Gavland
Gavland was a city near The Scarred Mountains and the former city of Hackering that was overrun during the The Malignancy. During the Abandonment Era, Gavland was the largest and most populous city in Albietha, and the capital of the Gavlandian Empire.
A Monolithic Corpse
The city of Gavland was gargantuan, housing almost three percent of the entire population of Albietha at the time. It was comprised of stone walls and towers around its perimeter, and rows of tall, brick, hatched buildings curving around the hills leading to the town's center. As a show of faith to the subjects of the coalition, city hall was built on the Southern edge of the city, the closest building to the entrance, visible from the gate. This turned to be fatal for the city when the Malignance came to take it. The city can be seen for miles, resting atop a series of hills and crawling toward the sky like black skeletal fingers, and is often used as a way-point for travelers: firstly to find their way, and secondly to know where to stay away from. While many of the cities taken by the Malignancy are dangerous for their inactive Maligned, those who travel too close to the city have reported hearing the sounds of active Maligned still wandering, searching for food.Fall of the City
Due to the city's proximity to Hackering, the people of Gavland were unprepared for the spread of the Malignance that had been fed and empowered by its devouring of Hackering. The destruction of Gavland was near instantaneous, and only a small portion of survivors were able to escape to the North, warning settlements as they went. These few were credited as heroes for preserving areas that went on to be locations of stations on The Ezriehen Railroad. Sadly, their names were lost to time in the chaos of the opening days of the Malignancy, and their heroic act is simply known as "Gavland's Warning."
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