Dalux

Dalux is a massive city on the mouth of the Dalux River's delta. It is a thriving city far from the reaches of the Eastern "civilized" world, though it is the capital and cultural center of the Daluxian Sultanate.
==Architecture and Design==
Dalux is a city on a scale unknown elsewhere in the work. It is built in a mostly circular area over 70 miles around. It is built around the holy mountain Menthus, which is also the name of the premier Daluxian god. The mountain has a major shrine and the Sultan's palace at the summit, over 5000 feet up from the base. Around the base of the mountain is the inner wall of the city, and many thousands of elite live on the shallow slopes at the base. The middle wall is in an oblong shape outside of the mountain, encompassing roughly 1/2 of the city's total area within. The majority of the citizens live between the middle wall and the inner wall. Most of this land is residential or business based, but there are large swaths of farmland here as well in case of seige. The outer wall is the most immense, measuring 150 feet high, and 20 feet deep. Between the middle and outer walls are more residential areas, but is principally farmland or defensive lines to fight in case the outer wall is broken through.
==Population==
The population census for the year that equates to 40 a.s.r. was 950,000 people. The city is almost 100% desert orc, though a small population of eastern orcs have migrated to the west to live and learn from their more civilized and powerful brethren.
==History==
The city was founded before living memory, but it is likely over 2000 years old. The legendary founder of the city is Amru Hyskas, a sorcerer whose great power was over the earth. It is said he carved out much of Mount Menthus and built the walls, but it seems that the outer walls were built well after the oldest settlements.
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