Anraugh

Anraugh is a large city in the Dulama Highlands, often called the Second City of the highlands. It is the traditional rival of the even larger and more important city of Dula and a major stop on trade routes between Dula and the valley of the River Yensai. Anraugh was conquered by the kings of Dula in about 960 AR, after which the kings began to style themselves the Emperors of the Dulama. Anraugh subsequently became an important staging site in the Dulama wars to the east, and the city flourished under the Dulama Empire despite occasional resentment at the preeminence of Dula. After the collapse of the empire, it was absorbed into the Vithanama Empire.
The Fall of the Vithanama Empire, though, opened a new chapter in western history. No one power gained preeminence over the others, and Anraugh (along with the other major cities of the Highlands: Dula and Tara gained independence. Centuries of strife would follow, with one or the other city occasionally gaining the upper hand, but this was always followed by the fall of a dynasty and the entrenchment of the status quo.
Like the other cities of the highlands, Anraugh is located in one of the many small valleys there, fertile and well-watered by winds from the south. The skyline is dominated by an enormous sacrificial pyramid of the Dulama religion, the second-largest of such pyramids after the pyramid in Dula. It has been inactive since the end of officially sanctioned human sacrifice, however. Around this, though, the main square continues to see a bustling commercial sector, with goods arriving from all over.
Category:Cities
Category:Dulama
Category:West
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