Arastephaion

The citadel of the steppe, Arastephaion is a fortress city located in the Gap of Phalen between the Rath Tephas and Rath Satar. Named for Arastephas the Redeemer, it was constructed to defend the Gap from Vithana raiders who had occupied the western side in the wake of the Satar invasion of the Sesh. Dominated by an enormous watchtower and ringed by a double curtain wall, the city was easy to defend but difficult to supply, a fact which prevented its population from ever rising above merchants, monks, or itinerant merchants or tradespeople. The city acted as a crucial juncture in the early days of the Karapeshai Exatai, before the Rath Tephas was marginalized by the fall of the Satar Sesh and it sank back into relative obscurity.
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