Horrified at their complicity in the region’s destruction as attendants to Nex, the calikangs of the Sixfold Repentance dedicated themselves to healing the harm they had caused both to the land and the people. They began by traversing the desert and surrounding scrubland, carefully cataloging magical effects and imbalances as well as the knowledge and histories of the displaced indigenous peoples. To this day, the annals of the Sixfold Repentance offer some of the most extensive records of the region, and other wasteland peoples occasionally make a pilgrimage to the site in search of their own histories.
After choosing a location they felt had the best chance of being restored, the calikangs set about establishing a small, sustainable town to serve as a meeting place to compare further research and restoration notes as well as a home. Called the Oasis or Samsara by others who saw their work as restoring the natural cycle of the world, the growth of this town was even slower than most in the desert. The Sixfold Repentance and those who come to aid them in their restoration efforts always take extreme care to never take from the land more than would be sustainable in the long term. This means enforcing a very slow growth of population and restricting prolonged access to the town and the surrounding area to ensure their settlement’s longevity.
The most striking sights in the city are the prismatic crystal pinions that seem to thrust their way up from the thirsting soil. They were artificially introduced to rebuild the mesh of primal power that runs through all material things that the caretakers of the city have and act as stabilizers for the area’s magic. These pinions and other such ongoing efforts to restore the region serve as a living magical thesis, and any practitioners of primal magic or adherents to nature-inclined deities are invited to contribute if they have the time and energy.
