Pentagulia is called the Holy City and is known the world over as the dwelling place of Althena. Pilgrims come on a daily basis to ask Althena for prayers. In practice, the "prayers" are wishes, and the cult that has grown up in Pentagulia revels in selfishness and greed under the auspices of devotion. The woman who grants these pilgrims audiences is similarly fradulent, being a human of no particular power placed as a stand-in by Zophar while he gathers his strength.