians and Zepherinites, who are acknowledged but not venerated, Almarians - which are afforded the same disdain here as they are in most of Dahabu, and Tenebrians, who are arrested on the spot for demon worship.
 **Tasarazi, Citadel of War:** Built almost entirely from stone, Tasarazi is as tough as they come. The walls are tough. The warriors are tough. The people are tough. Life in Tasarazi is tough. Tasarazi is ruled not by a pharaoh, but by a sultan. This sultan claims they are very different from the pharaoh of Soko, that they clearly are not a monarch. Tasarazi is a city heavily focused on its military, and is the birthplace of the warriors' School of the Wolverine known across Cahyali.
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 **Sivvum, The Great Forge:** Approaching the southern range, one may begin to worry about the massive smoking volcano surrounding a large, walled city. Fortunately, this is not a volcano, merely a massive forge the size of the steppes themselves. No one knows how the forge came to be, giving it the name The Forge of the Gods. It has both the ability to make stronger variations of common metals like iron or steel, and the ability to forge any common weapon. Sivvum is a direct democracy, appointing a group of leaders every five years.
   * **Ekcasai:** Ekcasai is a town located just outside Sivvum's walls, on the opposite side of the Yasamak River. The two settlements have existed for nearly the same amount of time, with Ekcasai never being absorbed into Sivvum rule due to the strong presence of the Dahabu Delvers' Guild within the town. It has unofficially become one of the main hubs of the Guild within the Twin Ranges region, and Sivvum seems content to let the town be for now.
+**Andromeda, the City of the Stars:** Lying on the northern edge of the Daglik Range, Andromeda was established during the height of the Dahabi Empire. Initially built by a pharaoh obsessed with the stars, the city quickly became a cosmopoilitan hub for the learned to meet. Because of this, the city just barely survived the Day of Solar Wrath. Their spot in the mountain makes the area quite rocky, with sand and dirt resting on the small plains below the city. The spot in the mountains was chosen due to its height and lack of clouds, making it ideal for stargazing. The city eventually became a sultanate, but it seems even among the learned power corrupts. Sultan Abdur al-Hakim was recently killed, with a small faction of revolutionaries doing their best to organize a new government that does not rely on the will of a singular person.
 ===== Culture =====
 === Water & Vibrance ===
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 === Religion & Magic ===
-The roots of Cahyali religion trace themselves back to ancient Dahabu. The names of the gods known worldwide are Dahabu names; it was here that worship of the gods was first codified and organized into priesthoods. In the modern era, the gods are seen in equal measure good and evil, and are considered by many to simply be greater beings whose favor can be earned through devotion. Some city-states have more emphasis and power given to priesthoods and the divine, while some operate in more secular spheres. The most highly venerated gods are Aset, Anpu, and the Dawn.
+The roots of Cahyali religion trace themselves back to ancient Dahabu. The names of the gods known worldwide are Dahabu names; it was here that worship of the gods was first codified and organized into priesthoods. In the modern era, the gods are seen in equal measure good and evil, and are considered by many to simply be greater beings whose favor can be earned through devotion. Some city-states have more emphasis and power given to priesthoods and the divine, while some operate in more secular spheres. The most highly venerated gods are Aset, Anpu, and Peregrinus.
 Dahabu has come a long way from its past as a superpower built on mastery of magic, but magic remains a large part of Dahabi society. Mages are at the top of the pecking order in every city-state, and most chieftains of nomadic tribes have some aptitude in magic, whether it be elemental, divine, psionic, or spiritual.