Incense Roads

Considered to be one of the architectural wonders of the world, the Incense Roads are a series of convoluted tunnels that run under the Sofiye Desert. Originally built by the Ğiamar as a means to protect themselves from the desert's sandstorms and harsh weather, the tunnels were heavily expanded by the Konaa and has since served as an important trade route that is used to transport the few but very rich resources of the desert to the east.

History
The tunnels have existed since the Mythical Era, built by the Ğiamar civilization. Their number, however, was a lot smaller than it is nowadays; the Ğiamar were more or less used to the harsh desert environment and the Incense Roads were supposed to be a system of emergency bunkers in case of a sandstorm. As such, the tunnels were small and few.

The first people to have realised the strategic importance of the Incense Roads were the Konaa. The legendary Queen Kamua I made it her priority to seize control of the entrances to the tunnels, even though most of them were unmapped. For years the Konaa scoured the desert looking for the bunkers. After seizing control of the Incense Roads, the Konaa connected the bunkers that were isolated from the network of tunnels and then linked them to actual Konaa territory, with the city of Apue serving as the entryway into the system; Apue itself experienced massive growth after that, becoming an important trade hub of the region.