Gath Padalla (pronounced GATH pah-DAH-lah) is a fortified city on the edge of the Taizzan Expanse southeast of Tirione, near the headwaters of the Tela River. Built upon the successive ruins of past settlements in the same location, the fortified city center lies on a tall hill overlooking the surrounding homes and streets. Gath Padalla is an important stop along the Golden Path, the trade route that connects the eastern coast of the Chaska Sea with the nations around the Kirnashal Sea. The grand caravanserai of Gath Padalla, large enough to support hundreds of travelers and their animals, is a point of pride for Marr Itthobaal, the city's autocratic ruler.
In its current form, Gath Padalla dates back to the conquests of Vivras the Animator, a powerful necromancer whose expansion prompted a coalition of Chaskan states to declare the Eastern Crusade in Y6046*. Vivras' undead armies took control of Gath Padalla in Y6039*, after which they systematically and completely demolished the old city, piling all the rubble into a massive hill in the center of what was once a bustling settlement. Vivras then ordered the construction of monumental new fortifications at the site, the remains of which still form the core of Gath Padalla. These fortifications have decayed somewhat - most of the two hundred foot tall perimeter towers have long since collapsed - but have in general been maintained by their successive occupants.
Gath Padalla is considered to be one of the most significant of the Eastern Chaskan city-states.