Fort Krasia

The outer wall

Fort Krasia (as named by Thesans) or "The Southern Fort", located deep into the Krasian desert, surrounding a great oasis dug up from an underground river. The Fort, also known as "The Desert Spear" in Krasian, was the current capital of Krasia at the beginning of The Demon Cycle, but largely abandoned by its citizens in 333 AR for Everam's Bounty (Fort Rizon after it was conquered by the Krasians).

It is also the only civilization known in Thesa that speaks a different language from Thesan, called "Krasian".

Inhabitants

The population, once millions of people, is now reduced to less than 50,000 people after centuries have passed with great losses in the Sharak Ka. Because of this great districts just inside the great outer wall lay abandoned and have been absorbed into The Maze.

Characteristics

The City is built with high, imposing outer walls and two sets of inner walls. The Holy City lies inside the innermost wall and around a great oasis. Around the shore are the smaller palaces of the Damaji, the tribal leaders. The most noteable structure in the city is Sharik Hora, a great domed temple decorated with the bones of the Dal'Sharum, it was built to worship Everam. Inside the inner wall lays also the Palace of the Andrah. Most of the populace lives in The Middle City where the Sharum train on the west side and the Great Bazaar bustles on the east side. The outermost region is the abandoned Maze, where only the Sharum hunt demons at night, but sometimes the brave will venture there in the day to look for scraps.

Map

Detailed map of Fort Krasia under the rule of the Majah tribe after the Shar'Dama Ka left for Everam's Bounty, however it is largely unchanged from the time of The Desert Spear.

From The Desert Prince

Notable features

The Holy City

• This is the safest part of the city inside the innermost wall which surrounds the great oasis and contains the great Temple of Sharik Hora (which also contains the Dama'ting Palace) on the northwest side and the Andrah's palace on the southeast side.
• Smaller palaces of the various Damaji of the twelve tribes of Krasia are interspersed along the shore of the oasis.
• five or size small gates exit the inner wall, but the most used one is placed at the south edge.

The Middle City

• Where the bulk of Krasians live with the Palace of the Sharum Ka dominating the west side and the Great Bazaar on the east side.
• The Sharaj (training grounds) of the various tribes lie just southeast of the Sharum Ka's palace. At the end of the training grounds are the Dama'ting pavilions.
• Theoretically, the Middle City is also separated into districts for each of the twelve tribes, but their locations are not known. There are also lesser walls and gates between some districts.

The Maze

• Just inside the great outer wall where a bulk of the Krasians used to live before the demons killed most of the inhabitants. It now consists of mostly ancient hovels and ruined buildings, but the walls can still be up to 20 feet high, some with wards still carved into them.
• The wall that separates the Middle City from the Maze is 30 feet high and carved with wards.
• On the east side is the grand boulevard that leads from the eastern gate of the inner wall that protects the Middle City and then on to the eastern The Great Gate of the outermost wall. It is safely used during the day, but just before dusk when the gates closed it becomes part of the Maze.

Resources

Fort Krasia trades, among other products, silk and perfumes with the rest of Thesa.

References