Hermopolis

The city of Hermopolis is located at a confluence of the River Stygian and the Bakhari tributary in Lower Khemit. During flood season, this convergence makes the river a muddy expanse more than two miles wide that attracts tens of thousands of storks and flamingoes. Their cacophony can be heard more than a mile from the river.
Hermopolis is widely known as a center of learning and sophistication. It has the high seat of the temple of Thoth, ibis-headed god of knowledge and magic. It is overseen by Shemsi Neteru-f, high priest of Thoth and also archpriest of all Khemit. The temple includes a major library called the Thocaenum, which claims to rival the one at Pharos in the size of its collection, though its content is more religiously oriented. The temple also runs a major university in the metropolis that produces scholars highly sought after by the royal court of Khemit and by administrators throughout the kingdom. In addition, Hermopolis is the high seat of the temple of Khnemu, god of creation and invention.

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Settlement

Hermopolis, Metropolis of

Ruler

High Administrator Rifa’a Kagemni

Government

bureaucracy

Population

115,906 (mostly Khemitite)

Type

Metropolis

Owning Organization

Khemit