Toraskah is the largest city on Aylian, its capital and seat of the ducal palace.
The first sunny day of early summer graced the capital of Aylian with a warm breeze drifting in from the coast to the west. It carried the faint smell of sea water and the shouting of dock workers unloading the fishing boats that had come in from their morning trip.
It was Robert's favourite breeze.
When the winds blew from sprawling spaceport to the east, the acrid smell of engine exhaust and the roaring of spaceships landing and taking was annoying. But it was preferable to the rare occasions when there was a breeze from the north.
To the north, snuggled up against the foothills of the Tor'Tecla mountains, the demons had their newly build landing field. The tepid stench of the huge behemoths landing, resting and taking off.
From: The Pet and his Duke
- the ducal palace is a sprawling fortress that dominates most of a hill in the centre of the city