The Continental Capital (Kinglander: Wuoyos Inthruk, literally "Of-the-King-Land Primary-Man-Homes") is one of the two capital cities of the Kinglands; it is also the 2nd most-populous city of the Kinglands. The city lies on the Kaathi Kliffs overlooking Big Bay; perched atop these cliffs, it is surrounded by death and danger on all sides: to the north lies the Mattesian Great-Sea, its storms, its curses, its Rugged Shoremen, its Bigmen, its Blackwalruslords, and its Skinstealers, and to the east, south, and west lies the Continental Desert (also the Yosi Desert or the Yosaye Desert), its sandstorms, its giant cockroaches, its giant sandfrogs, its great wasps, its lyzards, and its Sansking (sometimes Sandking) barbarians. The city is sparsely populated, with bare wooden towers dotting its