Sunday 24 June 2012

Behoustan (City of Topaz)


Location: North-eastern along the river Kimri
Sheik: Jalal ibn-Bahari
Vazier: Quavar al-Takish
The city of Behoustan lies to the north of Darvash Kapur along the Kimri river and many of its inhabitants are descended from the nomadic Bahari who settled here and built the city. As such the city, cherishes its old mud and hatch buildings that are unique in the Caliphate. The rich mudlands along the riverside have allowed the city a prosperous trade in ceramics and caravans and riverboats visit its bazaars with much needed goods from the other cities in exchange for its pots, vases and fine strong bricks. The Kimri is prone to rise to high levels and thanks to the dam building and alterations to its flow by the city of Pearl, Behoustan's outlying villages are often swept aside in flash floods. It is perhaps part of the character inherited from their Bahari forefathers that the people of this sheikdom accept the temporary nature of their homes and are skilled at rebuilding their livelihoods after the rainy seasons. The swells of the river bring change and uncover long forgotten mysteries and rumours of strange creatures driven west from the Thousand Grains make life in Behoustan one of uncertainty and tribulation.

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