Baz

First Appearance and Context

Baz is presented to visitors inside the Hylaean Way at the Concent of Saunt Edhar through a sequence celebrating “the glory that was Baz,” highlighting its temples, capitol, walls, roads, armies, library, and the Ark of Baz. Frescoes by the exit depict the sack of the city and the burning of its library, an event remembered as the Fall of Baz.

An earlier anecdote set in antiquity ties Baz to imperial patronage of art: Tantus, styled a Bazian Emperor, commissioned companion sculptures to accompany a famed image of Cnoüs and had marble shipped to Baz for the work, after acquiring the original by sacking what remained of Ethras.

Contemporary usage treats “Ethras and Baz” as a geographic shorthand for one side of the world; other regions may be described as lying on the opposite side.

Roles/Actions and Affiliations

• Seat and symbol of imperial power in its era, represented with a capitol, monumental works, roads, armies, and a great library.
• Closely associated with the Ark of Baz; later depictions show priests and prelates of the Ark advising generals and emperors as theors recede to the background. This places Baz in the religious and institutional orbit of the Bazian Church as seen by later chroniclers.

Relationships

• Religious: Centered around, or closely linked to, the Ark of Baz (within the broader tradition labeled the Bazian Church).
• Classical world: Its emperor is said to have sacked Ethras when assembling art and materials; the city’s story is juxtaposed against earlier theoric centers in the Hylaean Way exhibits.
• Mathic memory: The Hylaean Way’s narrative positions Baz at the culmination of a historical arc, immediately before the Fall of Baz.

Descriptions/Characteristics

• Depicted as a vast, organized city with temples, a capitol, stout walls, engineered roads, a standing military, and a renowned library. The Ark of Baz is a recurring focal point of the imagery.
• In the exhibit context, later scenes show the library burning during the Fall of Baz.

Current Status/Location

Treatments to date present Baz as a historical city whose later fate is summarized by the Fall of Baz. Its precise present‑day condition or location is not described in the available account.