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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Electric Wizard" data-source="post: 6022354" data-attributes="member: 83982">I'm back from the dead. Feeling kind of groggy.Jahur, City of JewelsHex 19.31Every merchant and romantic in the Shrouded Lands longs to set foot in Jahur. Jahur is an ancient, exotic city along the Sea of Typhoons. The Zhuriman Empire established it as an oversees gem mining colony centuries ago. When the empire collapsed, the city became one of the few gateways between the Shrouded Lands and the world at large.All of the city's bombastic imperial architecture is preserved. Red concrete forums, palaces and basilicas profuse with arches, buttresses domes and spires blot out the sun above neighborhoods. Many are practically abandoned, but they remain well-maintained by mechanical custodians known as the Janissaries. The Janissaries are animated metallic constructs painted in a mockery of humanity. Each Janissary contains the soul of a worthy servant or warrior. Those who bear a warrior's soul serve as zealous guardians of the city. Many citizens hold the warriors in awe and terror, and defer to them despite the constructs' rigid beliefs and allegiance to a dead empire. The ruling class, who call themselves the Viceroys, play up the citizens' fear and reverance for the past and style themselves after decadent Zuhrimani aristocrats. They do not have the level of control over the Janissaries that their ancestors did, but they often manage to woo and coerce them to their wills.Despite keeping trappings of the old empire, Jahur adopted a strange deity known as Iano. He is depicted as a man with a single head, but two faces. As god who allegedly sees all that was and all that will come, he is popular among merchants. The prophet of Iano is said to have the same deformity of his god, and that he descended from the moon. Some believe he still dwells deep within the Temple of All Time.Jahur maintains relations with Shuttered and the Burning City. Their jewel-laden caravans are protected by columns of Janissaries as well as more conventional guards.Hooks:-What now dwells in the city's immaculate ruins?-Do any Janissaries live abroad? Why did their leave their posts?-What famous jewels are in Jahur?-Tell me about Jahur's thriving thieves' guild. Is it connected to Blind Midshotgatepool's organizations?-Is Iano for real? Is he part of the moon's scheming, or something else?-What dives do adventurers haunt?</blockquote>

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