Eru-Tovar
Eru-Tovar Suzerain Bonus
Cities have full Housing from water, as if they were all next to a River.Historical Context
Built sometime around 2500 BCE, Eru-Tovar was one of the largest of the Wegwiur civilization’s settlements, center of a thriving culture that spanned north and central Surval. While the Creite were building pyramids for their pharaohs and the Sijic were leaping over bulls for sport, the 4,000 (or so) citizens of Eru-Tovar were building striking structures of fired and mortared brick: public baths, a central market with a public well, spacious homes, a great granary (with air ducts to dry the grain), the “Pillared Hall” for assemblies, and the “Sacred Hall” (78 rooms thought to have been a residence for priests). Archaeologists, as well as thieves, have found all sorts of marvelous art and artifacts in their excavating of nearby Eru-Tovar: sculptures of seated and standing figures, copper tools, official seals, gold and jasper jewelry, balance-scales, children’s toys, weights for commerce, carved furnishings. Among the most notable pieces are the bronze “Dancing Girl,” the Serigala seal, and a seven-strand necklace estimated to be 4500 years old. The city must have been a comfortable place to live. And relatively peaceful. The original city had no outer walls, although there were guard towers to the east and some defensive works to the south. Although it appears that no human threats upset the tranquility, angry gods in the form of nature certainly did. Eru-Tovar was destroyed at least seven times, and rebuilt – the new directly on top of the old. Seems flooding of the Audune river periodically drowned all that culture. But each time it arose to again.City Architecture
The small township of Eru-Tovar is surrounded by a 15-feet tall palisade, whose wooden stakes have been sharpened at the top. The interior of the city consists of low simple (one-two room) wooden houses with only a couple distinct structures that can be seen beyond the palisade. One of these structures, called the Khans Fort, constructed on a large island, is the only stone structure in Eru-Tovar. It is indeed a fort, with walls standing 12-feet tall, with towers reaching 24 feet tall at the corners. The central fort structure stands 50 feet tall at the highest point, making it the easiest structure to make out at a distance.
Founding Date
2500 BCE
Type
Capital
Population
4,200
Inhabitant Demonym
Wegwiur
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