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It is assumed one sails into [[Huangjin]], docking first in Gisi. Stepping off the boat, Gisi is hardly the cosmopolitan center that Huangjin has been for centuries. Young palms sway in a warm ocean breeze, the smell of fish is everywhere, and beasts of burden pull cart after cart of goods in a [[slow]] march to the east dock where smaller transport ships will sail it to the city. Gisi is covered haphazardly in huts, and the waters around the small island are speckled with [[fishing]] boats. Gulls scream overhead as the 1,500 or so that inhabit this slow-living piece of land go about the daily business of fishing, sailing to and from the city, or loading and unloading cargo from ocean ships to the transport ships. | |||
A visitor must then charter a short trip to Huangjin, passing hundreds of crisp white sails snapping in the wind on the way. The city, impressive at a distance, becomes larger and larger until finally, pulling into a slip on the docks, Huangjin shows its full size as the long wall separating the beach from the city is visible. Stepping off the pier to the beach, one is offered a ride to the Chi road in [[human]]-drawn carriages. Some horse-drawn carriages exist but this is a throwback to when horses were not rare; the human-pulled version is a recent necessity as horses have become the playthings of the rich. When one gets close enough, the words [[flanking]] the gateless entryway are readable. This is the ona-ko-do, the code of the [[Telish Throne]]: | A visitor must then charter a short trip to Huangjin, passing hundreds of crisp white sails snapping in the wind on the way. The city, impressive at a distance, becomes larger and larger until finally, pulling into a slip on the docks, Huangjin shows its full size as the long wall separating the beach from the city is visible. Stepping off the pier to the beach, one is offered a ride to the Chi road in [[human]]-drawn carriages. Some horse-drawn carriages exist but this is a throwback to when horses were not rare; the human-pulled version is a recent necessity as horses have become the playthings of the rich. When one gets close enough, the words [[flanking]] the gateless entryway are readable. This is the ona-ko-do, the code of the [[Telish Throne]]: | ||