The Ekluzagnu, also known as Grixekyr in gnollish, was the capital of the Šadnatu Akalate. Its name, roughly translated to 「stone palace」, was not an exaggeration: the city was literally carved into the mountain. Initially an ancient Bulwari fortress, it was transformed into a capital by the gnollish matriarch Zehia, destroyed by the Xhazobine, partially rebuilt under the rule of Castan III and destroyed again by Aakhet. When Barseen took control of the place, it was little more than a pile of ruins. His son Bavar I, with his Akalate flourishing, ordered the restoration of the old fortress and turned it into a palace. As the excavations continued and more of the ruins were uncovered, the palace became a town, then a city, until it officially became the capital in the year 542.
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