Sokkar

Sokkar, the City of Eternity, was a ruined necropolis found in the Haunted Lands of Zakhara in 1367 DR.

Geography
Sokkar rested at the base of the Furrowed Mountains along the northern fringes of the Weeping Desert.

Description
As of 1367 DR, Sokkar had been completely surrounded by Al-Amzija, a black cloud of vengeance, for centuries which shielded it from the prying eyes of Zakhara.

Within the tempest, the city of Sokkar stretched for miles in every direction. Impressive pyramids dominated the center of the city, stretching upward into the storm-filled sky.

History
Sokkar was founded by giants long ago when lush jungles covered the Land of Fate. The giants governed with wisdom and the human residents of the city prospered under their rule. Over time the female giants began to only produce male offspring, resulting in the gradual decline of the giant population in Sokkar. The remaining males renounced their rulership and constructed large cairns for themselves in a necropolis along the periphery of the city. Eventually only a trio of males remained. The passion these giants held for their dying culture was so strong that even death could not claim them. They became the undying rom. Their names were Noq the Inspired, Arun the Ever-Vigilant, and Merodach the Deprived.

The human rulers of Sokkar deferred to the wisdom of the three rom, travelling to the necropolis on a yearly basis to receive their wisdom.

Eventually the rom were viewed as demigods. The rom reveled in this treatment, allowing worthy citizens to be buried near their mausoleum when the died. Eventually even their towering tombs were surround by lesser structures, creating a veritable city of tombs.