Pasha gazed at the purple-hued starry sky; beneath it stretched a vast, endless land, silver-white as far as the eye could see. Moonlight cast a cool, silver glow upon the Sand Sea, lending this ancient desert its name.
Beneath the western sky lay that city—Idus, as the Istania People had long called it. After traversing the expansive Silver Sand Desert, merchants first laid eyes on Idus's red walls—like a beacon in the Sand Sea.
'Red Sand Cliff' thus got its name, representing the meaning of Idus in the Istania language.
But that was a hundred years ago; today, the city had long turned into ruins under the assault of wind and sand, its walls crumbled, gradually turning to sand. Shortly after eight, the ruins lit up with bursts of light, clearly visible toward the cliff.
