The impoverished Lairs, dominated by the criminal Brotherhoods, end abruptly at the Avenue of Dragons connecting the Old Bastion to the Council House and kept safe by militia patrols. However, also nearby is the abandoned, ruined Hollow Houses area:
roofless walls
wall-less chimneys
porticos
colonnades
ivy on all the above
trees, brambles and flowers overrunning rubble heaps
grass parting pavement blocks
lichen devouring a monument
mellow stone
jasmine
a mockingbird
mossy slabs
a hanging oriole's nest
Dream Abbey (?), still inhabited
The Jugular River has withdrawn, leaving the moat-like Lagoon to which it is connected by canals. The nearby Swamp of Unvar makes itself known. Not as fabulous as Ys but a large, ancient city nevertheless.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
I think it's a bad sign if a city has such abandoned areas as the Hollow Houses. Ideally, a more energetic city gov't would have taken title to these abandoned properties and sold them at auction to investors willing to redevelop and repurpose this real estate.
Ad astra! Sean
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