Tarq'eran (Tar-keer-an)
Tarq'eran is a large town of but a few thousand citizens. It is known for a large underground reservoir beneath the town, and is fervently protected and served by Baron Jelan Podir. Recently, the town grew in size from a few hundred to several thousand due to Jelan's discovery of an underground lake of pure water, which he kept safe from raiders and those who would harvest it for their own purposes, claiming it instead for the people of the region and allowing any seeking its life-saving relief to drink without any stipulation. It has become a vital settlement within the desert, and the rules of Ha-khet took notice of the man's worth, granting him a title of nobility after he began to display signs of newly acquired divine magic.
Tarq'eran means "that which protects" in the regional Khetian language, and was the site of an old ruin from a bygone civilization.
