The Palaces of Oxus

The wealth accumulated in Oxus has led to a more than interesting competition among the retired merchants to give the city more and more sumptuous buildings. The houses of Oxus all stand out for their luxurious beauty, but the highlight is undoubtedly the palaces.
Among the most beautiful and oldest is the Palace of Gerontes, a merchant familty with a considerable fleet that is considered the high nobility of Oxus. When the head of the family retires he leaves his children in charge and settles in the palace. Myron Gerontes and his wife Merinea have been retired in Oxus for 15 years, sponsoring events and buildings such as the Theater of the Temple of Heliod Crisaor. Although their palace parties are few, luxury and good taste plague every stay on these refined occasions.
Another great place to consider is that of Omerto of Meletis, on the cliff to the south. Omerto is a complete opposite of the Gerontes, outlandish and ostentatious, he dresses his house like himself, with colorful and shiny silks, gold everywhere and unnecessary exaggerations. The parties in his palace are always the talk of the town because of some embarrassing event of sign of bad taste. The palace has in its courtyards exotic, even dangerous animals, trees of strange provenance mingle in its gardens. Omerto even boasts of a tree that he claims to have managed to grow from the Blood Cypress, which has scandalized and frightened some of the inhabitants of Oxus.