The Pilgrim's District and the Great Mosques
The city of Huzuz, Heart of the Heart of the Enlightened Lands, has been tied closely to religion for most of its long and glorious history. Even before it was a city (before it contained anything particularly delightful) it was apparently home to the Loregiver, she who wrote the scrolls that enlightened the Enlightened Lands. And, as any enlightened person knows, the City of Delights still holds the House of the Loregiver, the most widely revered religious site in the Land of Fate. When a youth found the Loregiver's scrolls and gave them to all the people, his power grew enormously, so much so that he caused the beginnings of a true city to grow around the House of the Loregiver.
A great, golden mosque was built around the revered house. Nearby, the grandest palace ever known to mankind was started. Facing the Golden Mosque, eight smaller mosques, one for each of the great enlightened gods, were built. These mosques are the religious center of Zakhura, that which binds it together and makes the Land of Fate the Enlightened Land. Though my long-ago home, the City of Ten Thousand Pearls, holds many wondrous things and beautiful sights, I have never seen anything as beautiful in its simplicity as that most revered holy place, the House of the Loregiver. Even I, a powerful genie, was moved to tears as the joy and meaning of that small, simple house flooded my senses.
Oh, Great Padisha of the Marids, forgive this unworthy for the next several pages of this report. I fear that neither I nor anyone else can do justice to the beauty of the religious center of the civilized world. Mere words are but a gale reflection of the Heart, that which is the sum of the Enlightened Lands. It should also be noted that here, among the beauty of the grand city, there is a vile serpent who would enslave all our people, Adnan the sha'ir.
This district is perhaps the most varied of any in Huzuz. Given over mostly to housing the thousands who come to visit the mosques, it must accommodate those of every faith and station. Housing ranges from tents that can be had for a mere bit a night, to manors suitable for a foreign prince or enlightened high priest. There are shops that cater to the visitors, as well as a sizable population of those involved in court life who disdain the pretensions of the Court District.
Of all the notables in the Pilgrims' District, most prominent is certainly Adnan-al-Raqi. Adnan is a powerful sha'ir, and has a heavily enchanted tower where he runs a school for sha'ir.
Infrastructure
- Grand University of Huzuz
- Tower of Adnan al-Raqi, a well renown Sha'ir school. Some even whisper it might be the best.
Guilds and Factions
Points of interest
- Musil al-Samik, Broker
- Fatima Kossi, Wanderer's Rest
- Mamood's Tent, basically a camping and a safe place to sleep.
- Rashad al-Klemari, Religious Supplies
- Rayad al-Farif, Appointments with the Mighty
- Husam Alin, Guide to the City of Delight
- Tomar of the Winds, Religious Teachings
- Gomir al-Kasir's Barber Shop
- Fatima Kossi, Wanderer's Rest
- Gomir al-Kasir's Barber Shop
- Grand University of Huzuz
- Husam Alin, Guide to the City of Delight
- Mamood's Tent
- Mosque of Beauteous Selan
- Mosque of Bountiful Jisan
- Mosque of Brave Hajama
- Mosque of Free Haku
- Mosque of Hakiyah the Honest
- Mosque of Kor the Old
- Mosque of Najim the Adventurous
- Mosque of Zann the Wise
- Musil al-Samik, Broker
- Rashad al-Klemari, Religious Supplies
- Tomar of the Winds, Religious Teachings
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