Sunarmand

Sunarmand was the wondrous sanctuary-citystate of the PiQala'i people as well as the tree under whose boughs' protection it emerged. According to legend, its seedling descended down from the sky as a gift of the goddess Q'nixqala to the PiQala'i people millennia ago after their sacred grove had burned down in the heat of the summer. They planted the seedling at the navel of the world on the northern shores of the Lake of Stars but it would soon outgrow everything around it to become the largest living being in the world. By the time of recorded history not one person was certain of Sunarmand's origins and it was said to be "A tale as old as songs".

At the center of the city was Zalawan. Tree amber.

After Q'nixqala descended in the Western Ocean for the one last time the tree's magical protection began to fade as the PiQala'i were now subject to the horrors of the world. It was then that some embarked on a pursuit of happiness, traversing the wide world. A group of sunsailors journeyed to find their lost goddess but never found her and eventually settled on the Isle of Melandros. Nowadays these are the only witnesses that can tell the story of what once was the greatest city in the world because some time after the descent of Q'nixqala it was affected by the Undoing, a cataclysm of unspecified nature as there are no reports of incident nor are there any survivors. The common saying "No one cried for Sunarmand" is derived from here. The scarred and twisted wastes where the great tree once stood are now called the Sveas. The few standing tree trunks have been turned to coal, the rocks have melted away and everything is buried in a layer of ash. The few grasses that do peek out of the vast greyness are soon eaten by black goats.