Gilarah

The city of Gilarah, capital of the Sultanate of Ravit in the Kaspari Empire, lies in the deep valley of the Maasi River near the edge of the Sabo Jungles. The slopes have been terraced and cultivated into great gardens. The surrounding countryside is home to coffee plantations whose harvest is famed throughout the Kaspari Empire.
Beyond Gilarah to the north, the jungles become thicker until finally growing together, forming a great wilderness - the hiding place of mad hermits, crazed inventors, savage native tribes and forest brigands. Gilarah is the gathering place of the bold and brazen: advenurers preparing expeditions into the jungles, civilized men who are weary of civilization, experimenters and scientists seeking solitude, and criminals on the run.
The people of Gilarah are proud of their frontier nature. They are independent, strong-willed, and opinionated. Rich colors are common in their dress, though farmers, herders, and coffee growers prefer a duller and more utilitarian costume. Women and men may be veiled or not; this is a matter of personal choice as opposed to a community standard.
Local legends tell of another city which occupied this site in distant times. This was said to be a dark and ruined place, looted and destroyed civilized men generations ago, before the jungle was cleared and the valleys were cultivated. But, the legends say, the original survivors of this dark race still claw their way through the jungles, dreaming of revenge. The hills around Gilarah are riddled with caverns and passages. No one has brought proof of the legends, though treasure-seekers still comb the cliffs for new discoveries. Most of the nearby and easily-explored caves have been exhausted long ago by treasure hunters, but the more remote caves still have passages leading farther into the darkness.
Category:Small Cities
Category:Settlements in the Kaspari Empire
Category:Settlements
Category:Locations in Ravit
Category:Locations in the Kaspari Empire
Category:Locations