Usak

Usak is a town on the continent of Nillamandor, on the south coast of the Savage Lands.
It has a lower and upper section. There is a town square in the upper section and the jetties are all in the lower.
Usak's population is a mixture of Nog and Human. The humans are dark and swarthy.
Usak had changed hands many times between the 'North' Nogs and the 'South'. At the time of the setting of the Portal of Returning it is under the control of the South. Using a plan deviced by Shiv, the commander of the North Nog Fleet, Tup, destroys Usak with fire.
Quote from The Portal of Returning:
~The acrid smoke stung my eyes, but I could just make out the black sails of Chow the usurpers fleet, anchored in Usak harbour. It was a very large natural basin, with a small town situated on the west bank. As we got closer I saw that the whole area in front of the town was full of vessels, loading supplies and slaves. The vessels were all made of wood, as were all of the jetties and cranes. In fact the whole town was made of timber, and forests grew on the hills surrounding it. Everything natural and everything manufactured had a distinct woody quality about it. The place was a tinderbox.
~ 'Yes, we didn't spend much time there, but apparently such places are common in that area. The humans are dark and swarthy and mix with the nogs.'
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Mollo the scholar says:
An ancient noggish strong hold, the most northerly hold the nogs once had. Usak was always true to the shah, and was at one point open to all nogs, whether they be of the north or south faction, but all that changed when, as I said the usurper deposed the shah …
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