Khartoum Desert

The most advanced and modern city in all of the Empire, Sankori is a beacon of progress. It is a gorgeous city with elegant architecture and stunning visuals, and also an incredibly expensive area to live in.

Sankori rests on a green peninsula that sticks out into the Coral Sea, off the main shore of Khartoum. It is a city of progress and innovation, their goal is to relearn all of the knowledge that was lost during the Great Doctrine War.

The city does attempt to honor it's history, despite their eyes being firmly set on the future.

The more historical area in all of Khartoum, the community of Taeson is a rather large city despite its rather traditional mindset. It is here where they preserve traditions of the past. While the city itself lacks the modern technology of the empire, the locals are more than okay with that arrangement.

The disdain for most things modern is so extent, that the people of Taeson firmly state that it was chasing technology which started the downfall of humanity in the first place. They fear another Doctrine War, and prefer to live in a traditional manner if it means keeping the peace.

Mojar is the happy medium between Taeson and Sankori, a city that honors and embraces it's past while slowly moving to the future. The landscape is filled with the ruins of old, which are studied and recorded, while other areas of the city are more modern.

Water is hard to find here, so the city takes great lengths to establish wells and aqueducts. Mojar hosts some of the best engineers in the entire empire due to this very reason.

Despite the lack of water, the city does it's best to stay attractive and green due to their profound irrigation network.

Located on the west coast of the Khartoum Desert, the city known as Zariya is a seaside community with incredible monuments and architecture. It is thought to be the second oldest area in all of the desert, right behind the Spring of Light.

The city is a popular tourist destination due to it's modern leaning ways and gorgeous beaches. It also has an incredible museum and arts program.

Zariya excels in the realm of science as well, housing multiple research labs and medical laboratories for the pursuit of knowledge.

The largest oasis in the entirety of Khartoum, the Spring of Light is a green hued refuge among the endless sand dunes and heat of the desert. It is covered with innumerable ruins, as the place must have also been an important resting area to ancient civilizations.

There is a city built around the spring, raised on the importance of respecting nature and honoring your natural environment. It is one of the cleanest and most pristine cities in all of the Empire due to this very reason.

They are quite fond of landscaping here as well.

A long stretch of uninhabitable wasteland, The Wastes are littered with ruins and dead trees with very little water. Many people like to theorize that this is the very spot where the gods came down to Terr-Oryn in order to punish us during the Great Doctrine War.

The caravans of Khartoum never travel here, insisting the land is cursed. There are countless men who have lost their lives to this untamable stretch of land, and their sun bleached bones serve as a warning to all who would attempt to follow.

Research expeditions try to study the ruins here, they have little luck.

A large, tropical sea that lies between Okacho, The Ebony Isles, and the Khartoum Desert. The Coral Sea gets it's name for its clear turquoise waters and colorful coral reefs that are scattered throughout it's realm.

There are multiple islands and sandbars throughout it's waters, with ancient cities and ruins dotting along the shores. It is a truly stunning place, and a popular tourist destination due to it's pristine waters.

The surrounding beaches have the whitest sand known to the entire Empire, the sand is so clean, it actually squeaks beneath your feet.