Inquanok

A large city located on the southern coast of the Northern continent, that chiefly exports onyx from quarries and mines outside the city to the rest of the Dreamlands by sea. The port and harbours are on the shoreline about a mile south of the city, and the city itself stands on its own on a plain, behind a circular, black onyx wall. It is large enough to boast all kinds of residents, and has an artisans' and a mechants' quarter.
Inquanok is ruled over by The Veiled King, who has a palace boasting a great translucent dome, situated on a rise in the middle of the city. Also set in a series of gardens in the centre of the city is The Temple of the Elder Gods, a sixteen-sided round building with sixteen spires, sixteen gates and an orbit of sixteen lodge-houses facing the gates.
== The Onyx Quarries ==
The onyx quarries of Inquanok do a great deal of business. Past the man-made quarries west of Urg is a titanic pit five miles wide, ten miles long, and two miles deep. The marks of chisels too large to be wielded by any man still remain on the walls. This is the quarry from whence the stone to build Kadath was taken. A steep path leads from Urg into the hills near the Giant Quarry, running between steep cliffs. The path stops suddenly on the edge of the great chasm, and an unwary or clumsy traveler moving too swiftly could topple in. The Giant's Quarry is feared by humans, for it is haunted by shantaks and urhags.
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