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Akhenatek and the Free Towns

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Melosis
The largest of the Free Towns, Melosis is built around a trio of closely-situated oases, and is thus a green and verdant place, much at odds with the harsh land that surrounds it. The city owes this beauty and (relatively) easy living to the springs with bubble to the earth here; these are unusually strong and pure, with the waters of certain springs said to have a restorative effect on those who drink of them. The town's economic prosperity relies on charging for access to the 'blessed' springs, and on the sale of food crops grown here.

 

Melosis is run by a hereditary ruler; they use the title "Baig", equating themselves to a lesser noble of the Kingdom of the Sun, even though their land-holdings are technically much larger than a Baig would normally oversee.

 


Akhenatek
The smallest and western-most of the Free Towns, a community of some four hundred folk. It lies on the edge of the Iron Waste, and most of the locals make their livings either directly or indirectly from the metals gathered from that strange region.

Despite its small size, Akhenatek has a wide diversity of race among its population, with only half of the people there being Sun Kingdom humans.

 


The Iron Waste
Beyond Akhenatek lies the Iron Waste, a desolate realm of parched dunes and sudden sandstorms. It would be almost entirely worthless in economic terms, were it not for the deposits of nearly pure iron that seem to grow out of the very sand. "Ironpickers" can venture into the area and - if they survive the natural hazards - return with iron that is ready to forge. This is dangerous and uncomfortable work, but no less so than mining, and with considerably lower costs.

The source of the iron is not known, but areas that have been picked clean generally refill within a few weeks.

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