Emerald was a city that was located on a fat-fingered peninsula that connected northeast Ashrya to southeast Ashrya.
It was such an important city that it was once the Capitol of Ashrya.
It was eventually moved to its present location for only one reason. It was too difficult to defend.
With both its east and west sides bordering water, all it would take to sack the city would be a well-equipped naval force attacking simultaneously on each side.
It also had no natural defensive geographical advantages like a mountain range or a difficult to traverse bog, both of which Jade possessed.
Still, it was an important city because it was the gateway city to the south.
King Percival Maverin sat alone on his favorite chair by the shores of the Eastern Ocean looking out into the impending darkness. Even though it was barely two in the afternoon, the sky was ink black and rumbling ominously.
