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Eerily floating in the sky, through some powerful magic, a massive island formed of jagged black rock encompasses the horizon. Its sheer size is enough to give even the most grounded individual vertigo. The cloud cover above is it is black, intensifying the darkness it casts over the land. This is the terrible, fabled city of : Necroxis Paar.

Necroxis Paar is a city built atop a floating island. It is capable of moving if directed to do so, but, generally, the city will be anchored using massive black chains that are hooked into the ground: each . Each link in the chain being these chains are the size of a house. The city spends most of its time anchored nearby excavation sites while so that the ruling council hunts can use their laborers to search for various ancestral relics.

Necroxis Paar challenges the notions of natural good and evil in races. Just like most humanoid societies, they despise the creation of mindless undead and deem it an evil act. They instead, howeverThe only exception to this rule is what they consider the equivalent of the death penalty: turning a criminal into a mindless undead creature, trapping the soul inside the body. The members of the city revere intelligent undead as the upper echelon of their society. The general population, which tends to consist of [[SRD:Human|humans]], but is also composed of many other races of mortal humanoids, gather their wealth to hopefully join the noble ranks of [[SRD:Vampire|vampires]] and [[SRD:Lich|liches]].

Necroxis Paar is strictly split up into three social classes. Like any other society really, an individual's Citizens are born into one of the social class is generally based on their family's classes (or created into the social class. And in this society more than others, being at the bottom case of the social ladder can take generations to rise back up to a middle class positionvampires and liches) and generally that never changes during their lifetime.

'''Mataar:''' Mataar are the intelligent undead that rule Necroxis Paar. The mataar are the high society and aristocracy of the land. Some exploit the lower classes, some and others rely on their own magical strengths to prove their power and standing. These are the people that tend to make, or at least influence, the big decisions of Necroxis Paar.

Living immortals also live under this social class. They are given general equality to the Mataar, but it is generally known that they hold less respect because their reliance on vital organs is things like food, water, and air are seen as a weaknessweaknesses. There is a small population group of [[SRD:Black Dragon|Black Dragons]] that are well respected, however, and sometimes devils will live in Necroxis Paar if it suits their interests.

'''Tolian:''' The Tolian are the regular mortal members of society. Necroxis Paar has no racism so all Tolians stand on an equal footingin the eyes of the law and these sentiments are generally reflected in society at large. Tolians are just a normal middle class: they have professions, pay taxes, and try to earn as much money as they can to both provide for their families and, perhaps, someday afford the high price to become undead themselves and join the ranks of the Mataar.

'''Dredge:''' The Dredge are almost like a slave class in the Necroxis Paar society. Unlike what you might expect with regular slavery, Dredge still have the capability to earn their own money. Their duty that defines their social class is outstanding family debt. Because of the eternal nature of Necroxis Paar, a family can acquire massive debts. Fines for crimes committed by one family member can be so large it would be impossible to pay them in one lifetime. Poor financial decisions or gambling problems can haunt a family for generations. When a debt cannot be paid, ancestors (or and kin) must pay the remainder of the debt. The Dredge work 10 12 hour days under employment by the government and their salary pays for their housing and meals, and it also slowly reduces the debt their family owes. Any money they earn elsewhere is their own, and rarely, there have been cases of exceptional Dredge buying transformation into Mataar late in their lives.

Especially skilled Dredge are sometimes offered training to command groups of mindless undead to help them with general labor projects. Most general labor is really just performed by the Dredge themselves, however, just because zombies and skeletons are not too great at tasks that require more than brute strength and endurance.

The Undying Laws of Nature are a foundation of ideas that are the backbone of Necroxis Paar. The laws are taught in schools, and believed by basically everyone, to the point as something that a person in Necroxis Paar would be less likely to believe in gravity than the undying laws. That is to say, they are just believed and understoodunequivocally true.

To people from other lands, the undying laws might seem like a religion. And they practically are. People attend weekly gatherings where the virtues of the undying laws are taught (basically like church /temple service). There are those that devote their lives to leading others in understanding the undying laws (clerics).

'''Law II:''' When a mortal dies, their soul will spend a lifetime in agony before returning back as an ancestorin the form of reincarnation. Reincarnated individuals forget all that they knew in their past life because the agony their soul suffered during its lifetime of pain allows them to remember nothing else. Souls can be stolen by deities by worshiping them, in which case the soul will never reincarnate and will face eternal agony.

Another An incidental cultural impact of the laws is that mortals of Necroxis Paar favor physical wellness above all other virtues. Wellness does not necessarily mean strength, though it often means having strong stamina. A sick individual is often thought of as weaker and less desirable to be associated with. Those that get sick often usually are shunned by their families. In some ways, among mortals, success is determined by the health of a person over their lifetime rather than their achievements. People look up to elders rather than clever people or strong people because elders know how to stay healthy and alive.

Though Necroxis Paar generally allows free liberty, they also wish to conform to a common morality. In doing this, it became necessary for the government to ban religions that oppose the moral values of the land. Many good gods are banned because they are opposed to undead in general (and more extreme members of the good gods will crusade to kill the Mataar). Gods of nature are banned because they also oppose undead. Vecna and Nerull are banned from worship because of their support for mindless undead (although it is impossible to keep the god of secrets outside of a land like Necroxis Paar). Chaotic gods are also banned because of the rigid law of the land. Racial gods such as elf or dwarf gods are banned because they regard consider Tolians with greater esteem more important than the Mataar.

Necroxis Paar has no need for prisons. If an offender breaks the law as a Tolian, they are fined (sometimes to the point that their entire family becomes Dredges). If an offender breaks the law after becoming a Dredge, they are almost always executed. Anyone who is executed is raised as a mindless undead. This is the exception to the laws forbidding creation of mindless undead. Necroxis Paar citizens view this as the ultimate punishment. The hordes of skeletons and zombies that have been created over the years are used as general laborers and as a local defense force. It is said that there are huge spaces in the Astral Plane storing tens of thousands of skeletons and zombies that are eternally waiting to be released.

* '''Senator Mirroa''' - The unofficial leader of the vampire population in Necroxis Paar. It is said that her magic rivals and is possibly stronger than even the most skilled powerful liches in the senate.* '''Treasurer Bogan''' - A pit fiend, who was enthralled by the perfection he saw in that considers Necroxis Paarto be the perfect city. His experience has given him a high position in office as treasurer.