Neraka
Neraka is the capital of Taman Busuk and the base of operations for the Dark Knights and their minions on Ansalon. Located almost in the exact middle of the Khalkist Mountains, southeast of Godshome, the city was built prior to the Cataclysm. The Hundred Mile Road leads south from Neraka to Sanction (about a 4 day journey), and the Nerakan Road leads north into Estwilde with two other roads leading east and another west. Outside the main gate is a broad open field.
Neraka is located in the Plains of Neraka in the Neraka Valley, and surrounding the city are mountains, with a few of them dormant volcanoes. The city is broken into three different sections with districts outside of the walls. In the heart of the city was the Temple of Darkness and a fortified inner keep, both surrounded by their own wall, and two additional sections, each with its own wall. In the heart where the Temple once stood, was a large hole where it sank into the ground following the War of the Lance. The Dark Knights began to search it in 386 AC.
Outside the heart of the city is the inner bailey. Here all kinds of buildings crowd together in a small area, and its own wall surrounds it with watchtowers spaced evenly throughout. The Outer bailey is literally jammed with buildings, such as stables and markets. It is a warren of brothels, bars, shops, slave pens, huts, and hovels on narrow streets. Stench and squalor are found everywhere, along with rowdy crowds in the streets. Outside the outer bailey are the neat and orderly barracks of the Dark Knights.
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