The city of Ikk-ett-Saleth, which translates as City of the Sad Ones, was an Ice Warrior settlement on Mars and an example of Giis-lon dynasty architecture. This underground settlement was approximately seven kilometres across and lay at the bottom of a huge, deep bowl which had been smoothed from Martian rock; it may have been formed with Ice Warrior sonic technology. Genetically engineered, bio-luminiscent fungus illuminated portions of the city. A large patch at the top of the cave served as an artificial sun for the populace. Just beneath the sun was a thin, golden pyramid, about five hundred metres tall, along with additional structures that resembled low, flattered cylinders arranged in circles around the pyramid. The majority of the settlement was devoted to parks and woodland fille