That's pretty typical of the world of ruin really. Everything goes to .
Narshe was a pretty cool first town. I liked the music a lot.
Old post on an old thread, I know, but I just have to point out the idea of "everything going to Umaro" is hilarious. And the censorship actually works, because Narshe did sort of go to Umaro in the WoR.
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