Chegoyui
Chegoyui is the largest settlement in the southwestern desert of the Plain of Horses. It is populated by the Kahghun, a tribe of peace-loving traders.
Over the years, the Kahghun have gradually come control all of the major trade routes leading from the Plain of Horses into Shou Lung. For the most part, they have successfully excluded themselves from tribal rivalries and have avoided the tribal wars which regularly rage across the Plain of Horses. They have maintained a reasonably good relationship with Shou Lung. The Kahghun have made steady profits from Shou Lung'’s interest in quality horses.
Chegoyui is actually a collection of small villages surrounded by a stone wall for protection from the desert winds. Most of the dwellings are yurts made from sheep and camel skin. No building is more than a single story high. Even the qaghan’s headquarters is a modest brick structure distinguishable only by the colorful flags flying from the roof.
Most of the local transportation is provided by ox carts, simple conveyances made of four wooden wheels and a few planks. It is common to see a train of 30 or 40 ox carts driven by a single man on horseback. Camel caravans are used for desert travel. A trained man can handle up to two dozen camels, but an entire caravan may include several hundred camels. On long trips, camels can only carry full loads every other day. On any given day, half of the caravan will be loaded, the other half unloaded.
