The Wheel
detail from notebook22/page25 showing final form of the Wheel
More than 100 000 people can throng this vast plaza. Here all the world is accustomed to bring their goods to offer to the Masters in their Mountain. From the Wheel, the Canyon of the Three Gates leads up into Osrakum.
The Wheel is moated and watered by the river that flows down the Canyon and which is the run-off from the Skymere lake which lies in the crater of Osrakum. Water carriers ply a trade throughout the City selling this water which is considered precious from its association with the Masters. On their part, the Masters see the run-off as their sewer - the Cloaca...