Tankanaya Confederation

A human Sultanate on the southern coast of Alkerra. The sultanate is an opulent land made rich through trade of crops and gold. The sultanate is made up of three regions, the Saya (the coast), the Grejanna (the mountains), and the Suffasa (the desert). Each of these regions has a capital: Petozi, Hazash, and Zamett, respectively.

### The Saya

#### Petozi

The city of shells. Petozi is the chief port city of Tankanaya and it’s southernmost city. The city is the home of clear blue waters and white sandy beaches said to be the most beautiful in the world. The architecture of Petozi is said to be based off of the architecture of the gods themselves and it is hard to disagree. The stone walls of the buildings are intricately decorated with seashells, lapis lazuli, and opal. The verdant gardens of the rich and powerful are points of pride to their owner. They compete to collect new exotic plants and fungi as symbols of affluence. The manors of the rich contrast heavily with the tiny hovels of the poor labourers who work the docks. Although not as heavily pronounced as Hazash, the gap between the rich and the poor is wide in Petozi as well. Petozi is home, supposedly, to the legendary Masked Fencers. They are mysterious revolutionaries who supposedly seek to bring down the Sultan and rebuild Tankanaya as a place where the poor are not oppressed by the rich. Much debates exists, however, on whether the Masked Fencers even exist to begin with.

### The Grejanna

#### Hazash

The city of the mountains. The city is constructed on the slope of the Greenline Mountains with an upper and lower district. Hazash is a place of rich and poor. The rich live high at the summit of the mountain city, while the poor populate the lower district. Crime is rampant in the lower district and violence is common. A local phrase is the "700 step climb". It refers to the commonly held idea that becoming successful enough to make it to the upper district of Hazash requires committing seven hundred crimes without being caught. The source of Hazashs wealth is the extensive gold mines cut into the mountainside that it controls. The lower city is heavily populated with labourers who take enormous crane like platforms up into the mountainside Ines to dig out the treasure within. Similar platforms descend to the foothills below the city and carry up those wealthy enough to afford, avoiding the hazardous climb to the city gates. The Masked Fencers are also said to have a presence in Hazash, but this is again only rumour.

### The Suffasa

#### Zamett

The opulent, shining centre of Tankanaya for a thousand years, Zamett is built around an enormous oasis. The architecture is luxurious and beautiful everywhere one looks, brand new mansions and ancient ruins blending seamlessly together. All of this is surrounded by date palms and bright flowers. Temperatures can be sweltering in the summer, leading to extensive subterranean development on top of the already massive above ground buildings. The city boasts underground markets, bathhouses, mushroom gardens and residences. The sultan makes his home in Zamett, in the splendid Rhinestone palace. It is said to be both the tallest and largest building in all of Tankanaya. 100 years of renovation and expansion has created a place filled with more beauty and luxury than perhaps anywhere else on the continent. Zamett is the launch point for virtually any and all caravans that travel across the desert. Trying to travel alone is unadvisable to all but the most experienced Rangers, so virtually anyone going anywhere in the desert will stop in Zamett at some point.