Meroë
The city of Meroë is on the Opal River about 100 miles south of Khiertuom. It functions very much as an administrative center for the kandake, who prefers to make as many decisions as possible for her country. She is willing to delegate to trusted subordinates, but only after she hears a thorough explanation of a situation and gives careful instructions on the actions she wants carried out. There is no doubt that sometimes Kandake Maleqora feels that a situation could be handled better if she could only deal with it herself. Her servants (which is what they all are, even those who are quite important in their own right) go to great lengths to avoid disappointing the kandake. She does not resort to anything so crude as execution (or has not yet done so), but she has ways of making her displeasure strongly felt.
Meroë has a river dock, though it is not as large as the one in Khiertuom. It has a separate section for diplomatic visitors and for deliveries to the palace of the kandake so that such arrivals need never be delayed due to common traffic in the area. The city also has a wide stone bridge to allow caravans to cross the Opal River even during the annual river floods.
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