Gaskal

Gaskal /gæs'kæl/ (Bukkean: Goskol) is a city in Manteria. With its uninterrupted history spanning two millennia, it's one of the most ancient cities on the Continent. It was the capital of the ancient empire of Toor, then an individual city state, eventually becoming part of Mantareia.

Etymology

Gaskal is Bukkean for "morning bird". At the time it was a widely shared reference to the Gyltoh stron (Morning song) from the Great Lore, two lines of which read:

Goskol, goskol, aa vilt datmaas barun
Mulboh taver ayv y hlevenoh tolkun!

Morning bird, morning bird, high sky belongs to you
I try to reach you with my hands, but you are way too high!

The phrase is used to refer to someone who wakes up early and works hard. As the frantic construction of the new capital would not stop even during the night, the rhyme became associated with the city itself.