The Wounded City

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The Wounded City
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Ruler(s) Abd-al-Mamat
Darklord(s) Abd-al-Mamat
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Near the Lost Mountains in Al Kathos, the Wounded City was once, and perhaps shall be again, a great city that flourished under the judgement of a wise vizier after the deaths of its last sheikhs. That man was abd-al-Mamat, the bringer of prosperity and yet also the bringer of doom. For as his judgement brought more wealth, it turned the citizens away from one another. As his subjects became more reliant upon abd-al-Mamat, he grew disgusted and made his rule harsher. Maimings and other harsh punishments went from common to ubiquitous among the people of abd-al-Mamat's city, save for abd-al-Mamat himself. That is how the city earned its nickname, shunned by travelers. One day, a storm of swords cut through the city, reaching into the Hall of Judgment and cutting abd-al-Mamat to ribbons. Henceforth, his people scattered to the winds just as his body parts.[1]

However, a descendant of an abd-al-Mamat follower discovered the vizier's still-living hand and has been reassembling his body parts in abd-al-Mamat's Hall of Judgement. People are slowly being drawn back to the Wounded City once again.[2]

Some fans have suggested making the Wounded City a pocket domain within Al Kathos with abd-al-Mamat its darklord.


The Wounded City's official name is Mamatpolis being named after the dark lord. During the one year in which Abd-al-Mamat is active the city's rule is very lawful evil with very harsh, strict laws that are ruthlessly enforced. After that year things start changing. The new sheik, who is always one of his descendants, starts having problems in enforcing his rule. The guards start taking bribes to look the other way when the more extreme of the laws are violated. Eventually these laws are repealed after which the guards start looking the other way when less extreme laws are violated. After about 20 years other of Abd-al-Mamat's descendants aim for power and there are attempted coups and parts of the city are almost independent of the rest. By the time forty years go by the Wounded City is in near anarchy and Abd-al-Mamat has to start from scratch in re-establishing his rule.

References

Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue

Tales of Ravenloft:The Judgement of Abd-al-Mamat

Tales of Ravenloft:The Judgement of Abd-al-Mamat - p170