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Venustas the hidden gem of Azshar is nestled far into the sandy reaches. Many if not most Azshar natives have never been to, or seen the city. The city of Venustas is shrouded in mystery its existence a myth. The city magically hidden from outsiders.

History

It was years ago many years before the coming of the modern ages when a man dressed in silks, and emblazoned with gem dotted rings appeared in the desert. He had a spark in his eye and a fire in his soul that burned the skies. He had found what he was looking for in this wasteland. It was a seed of creation, a nexus of magic that glowed bright and moved with liquid form. The man spent many days there at the site attuning his power with the nexus.

It was a week later when the ground rumbled and a city started to form from the surroundings. Creation was taking place fueled by magic. Great spires and domes formed from the environment, simple houses arose from the ground, fountains started to appear, the streets solidified into cobble stones. The man stood up as the creator of the city. It would be a place of magic with the great nexus in the center of the city inside a great dome of pillars, and a glass dome.

People came to the city and generations started to form. The city always seemed big enough for the ever growing population. Magic was everywhere in the city growing plants for harvest, keeping the wells full, the lights lit, and powering a communication network with the touch of runes and a thought you could talk to anyone. The city was raided a score of times however it is said that for every three people one of them were magicians. The raiders were repelled, but the Sharif of the city decided then to shroud the place from eyes.

The great city disappeared from sight when the great magicians of the city gathered around the nexus in the center of the city and cast a barrier to keep out intruders. From that day on no one came to the city, and raiders never raided again. The city was gone from sight, from sound, from senses. Only the families of the city were able to see and enter into it. Many years went by and people began to grow sad because no one new came to the city.

It was years into the sadness that the Sharif of Venustas decided to allow his people to leave. Thus began a growth in the city of new people once again. The law allowed residents to grant a visitor the right to enter the city, and eventually if the visitor so wished they would be granted citizenship. This was a joyous time for all and the city of magic was a lit again with happiness and growth.

Culture

Venustas is a society built around magic. It was always the point of the founder to share knowledge to people and to give them a place that would grow, and flourish as long as the magic remained. It is to this end that the founder had brought to the city a great deal of writings from all over the world. The founder of the city wanted future generations to be well versed in what was going on around them.

People had always grown their own food in the magical soil inside the city, and gathered water from the enchanted aquifers which never seemed to go dry. The people raised animals for food, and setup markets to sell grains, seed, livestock, vegetables, and fruits to one another. On a whole everything is free or can be traded for in the city.

Recently more and more information from the world has been brought into the city from the researchers who were sent out to gather knowledge of the modern world. The great library was updated on recent events, and teachings. Atlases of the world started to appear as the scripts employed by the Sharif got to work using information brought in.