Shululsish

As the capital of the subsector, Shululsish is the home of the region’s leading sarriiu. The position is a thankless one – every outsider who has been placed in the post has soon found the lesser nobles of the subsector united against him. The last two sarriiu have been weakling locals instead; the current one (Esharku Gudakhaa) is nearly feebleminded. Instead of being a center for order, Shululsish has become a pawn in regional politics. It is home to nearly a third of the subsector’s population – so if one of the region’s shakkanakhu can get control of it, he has the upper hand as long as he can hold it. The sarriiu’s court is a pit of cutthroat politics – every spare noble child, talented family retainer, and foolishly brave kiduunuuzii in the subsector is there, fighting it out for favor. Countless careers have been made and broken here in the last few decades. Shululsish itself is small, but heavily populated. It is quite dense, due to a large nickel-iron core. Despite being halfway between Mercury and Mars in size, it has a thick atmosphere and several large seas.