Harakoniaz

Harakoniaz is a town in the Erioka Mountains of Eastern Azkali. At its highest, the altitude of Harakoniaz is almost 23,000 feet, or approximately 4.3 miles: this makes it the highest permanently-inhabited settlement in the world. Harakoniaz has been lived in for almost five thousand years, also making it one of the oldest permanently inhabitated places in the world, predating Kali migrations to Azkali. The town holds significant religious significance to Turruism and Totezkalen. Harakoniaz was also the epicenter of the 1978 Azkali Plague epidemic, which foreshadowed the devestating 1980 Azkali Plague pandemic.

Photograph of a neighborhood of Harakoniaz, circa 2020. The summit of Mount Arian is featured in the background

Harakoniaz is located in the shadow of the summit of Mt. Arian, and above an unnamed glacier.

History

The first mention of Harakoniaz in a tax document was found in 2019, dating back to the year 1100 AD. However, evidence of kali and human inhabitation via the prescence of corpses on the summit of Mt. Arian suggests that the settlement of Harakoniaz is much older; these corpses date back to between 4900 and 5000 years ago.