Silent City

The Silent City is the largest known Akariean city in all of Trayst, but it is nearly completely destroyed. It's walls are 30ft thick at the base and taper as they rise into the sky but now are jagged and broken all the way round, most sections just a few feet tall, with the tallest part of the wall just 17ft high, nowhere near its original height by the look of it. The few scholars who have ventured to the city to study the site have not managed to find a building which doesn't seem to have at least some sort of damage. But study here is difficult for a number of reasons, the first being its location, as it is situated in the Endless Expanse of southern Carthorka, which is a long and dangerous journey from Doefet. Even accompanied by the most experienced guide, anyone travelling to this city is at risk of becoming lost within the Expanse, condemned to die of thirst in its endless sand dunes. To further add to the danger, the Qasoinae, who claim the area as their own, attack or rob people who enter the area. As nomads, they don't live within the city, but will happily take food and water from people they can catch. The third danger is the city itself, including the ghosts and undead who seem to be drawn there. Among them, the famous Silent City Shadow is said to kill anything it sees in a matter of seconds, either with its longsword or by using its ability to control and weaponize the ground itself. The risks mean that much of this city hasn't been heavily looted; any attempt to loot the city in any major way would be very dangerous, as would efforts to bring the spoils back to civilisation.
The Qasoinae call the city The First City, rather than The Silent City, and tell tales of great evil and dangers that reside within. They warn that one day these great evils will rise forth and threaten all of Trayst. They also consider the city to be a holy site and travel there to perform rituals in which they ask the gods to keep the evil in check or to appoint new tribe leaders.
Unlike the ruins at Corlas, Old Vashton, or Taljet, the Silent City appears not to have any subterranean aspects of its design. Some scholars argue that this is most likely because of the desert ground being poor for building tunnels. However, most of the scholars who have actually visited the site argue that the ground below the city is compacted and solid, as if, when the city was built, the area wasn't desert like. 
Category:Carthorka
Category:Akarieans