Hewn City
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The brutal Court of Nightmares carved into the mountain beneath the Night Court, a place of cruelty and fear that masks the existence of Velaris.
Also known as: Court of Nightmares, the Hewn City, the Dark City, the Under-Mountain Court
What They Know
- Hewn City is the only part of the Night Court that outsiders are allowed to see, and it is designed to be terrifying.
- The city is ruled by a council of ancient, cruel families who bow to the High Lord only because they fear him more than they hate him.
- The architecture is deliberately oppressive: every corridor is narrow, every ceiling low, every door heavy and iron-bound.
- The Court of Nightmares holds regular revels where cruelty is entertainment and the weak are devoured by the strong.
- The city's true purpose is to serve as a decoy, drawing the attention and suspicion of the other courts away from the real heart of the Night Court.
- Those who displease the High Lord are often sent here as punishment, forced to live among the very monsters they despise.
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