The capital of Iqes, situated at the mouth of the Shulka River. Mjiqa is where the coral-and-mica architecture reaches its most dramatic expression — towers of cultivated pink coral, walls that shimmer with mica flakes, broad plazas where the wealthy display their status in imported fashions and ostentatious jewelry.
Look past the glitter and you see the machinery of power: the Ring Hall where the council meets, the Coral Docks where trade flows, the Privateers' Berths where licensed raiders spend their earnings. And in the crowded Qindo Quarter, the workers who make it all function — dockworkers, servants, sailors, craftspeople whose labor builds the wealth they'll never share.
Mjiqa is two cities in one. The ring-holders see a jewel of commerce and culture. The Qindo see a stolen inheritance.