Ugarat

Ugarat was one of Seven Cities' holy cities. It was located on the Ugarat Odhan at the center of the continent. The River Ugarat that passed through the city continued on to Sarpachiya and Nahal before reaching the Clatar Sea. The city of Kayhum was upriver to the northeast.
A Malazan-built imperial road connected the city to Lato Revae.House of Chains, Chapter 14, US SFBC p.512 A broad stone bridge crossed the broad River Ugarat within sight of the city's northern walls.House of Chains, Chapter 21, US SFBC p.706 The ancient fortress of Moraval Keep lay on the opposite side of the river from the city.The Bonehunters, Chapter 1, US SFBC p.59
The city had an underground sewer system and Malazan aqueducts that brought water into the city. Hot water was brought into homes via pipes.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 16, US SFBC p.652
The people who lived there were referred to as "Ugari".Toll the Hounds, Chapter 16, US SFBC p.653
==Notable residents==
*Avower, royal torturer
*Enqura, former Holy Falah'd
*Falah'd of Ugarat, current young Falah'd
*Febryl
*Inashan, city guard captain
*Samar Dev
==Notable locations==
*Inn of the Wood
*Moraval Keep
*Trosfalhadan StreetThe Bonehunters, Chapter 1, US SFBC p.57
==History==
Over a thousand years ago, Ugarat had been at the centre of scores of caravan routes between a dozen great cities. But desertification led to the collapse of all these cities but the two on the banks of the River Ugarat, Ugarat and Kayhum.The Bonehunters, Chapter 1, US SFBC p.44
At the time of the Malazan Empire's conquest of Seven Cities, Ugarat and its tributary cities had been undergoing a renaissance under Holy Falah'd Enqura. The city had supported eleven great schools of learning which were relearning the lost knowledge of the ancient First Empire. This ended when Dassem Ultor seized the city. 
But Enqura prepared for the city's fall, directing Febryl to confiscate the schools' hundred thousand scrolls and bound volumes a week before the Mezla arrival. These were burned in a great pyre within the city's coliseum. At the same time, the teachers and scholars were arrested. Many threw themselves upon the fires in anguish as their treasures burned. The rest were crucified and their bodies thrown into pits outside the city walls along with smashed relics of the First Empire. When the Malazans took over they were infuriated to discover the schools empty.
During the Malazan invasion, many Ugari fled the city to find refuge with the Anibar tribe in the Jhag Odhan. The Malazans followed and slew them while bringing no harm to the Anibar. King Iskar Jarak (as the Anibar knew him) advised the Anibar to flee before others came to destroy them. The Anibar called the period of the Malazan invasion the Time of Great Slaying.The Bonehunters, Chapter 12, US SFBC p.487-488
During the time of Malazan rule the Empire banned the use of torture by the Royal Avowers and established a Garrison.The Bonehunters, Chapter 5, US SFBC p.18 When the sub-continent rebelled in the Whirlwind uprising, the Malazan garrison fled across the river to Moraval Keep.
==In House of Chains==
Karsa Orlong tested his newly acquired steed, Havok, within sight of Ugarat's northern walls. He raced a score of the city's horsemen to reach the river's bridge a full fifty strides ahead of his pursuers.
==In The Bonehunters==
Karsa returned to Ugarat, this time accompanied by the scholar, Samar Dev, whom he had found injured in the Ugarat Odhan. The Teblor hoped the scholar could help him enter the city unnoticed so he could obtain supplies, but the plan failed immediately. When a city guardsman attempted to confiscate the Deragoth heads Karsa carried as trophies, Karsa knocked him unconscious. Samar Dev was able to convince Captain Inashan to halt further violence and Karsa agreed to bring terms of peace to the Malazan garrison besieged inside Moraval Keep.The Bonehunters, Chapter 1, US SFBC p.44-46/57-60
The Teblor discovered the entire garrison had been massacred by a K'Chain Nah'ruk that had been mistakenly freed from its tomb within the keep.The Bonehunters, Chapter 3, US SFBC p.123-133 Samar Dev was asked to examine the creature by the Falah'd and conducted an extensive study of its remains.The Bonehunters, Chapter 5, US SFBC p.184/186-188
Karsa proved difficult and disrespectful during his stay in the city. The Falah'd was only too happy to provide the Teblor with supplies if it meant he left the city immediately.The Bonehunters, Chapter 3, US SFBC p.123-124The Bonehunters, Chapter 5, US SFBC p.190/216
==In Toll the Hounds==
During her time away with Karsa Orlong, Samar Dev grew to miss the creature comforts of her home city. She was startled when Tulas Shorn spoke the native tongue of Ugari.Toll the Hounds, Chapter 16, US SFBC p.652/653
==Notes and references==
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