A Geography Of Haarth: Perfumed City
The A Geography of Haarth post series is traversing the full range of locales and places from The Wall of Night world of Haarth. Each locale is accompanied by a quote from either The Heir Of Night, The Gathering Of The Lost, or both.
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Perfumed City: the capital of Ishnapur, the empire that forms the southernmost of Haarth’s known realms
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‘ “…even our own people, those who have been to Caer Argent, say that Normarch is nothing by comparison.” She smiled. “We had some Ishnapuri travelers through a while back, and you could see they thought it was like nothing on earth.”
“They would, of course,” Carick agreed. “River merchants who travel there say that the Perfumed City is larger than Ij, Ar, and Terebanth put together.” ‘
~ from © The Gathering Of The Lost, The Wall of Night Book Two: Chapter 13 — Normarch