Dayau

Even though it is the largest settlement on the islands of Yattaga and the capital of the Sultanate, Dayau is a shabby collection of houses. From the sea, the city appears to tumble down the mountainside in a ramshackle cascade of mud-brick and wood. Running the length of the beach are frames covered with drying shrimp and coconut meat. A rickety wharf thrusts out into the water and there is a small, usually deserted bazaar of tattered awnings near the beach. Indeed, the entire city seems deserted most of the time since the Dayauli are either at sea or working the small palm plantations that surround the city. The reek of shrimp drying in the sun, mingled with the equally strong odor of palm oil, permeates the houses, clothes, and even the breath of the residents.
==Local Lore and Legends==
The fishermen of Dayau know remarkably little about the other islands of Yattaga. What they do know, they speak of with great respect. They are particularly fearful of the inhabitants of the nearby island of Beyum. No local will steer his boat into those waters. Just what frightens them is not clear since the majority who venture near Beyum are never seen again. Some claim an evil scientist throws flaming death from the mountaintops or that a monster beneath the surface pulls ships to their doom. Others deny both of these and instead claim to have seen a great dinosaur crashing through the island's undergrowth - but, of course, only at a great distance. Whatever haunts the island, if anything, has been
sufficient to keep the villagers at bay.
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