ryas occupies several terraces in the city of Trebizond, surrounding an arboretum and surrounded by gardens. Some sancta are carved out of the underlying mountainside, but most sit on terraces surrounded by sweet-smelling flowers and gracious architecture.

Sitting at one western terminus of the Silk Road, Trebizond is a very wealthy city, and Dryas partakes in its share of that wealth, both in silver and gold, and in vis.