Norregdar

Norregdar, the Acropolis of Dread, is the undead capital beyond the Forbidden Desert in the southwest. Its old wartime name coexists with working craft districts, memory courtyards, carved stone screens and cool covered galleries.

The city brings together autonomous sultanates. Sultans receive pages of the Book from a ruler addressed simply as She and act as interpreters. In the upper garden She studies blades of grass for hours and keeps writing. Ambiguous lines produce competing readings: orders depend on interpreters, not every resident’s voice. Continued life allows learning and lasting relationships; unquestioning obedience creates the danger.