Aram'Kai

Aram'Kai, the City of Gold, is one of the five main cities of Hirokir, and is the largest of these cities. It is situated atop a large plateau, and mostly consists of huge temples and pyramids, and complicated architectural structures. Aram'Kai is named the "City of Gold" due to the abundance of gold in the earth around the city, and the extensive use of gold as decoration in the city's structures and fashion.
Aram'Kai is one of the Zulaca Cities of the Zulaca River.
Aram'Kai is ruled by the Warlock-Sovereign Ulkuru, who has achieved enormous magical power by linking their soul to every one of their citizens, through complex runic tattoos. They exact a tax of soul power, and every death in the city empowers them. However, this essentially means that they must keep the population content, for if displeased, the people of Aram'Kai can strip away their power.
Aram'Kai is the most technologically advanced of the Hirokiri cities and engages heavily in trade with other nations. As such, the scholars of Aram'Kai have learned from the way the Tyrraneans use clockwork, and adapted it. It is not uncommon in Aram'Kai to see warriors with prosthetic limbs carved from bone, or to see strange golden clockwork golems.