Pi-Medjayim

Pi-Medjayim is a fortress of the Ashuran Medjayim in the Azeraan Crownlands, Askaru Federation. Previously, it was part of Ashura, before Ashura and Hiarlliia merged to form Azeraan. The fortress consists of a large house in the center, surrounded by walls, then a moat, and finally, bamboo. The fortress is an important part of Ashura and has a long history of use. It also gives its name to the Pi-Medjayim peoples, a prehistoric human group that settled around modern Sharla.

Ancient fort
The earliest permanent settlement in the area was a fort created by Dune Elves of the First Dominion of Ashura around ~4,000 BCA. This fort protected the dominion from barbarian nomads and served as a major military fort. It is unknown how long it was used, but by the end of the Second Dominion of Ashura, it had certainly been left in ruin.

Non-Ashuran settlements
After the ancient Ashuran dominions were destroyed, the area was settled by a number of different human tribes. The first one to do so was Viridian, with the foundation of Balim. However, Balim's population quickly succumbed to disease and died out. Eventually, Viridian left the area. Later, the land came under the control of the Aurlûnor Velande. Aurlûnor was very anti-barbarian, so when a barbarian tribe named Nordok settled the land, Aurlûnor quickly declared war on them and eliminated them as part of the Fifth Barbarian Rally. After conquering this fort in 881 ACA, it was granted to the Guojiang Harmonizers and was renamed to Astrakane. However, in 925 ACA, the Guojiang Harmonizers were dissolved, and the fort was again left abandoned.

Medjay fort
In 931 ACA, the Dune Elf Nefer-ka-mutawakh went to Astrakane to examine the ruins, only to find it on fire. An arsonist named Quilber_cool had attacked the fort with lava. Although the arsonist accidentally burned themselves in the lava and died, Aurlûnor decided that the historic site needed to be protected, so Nefer-ka-mutawakh took control of it and rebuilt it. Eventually, it was decided that the fort would serve as the base for the Ashuran Medjay, a group that worked to regulate and protect the Ashuran provinces of the Aurlûnor Velande. Because of this, it was renamed to Pi-Medjayim, meaning house of the Medjays. Pi-Medjayim was almost involved in a war known as the Poultry War in 934 ACA, when a group of invaders tried to conquer Aurlûnor. The battle never ended up happening, but because of this, many defenses were added, which still exist now. Lots of people also gathered in the fort, meaning that overnight, Pi-Medjayim went from being a small fortress for only the police force in the dunes, to becoming the most populated city in the Velande. However, this population increase quickly reversed. Not much happened to the fort after Ashura got its independence from Aurlûnor in 945 ACA. Pi-Medjayim is still used occasionally by Medjay or by wanderers who need to take a break in the desert. It once had quite an impressive armory, but this was moved to Qamiya following the threat of war between Askaru and Centaris.