Karak

Karak was a city in the kingdom of Koryo in Kara-Tur. It lay at the edge of the great Quang Muku Forest, by the sea.

History
Karak was once under Kozakuran rule, and they built a subterranean fortress beneath the city. Some ten generations before 1357 DR, Kozakuran forces stole the Hu'i Wing, a sacred relic in the town of Goisho, and carried it off to Karak. They built it into their fortress there.

Around the year 1200 by Koryoan reckoning, many refugees of Karak sailed along the coast to Tu Pe and moored their junks to the city's famous Long Pier. The ensuing traffic jam grew and grew until it became that city's notorious Floating City.

In 1357 DR, Karak was at the center of an ongoing war for territory between the kingdom of Koryo and advance forces of Kozakura. The war left many innocent people injured, and around a thousand people fled north to Singye and camped outside that city. One morning, the bodies of fifteen black-clad ninja were discovered in the streets of Karak, and they were seen as evidence of Kozakuran encroachment. King Wanang Sun considered dispatching more soldiers to the area.

Locations
Beneath Karak was a vast subterranean fortress dating back to a time of Kozakuran rule. By 1357 DR, many levels remained unexplored and flooded, and folk whispered of Kozakuran invaders still in hiding in its depths. Only the very bravest risked venturing inside, as it was thought very dangerous.

However, somewhere inside the fortress was the Hu'i Wing, a massive magical brazier that revealed the future and was one of the most valued relics of Koryo. It was built into the fortress itself so it could never be removed without being destroyed, and so would remain there.