A Dara Happan metropolis in the Lunar Satrapy of Kostaddi
Description[]
- Its city wall is made from a single green stone.
- Entrance is through eleven tunnels under the wall.
- Known as the Green City
- On the confluence of Erinflarth River and Oslir River.
- Known primarily for being holy to Shargash
- Widely considered a Hell upon Earth.
- It has a population of 30,000
Inhabitants[]
- Alkothi are considered killers and slavers by outsiders
Culture[]
Government[]
Military[]
- Almost all adult denizens of the city are potential soldiers.
Religion[]
- Shargash is the City's patron deity.
Mythology[]
Golden Age[]
- Shargash was the Overseer of Alkoth
- The city gave the Breastplate of Protection to Murharzarm in the myth of the First Muster
- Shargash emerged from here in the late Golden Age to confront Umath
History[]
Dawn Age
- Inhabited by the Shadzoring demon race
Modern Age[]
- They did not submit to the Carmanian Empire after the Carmanian March.
- They elected a Tyrant and dominated Dara Ni
- They conquered Vanch in 1200 ST
- They rejoined the rest of Dara Happa in 1236 ST after Yelmatha was enthroned.
- But their gods never swore a treaty with the Red Goddess and they city did not consider itself ruled by the Red Emperor
- They supported Vinyardavu in his war against the Lunar Empire.
- They surrendered to the Empire in 1285 ST and their deity (Alkor?) humbled before the Goddess and accepted the Lunar Way
- In 1385 ST the city sent an army to invade Vonlath against the Celestial Empire
- They were in turn invaded by Dara Happan traitors (Dara Happa On Horse?)
- Neither side succeeded but the city was greatly weakened.
- In 1388 ST, an army of Sylilan refugees reinforced the city and prevented a second sack.
- Comment: The first Sack of Alkoth is nowhere stated in the source Redline History.
- The Sylilans then began an active pirate campaign against the Celestial Empire's river traffic, reaching the [{Thunder Delta]] within a few years.
- In 1397 ST, a large Sylilan army marched to relieve Alkoth, destroying the enemy cavalry that opposed them.
- Glamour sent an army southwards to meet them.
- In 1404 ST, Sheng Seleris appeared outside the walls of the City, as his Red-Skinned Priestesses enchanted Alkor
- They caused the city to surrender and accept a nomad garrison.
- In 1423 ST, the garrison was driven out by a secret army from Sylila.
- The city gates were rebuilt and barred with iron and magic.
- The city temple (Tample to Alkor?) was purified and against consecrated to the Moon
- This linked Glamour with Sylila.