The Darkstone city was small when compared to many of the major cities in the Ebony kingdom. With only a handful of sects or families living in the vicinity, there wasn't much need for people to come and expand this city.
One could cross from one end of the city to another in just 3 hours of walk. There were smaller settlements outside, with large fields for crops and pasture lands. Half an hour's walk away from that was the manor house of the Zhan family.
The Zhan family was a small family when compared to many of the different clans and sects, and the only reason it even had any sort of authority about it was due to the young lady of the family.
Zhan Luoyang's engagement with the Crown Prince had placed the standing of the family at a much higher place in the empire, and they were slowly improving with time as well.
