Ja ba-Ithset

Ja ba-Ithset (Ignan; lit. "City [made] of Brass") is the capital of Pasha ba-Heshta and is the most populated settlement within the Elemental Plane of Fire.

The city’s epithet is inspired by the singular material used to construct the majority of the city. Nearly all structures within Ja ba-Ithset are casts of solid brass, welded directly onto the city’s foundation. Ja ba-Ithset features a relatively cool climate, with temperatures occasionally reaching as low as 120 degrees Fahrenheit. Although the brass from which the city is built remains at scalding temperatures, a relatively high population of beings of non-fire-elemental descent can be found within Ja ba-Ithset’s walls.

Geography
Ja ba-Ithset is situated in the heart of Pasha ba-Heshta on the Elemental Plane of fire. The southwesternmost reaches of the city lie within the Ashen Desert, with the Abathid Sea defining its eastern and northern borders. These formidable geographic barriers have made Ja ba-Ithset a legendary stronghold in [wartime].

The [river name] river flows through the Ashen Desert and comes to a delta in the northern city districts, where it empties into the Ja ba-Ithset. Several forges—including those of the famed welders and architects of Ja ba-Ithset—have been historically powered by the [river name], though the seasonal nature of the river’s usefulness has driven such industries to develop other methods of production.

Architecture
Ja ba-Ithset is known across the planes as the architectural heartland of genies of all elemental descents.

Districts
Ja ba-Ithset is divided into several smaller districts.

History
Ja ba-Ithset is the oldest known non-celestial civilization to appear in Ha’ther. Founded by a tribe of efreet late in the first age of the first epoch, city has existed almost as long as the genie species.

The First Ateph and the Founding of the City
Prior to the formation of Ja ba-Ithset, the efreet were primarily nomadic. Some small settlements began to appear in the [fields],

One particular nomadic group, led by Ishke Sohep-ateph, selected the location as a resting place due to its highly defensible position. As the tribe began to make use of the natural resources—namely the indefinite supply of molten brass—

Now considered the leader of a small country, Ishke changed his name to Ishtep (which has the connotation of royalty) and took the title Sohep-ateph Ishtep il-Amun ba-Ja ba-Ithset, which literally translates to “Royal Ishke, Son of Sohep, face of Amun (the gods) from the City of Brass”. This title would become the basis for all royalty to follow Ishtep; each leader of Ja ba-Ithset would now be known as a “Son of Sohep”, often shortened to simply Ateph.