Khasbah tiz Ouregis

The Khasbah tiz Ouregis is one of the largest fortifications in the Two Kingdoms.  It stands more than eight miles in circumference and has over 200 gates looking down onto the city below.  Its walls are made from red clay -- stained red, some say, by the blood of those who defy the pharaoh.  Inside the walls are a number of buildings, streets, an trde centers for citizens to bring in portions of grain as taxes and for selling it again in hard seasons.  The eastern wall of the Khasbah overlooks the bay where the Rabhaszem River enters the Lachrymose Sea, and along the southern wall stretches one of the largest and most beautiful gardens in the world.

The garden at the edge of the Khasbah is known as the kel-Ilief.  It was created by a pharaoh long ago to commemorate those who had died defending the city.  After the monument at the center had been constructed, women of the city and all over the Two Kingdoms began to bring plants and place them around the towering statue.  As these plants took root and grew, the garden began.  Today it encircles a square area of almost a half-mile, fed by the river below and its plazas and flowering plants are considered one of the great wonders of the city.

The Khasbah is a peaceful place well-guarded and lit at night by traveling lantern-bearers who are paid by the city to keep the streets safe from crime.  It is a fairly cosmopolitan area filled with street vendors, rich merchant areas, and the nobility of the Two Kingdoms.