Argos

The Great Exodus
Before the city of Argos the people of Azgonath called another place home: Valaris. It was the grand capital of the empire beyond the border of known world, that is by now fallen into the ruin. Valaris was a massive sprawling city that had a massive wall, the size of mountains, holding back an ocean. It was riddled with bridges and roads connecting it to the other islands which formed the empire.

However, about 300 years ago a cataclysmic event happened, which shook the empire to its core and wiped its presence off the face of the map. A series of famines, which were followed by a mysterious disease that turned the population against each other, effectively turning everyone into cannibal. It was in these dark times that two sons of the king Faraeon the 2nd, VaIerion and Cytryn escaped the capital and sailed away to find a new home. Later they named the event The Great Exodus.

The Journey
After losing their home, family and people to the devastation that was The Great Exodus, the two princes thought to themselves, where to go next. Cytryn, the elder of the two, suggested to use the ocean currents to guide us to the new home. And so they drifted for days, the situation began to look hopeless. The people of Azgonath had an unique feature, that other mammals don't have: they could drink the salty oceanic water, however it would make them more prone to hallucinations and exhaustion.

After 4 days they finally spotted a land mass, it infact was the Alokhradi desert. Both princes thought to themselves if it would be better to just go around the desert, because their kin wasn't built for scorching hot sand. They let the current move them around the peninsula and they finally reached an abandoned island.

The island had a makeshift wall that had fallen into disrepair, one shack that had cracks in its floor and a ladder that led into a deep abyss. There was also a old farm house and a board of people who used to call this place their home. Both princes agreed to settle on this island and make this place as grand as was their old home Valaris. So began the construction of Argos (in Azgonathi language it means hope).