House Kotheth

House Kothet

The city of Kotheth lay in the high mountain ranges of the south west of Attica. It was originally constructed as a series of towers and grew into a citadel and then into a city with various bridges and walkways connecting the tall spires.

Kotheth had been the scene of numerous battles with rival city states guarding at it did a vital trade route between the central and southern western leg of Attica however its unique construction made it a formidable fortess and it was never stormed.

As trade grew between cities and the frequency of wars decreased Kotheth went into decline. Trade by sea hastened this decline as the slow land route was bypassed. Kotheth became a squalid cesspool of poverty and hoplessness with only work in the cramped and dangerous mines of the surrounding mountain ranges to support the populace.

As Kotheth declined into the status of a forgotten castle mine workers discovered significant cave systems deep under the various mountain ranges. The caves systems had formed from lava flows boiling up and then slowly draining. Various rare gems and gases filled the cave systems and hundreds of miners died of apshyxiation during the explorations.

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