Solon

Solon was a city in the Raurin desert.

History
Solon was an Imaskari city that was founded in and became the capital city of Lower Imaskar during the Middle Kingdoms period of the empire.

After the fall of Imaskar, the ancient city of Solon sought to carve itself a new empire from the desert wastes. It succeeded for a time, gaining control of most of the land south of the Raurin Alta. It traded with Ra-Khati and Durpar. Slowly, however, as the desert spread further, Mulhorand took Gbor Nor, and Shou conquerors cut Solon's ties with the lands to the north, Solon lost its grip on its territories.

The nearby volcano had erupted at least twice since the initial foundation of the city. One of those eruptions left the Imaskari constructions inaccessible and unusable; the Solonese empire built on top of the leveled ruins. A second eruption did the same thing to the new city; a people known as the Kao built on top of it. Those buildings endured until an eruption in the year. At least one of the mummies in the city was 2000 years old at that time, give or take 10 years, which would place its raising around the year.

After a succession of weak kings over a period of centuries, Solon was only left with the city itself which was then taken by the lich Ambuchar Devayam at the head of a Durpari army.

From the city, Ambuchar came close to conquering Ra-Khati but ultimately failed. He began digging up the city for imaskari artefacts, caring not a whit for his subjects and cutting off all trade. He turned the dead into zombies so they would continue to work after their lives were exhausted.

In 1360 DR, the citizens lives of terror ended when Solon was buried by a magically-triggered volcanic eruption.