The Hand of Deucado

When the comet came down and smashed the crater that became Lake Eprehem, at its heart was a small iron core that blasted down through the surface until it hit a pocket of magma. The magma rose, melting a cylindrical tunnel straight up. A tube of lava flowed up forming a tower.

Magma continued to bubble up and the whole structure, now nearly a mile tall began bending over, cooling as it went. By the time it was done, the very top lay one half mile above the surface of what would eventually be Lake Eprehem. From a distance, it looks like a hand waving to the far shore and that became its name: The Hand.

It is quite awe-inspiring close up as it is so large and looming. After the lake filled up, the hand stretched over third of a mile over the lake created a platform providing a spectacular view.

500 years later, after things had settled and the lake had filled to the brim, nice, white sand formed a beach along the shore and a resort town, called Ur, sprang up.

While Deucado itself is rather plain, The Hand is anything but and much of the action in Rome's Evolution takes place within the town center and the casino that was built on the top of The Hand.