The Horns

The Horns ("Horns", "The city of horns")
Horns have been a capital of many empires and been governed under many different rulers but it has a historical tendency to become an independent free city. The Horns is named after colossal horns growing out of the desert sands, which have been mined into skyscrapers, capable of housing an immense population. Areas around the city are very fertile and have been turned into farming areas.

Horns is the largest city on Noih, four times as large as the next largest city. Its size and population makes it a dominant force in the rivers. The towns and villages along the river are independent, but are in practice undeclared vassals to the Horns. The city of Horns only claims a small area outside the city and has no territorial ambitions.

The rich of the heights
At the tips of the horns live the wealthy and the powerful. They rule over the city and the lands surrounding it. The wealthy try to avoid going through the lower levels of the city and prefer to use flying transports or skybridges to move in, out and about the city. Some rich and noble prefer estates on the outskirts of the city.

Walled inner city
The most populated, walled interior of the city where eponymous "horns" are, is heavily policed to only allow citizens in and out to limit the population inside the walls. Despite the restrictions, the interior is heavily over populated.

Overpopulated streets
Because the land around the horns is so fertile, the excess food has caused massive overpopulation inside the city. It has grown even worse as the conflict between Untonon and Horns makes the lands between them more dangerous and refugees pack into the city.

Monsters in the sewers
The insane maze of piping under the city is in disrepair and infested with dangerous and grotesque things.

Ancient tribes of the roots
Tribes of reclusive people live deep in the roots and sometimes wander into the urban areas. They do business with the shops and even sometimes claim areas and buildings from the city as their own. They are seen as strange and dangerous squatters.

The deep roots
No one has ever seen the roots of the horns, but there is research and work being done to reach them.

Recent history
Horns is in conflict with Untonon over the dominion of the rivers but neither side has declared war.

Old history
Horns was a part of a confederacy that fought the Junar.