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The architecture was very densely-packed and layered. Roadways were often built completely over, leaving some regions a honeycomb of tunnels and structures. Though the city was highly populated, its actual area was quite small. There is no word in the goblin tongue for "building codes". | The architecture was very densely-packed and layered. Roadways were often built completely over, leaving some regions a honeycomb of tunnels and structures. Though the city was highly populated, its actual area was quite small. There is no word in the goblin tongue for "building codes". | ||
| + | Still, the city flourished, with goblins from all over the [[Greater Continent]] putting aside their differences and attempting a pilgrimage to their jewel of a city. Few survived, and those that did rejoiced. While the urban centers were dense, packed, and filthy, the city was full of beautiful, electorate temples, decorated with the bones of the finest enemies and the spoils of far off lands. Kuu-Allaa was the heart of a vast empire, and the goblins wished to show their wealth by holding elaborate festivals and celebrations. | ||
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Kuu-Allaa's location was on a high plateau. The region was originally heavily forested, but the goblins made short work of that. When mudslides threatened the city, they diverted and damned the various rivers that fed into the area. Surviving accounts speak of "the thirsty time" as the goblins apparently did not think to construct an aqueduct before cutting off their water supply. | Kuu-Allaa's location was on a high plateau. The region was originally heavily forested, but the goblins made short work of that. When mudslides threatened the city, they diverted and damned the various rivers that fed into the area. Surviving accounts speak of "the thirsty time" as the goblins apparently did not think to construct an aqueduct before cutting off their water supply. | ||
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| + | They would eventually create a water system to bring running water to the city. Indeed, Kuu-Allaa may have been the first city in history to engineer a fully gravity-fed, indoor plumbing system, without the aid of magic. They did, however, craft pipes of solidified Carenocarbide, which was not entirely water-proof and had some unfortunate interactions with the water. In some areas, the goblins combatted this by lining the interior of the Carenocarbide pipe with perfectly safe led. | ||
The various changes made eventually turned the plateau into a dry desert. The goblins would periodically attempt to make the land grow again by building aqueducts and canals and planting crops. The goblins favored a spindly, barbed plant called [[Goubtutu]], who's flowering body could be used to spin a sort of cotton, known to human traders as [[Fire Wool]]. The Goblins loved it for it's water-resistant properties and for the bright colors they could easily dye it. Goblin dyes do not last long, so the cramped city often had piles of rags all about. Outside the city, the goblins would plant wind barriers of eucalyptus trees around their goubtutu fields. When these fields were inevitably abandoned, the neglected plants would break free and roll around in the wind, often being trapped in the fields and sometimes forming drifts as high as the tree tops. | The various changes made eventually turned the plateau into a dry desert. The goblins would periodically attempt to make the land grow again by building aqueducts and canals and planting crops. The goblins favored a spindly, barbed plant called [[Goubtutu]], who's flowering body could be used to spin a sort of cotton, known to human traders as [[Fire Wool]]. The Goblins loved it for it's water-resistant properties and for the bright colors they could easily dye it. Goblin dyes do not last long, so the cramped city often had piles of rags all about. Outside the city, the goblins would plant wind barriers of eucalyptus trees around their goubtutu fields. When these fields were inevitably abandoned, the neglected plants would break free and roll around in the wind, often being trapped in the fields and sometimes forming drifts as high as the tree tops. | ||
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| + | ==History== | ||
| + | Kuu-Allaa is said to have flourished for a thousand years | ||
Revision as of 06:03, 3 January 2017
Kuu-Allaa was a Goblin city which flourished in the Barrier Range during the late First Chaotic Period of the Mage Wars. According to legend, Kuu-Allaa was a prosperous, thriving city that stood for a thousand years, before being destroyed in "a single night and a day of misfortune". Modern excavations of the site indicate it was "more like half an hour, tops."
City
Kuu-Allaa is estimated to have housed, at it's height, more than eight million goblins, and is said to have produced goblin culture's finest artists and poets(sadly, no goblin poetry has yet been found, though many hope some will be discovered in the Library of Arindell). The city was the center of a vast trading hub, and sat atop extensive Carenocarbide mines. The mines were the source of all of Kuu-Allaa's wealth, and the proffered building material for the goblins. The substance, when ground into a powder and mixed with water, would set hard as stone and could easily be shaped in forms.
The goblins constructed three massive ziggurats, with various accounts given of their names. The tallest was seven stories and may have been as much as four hundred feet high. The ziggurats were connected by a series of causeways that linked to the road system, all made of hardened Carenocarbide. Houses were made either of wood, mud-brick, or (for wealthier goblins), hardened blocks of Carenocarbide. Most had thatched rooves, in what the goblin's insisted was "tradition". For wood, the goblins preferred eucalyptus, of which they enjoyed the smell and flavor.
The architecture was very densely-packed and layered. Roadways were often built completely over, leaving some regions a honeycomb of tunnels and structures. Though the city was highly populated, its actual area was quite small. There is no word in the goblin tongue for "building codes".
Still, the city flourished, with goblins from all over the Greater Continent putting aside their differences and attempting a pilgrimage to their jewel of a city. Few survived, and those that did rejoiced. While the urban centers were dense, packed, and filthy, the city was full of beautiful, electorate temples, decorated with the bones of the finest enemies and the spoils of far off lands. Kuu-Allaa was the heart of a vast empire, and the goblins wished to show their wealth by holding elaborate festivals and celebrations.
Area Outside City
Kuu-Allaa's location was on a high plateau. The region was originally heavily forested, but the goblins made short work of that. When mudslides threatened the city, they diverted and damned the various rivers that fed into the area. Surviving accounts speak of "the thirsty time" as the goblins apparently did not think to construct an aqueduct before cutting off their water supply.
They would eventually create a water system to bring running water to the city. Indeed, Kuu-Allaa may have been the first city in history to engineer a fully gravity-fed, indoor plumbing system, without the aid of magic. They did, however, craft pipes of solidified Carenocarbide, which was not entirely water-proof and had some unfortunate interactions with the water. In some areas, the goblins combatted this by lining the interior of the Carenocarbide pipe with perfectly safe led.
The various changes made eventually turned the plateau into a dry desert. The goblins would periodically attempt to make the land grow again by building aqueducts and canals and planting crops. The goblins favored a spindly, barbed plant called Goubtutu, who's flowering body could be used to spin a sort of cotton, known to human traders as Fire Wool. The Goblins loved it for it's water-resistant properties and for the bright colors they could easily dye it. Goblin dyes do not last long, so the cramped city often had piles of rags all about. Outside the city, the goblins would plant wind barriers of eucalyptus trees around their goubtutu fields. When these fields were inevitably abandoned, the neglected plants would break free and roll around in the wind, often being trapped in the fields and sometimes forming drifts as high as the tree tops.
History
Kuu-Allaa is said to have flourished for a thousand years
