Endruin

An empire in southern Ansulym, along the southern coast east of Deseria. It was founded 3,300 years ago, though its calendar reset 1831 years ago with the Corona Alba Concordantiae (White Crown Concordance). Endruin is ruled by three empresses. Each of them leads a political faction who are constantly vying for power and control. After the last civil war (about 2,500 years ago), the three factions - Reod (Red), Hwit (White), and Gylden (Gold) - have been at an uneasy peace.

• Capital: Ventacast
• Largest city: Haenor
• Population: 20,000,000 (counting free peoples and slaves, but not the colonies)
• Size: 300,000 sq. mi., roughly the size of the U.S. South (not counting the colonies)

Haenor

The largest city in Endruin's imperial core, a major financial hub. Home to a 600,000 free people and half a million more slaves. Gas lamps, cobblestones, and row houses dominate the city, though some parts are nothing but muck and mud. In the west, an industrial park known as Wyrtun chokes the sky with smog and smoke. Down the middle runs the Ryftrike, a massive river that ends its journey on the southern end of the city. In the river mouth, small, sandy islands are home to fishers, while to the east, mansions and sprawling grounds are home to the wealthy and the remaining nobility.

Haenor is a major sea port and minor river port. It is run by an elected city council, all of whom are well in the pocket of the financiers and slaveowners of the city, and an appointed lord-mayor, who is supposed to be a neutral party between the three major political factions. Currently, the city is not dominated by any of the factions, though each is trying constantly to gain an upper hand.

The city is latticed with pipes running above and below ground, through and over the river, and along many roads and rails. These pipes carry both hot and cold steam that are used to power various machines in the city, gas used for lighting, and some very fancy ones carry sewerage from the richest homes.

The Grith has its hideouts, safe-houses, and areas of control throughout the city, and some areas are more off-limits to them than others.

Neighborhoods

This includes outlying regions as well as the city proper.

Angald

An upper-lower class area in the east. Partly near the seashore, it is home to two smaller docks. A working class area, it is mostly populated by those who work as servants in Gyldendun or Clonarwen or at the docks to the south.

Notable landmarks include the following:

• Aefterafolme Shop: a secondhand shop that is a front for the Red Grith.
• Darmod Library: an abandoned library with some books left behind. One of the books is one of the secret entrances to the Underway, the moving headquarters of the Violet Grith.
• Frician Hall: a small, popular dancehall where rich and poor alike are welcome.
• The Langirn: part of the Langirn, the main north-south thoroughfare in the eastern part of the city, runs through Angald.
• Neawung Pub: a quiet pub.
• Ocean's Whisper Inn: an inn on the Langirn nearer to the sea where many sailors go.
• Searodun #30: this steam-pump city-engine produces annoying music at all times. No one knows how to fix it.
• The Slife: in the southern part of the neighborhood next to Maegenhyth, the Slife is an illegal union hall run by the Blue Grith.

Arfeth

Lower-middle class section in the west. Once its own city before Haenor crept over it, Arfeth is where poor people who can just afford to pretend they aren't poor live. They have slightly nicer homes, and most of them are of species that were never enslaved. Though part of it is riverside, there is no dock there. It is instead where a handful of nicer homes are situated along the water. The truly rich and powerful often call it "monster town" because many soldiers, police, and others who come from privileged but still oppressed species who are not traditionally "beautiful" live. Goblins, ogres, napash, minotaurs and so on have homes here.

Notable landmarks include the following:

• Bisceopbrig: the trollish homes under the Hebban Bridge.
• Cinnly Tavern: a clean, comfortable tavern where the police are unwelcome.
• Dracafleg Stables: the main police stables for the giant dragonflies that they ride is located here along the Hebben Road.
• Hebban Bridge: a lift bridge in the southern part of the river.
• Hebban Road: part of the famous Hebban Road, which runs west-east through the city, is the southern border of Arfeth.
• Hob Hollow: a famous goblin-run inn popular among the police. Run by Billy Blind, a famous hobgoblin known for his good advice, it is a place where Grith members can go to listen in on the cops, as Billy is secretly sympathetic.
• Isenlast Yard: the railyard at the confluence of Wyrtun, Arfeth, and Westlef.
• Searodun #13: the steam-pump city-engine here handles the lifting of the bridge.
• Tuhwearft Shop: a bicycle repair shop.
• Wraecful Gaol: one of the many city jails.

Blithfeng Fair

A park with games and a carnival on one of the slender islands in the northern part of the river. Blithfeng Fair is brightly colored and popular among the middle class workers of the city. Ferris wheels, various rides, animal rides (capall uisce in the river, a very sad elephant shackled up on land), freakshows, sideshow games, halls of mirrors, puppet shows, tunnels of love, food carts, games of chance, confectioners, barkers, novelties, believe-it-or-not museums, and more are part of the fair. Urchins, pickpockets, beggars, and sensualists find work here.

Notable landmarks include the following:

• Fremdrow: the lane full of freakshows, novelties, believe-it-or-not museums, and mostly rigged games of chance.
• The Gyrowheel: the largest ferris wheel in the world, built by gnomes, a clockwork marvel.
• Maere Hall: the hall of mirrors, a sprawling, shining maze that houses another entrance to the Underway, the moving headquarters of the Violet Grith, in one of its mirrors.
• Nelly Longarms' House: a half-submerged house where water spirits and species board, party, and cause havoc.
• Searodun #21: the steam-pump city-engine in Blithfeng handles the ferris wheel.

Brigbold

The area around the Macanne Bridge, both west and east. It is known for its higher class inns, taverns, brothels, pubs, restaurants, museums, and shops. Sometimes even called the shopping district, it is where the elites of the city take recreation.

Notable landmarks include the following:

• The Berigean: a wine bar for the elites.
• Fulleoht Park: a well-lit park on the western side of the bridge, just at its base.
• Macanne Bridge: the luxurious and well-lit but less impressive (in terms of size and structure) lift bridge on the northern part of the river. Famously, gaslamps line it with white, red, and golden lights.
• Mathumsigle: a jewelry shop where the most expensive jewelry in the city is sold. Famous for its special safes and magical security. A coveted target of the Grith.
• Mealtfisc: the finest dining establishment in the city and the oldest restaurant in the empire. Founded by and run by a family of harpies for the last 25 generations.
• Miscrydan: a clothing shop that is known for being the heart of imperial fashion. Empresses have shopped here.
• The Motaern: the city courthouse.
• Regollic Theatre: the fancy theatre where the rich attend the finest plays.
• Searodun #15, 20: the two steam-pump city-engines in Brigbold (one in the east, one in the west) handle the bridge lift.
• Werthiva's House: a high-end brothel run by the Giel sisters. Werthiva is their now-dead grandmother.

Clonarwen

Tightly packed commercial district. Home to some of the tallest buildings in the city, some of them so much as ten storeys high! Luxury apartments top some of these buildings, while most of them are row after row of commercial properties, including the burgeoning professional class's offices.

Notable landmarks include the following:

• Gecaelan Tavern: a fancy cocktail bar.
• Hebban Road: the northern border of Clonarwen is the main thoroughfare through the city.
• Herevaepen Place: the local headquarters of Herevaepen, an arms manufacturer owned by the Gylden family, who have some factories in Wyrtun.
• Laethbryta: the government office of land trade, sale, purchase, authorization, recognition, and registration.
• Littany-Haenor Offices: the local headquarters of the international Littany Corporation.
• Searodun #24: the steam-pump city-engine in Clonarwen entirely serves the Herevaepen Place building.
• Welig Tower: the tallest non-temple in the city, this ten-storey office building has a luxury apartment at the top, a restaurant at the bottom next to the river, and a variety of law firms, accounting firms, and other businesses inside.

Copdel

A middle class area in the east next to Angald and south of Gyldendun, Copdel rests along the seaside. Home to many aspiring social climbers who want proximity to the wealthy, it is basically a suburb. Well kept lawns, free-standing homes, and over-patrolled streets make up this part of the city.

Notable landmarks include the following:

• Drybryta Shop: a magic shop.
• Fyrmest Apothecary: the finest pharmacy in the city.
• Gartonfeg Park: a large green park, well kept by the city.
• Saint George's School: a school for young men.
• Scima Tavern: a seaside tavern that is more fancy and clean.
• Searodun #31: this steam-pump city-engine also serves as a weather predicting machine.
• Threston Manor: home to the Threston family, the first ex-slave family in the city to win the right to vote, 100 years ago. Though they act as model citizens, they are sympathizers to the Blue Grith and sometimes secretly work with them.

Corabrake

Middle class area near the east bank of the river, a small neighborhood south of Neothera, north of Clonarwen, and west of Windsiden. The Hebban Road marks its southern border. Many of the people here are the higher paid but still oppressed workers who work in Clonarwen or the less-rich merchants of Windsiden.

Notable landmarks include the following:

• Ceorfend Shop: a hardware store run as a front for the Red Grith.
• Costerbeld Park: a once-beautiful park now split by heavy rails.
• Deorfald Menagerie: a zoo of "exotic" animals from around the world.
• Ealwundor Inn: a fanciful inn full of delights. It is extremely magical.
• Meahte Tavern: a tavern owned by a former military officer, known as a cop bar.
• Saint Rhystyd's School: a school for young women.
• Searodun #23: the steam-pump city-engine in Corabrake run the printing presses of the paper.
• The Witran: the city newspaper. Its offices are by the river. Allegedly neutral because it has ties to all three factions.

Duskcern

The rural areas past the industrial region in the west. It is a massive region that is technically not part of the city. The farms here are dying because of the toxicity of Wyrtun. Mostly oppressed species live out here, people descended of the serfs and peasants who once worked the lands.

Notable landmarks include the following:

• Ambehtsmithy: a blacksmith's shop, an anomaly from ages past, serving the farmlands.
• Cwinodfil: a landfill just outside Wyrtun.
• Godbat Inn: an inn known for its hearty fare on the Hebban Road running through the countryside (it is briefly the southern border of Duskcern).
• Habetrot Loomyard: spinning spirits and fey, the habetrot weave witchcraft in secret in their loomyard in an old farmhouse here.
• Wolnesshus: a sanitorium near the rails

Flodweg

A neighborhood in the flood plain, the poorest section on the city. It is home to tenement houses and streets of mud. The poorest and most oppressed live here, including many ex-slaves.

Notable landmarks include the following:

• Avian Slums: tenement houses with special rooms for avian folk.
• Black Shuck's Pub: a pub controlled by the Grith, a space where they can operate more openly.
• Drichus: an alcohol seller that is often robbed by the Grith.
• The Inn at the Crossroads: a massive inn at the corner of Hebban Road and Lagustraet, two major thoroughfares.
• Searodun #7, 8, 9: the three steam-pump city-engines in Flodweg dump sludge and waste into the streets and smog into the sky as they pump hot and cold steam through the neighborhood.
• Slimgin Market: the market at the southern end of Flodweg where the poorer merchants sell their wares
• Taeflunghus: a secret gambling house run by the Grith.
• Ungelhenhus: a brothel run by the Red Grith.
• Unstenc Gaol: a major jailhouse.

Gewurf

The stock exchange and financial district. Banks and other financial institutions sit side by side with auxilliary businesses such as accounting firms, law firms, and consulting firms. Cafes, restaurants, shoeshines and cobblers, tailors, high-end taverns and brothels, and other places that serve the rich and powerful are also found here. The handful of luxury apartments here are only available to ruling class species and nations.

Notable landmarks include the following:

• Cerenhus: a very, very, very fancy wine seller.
• The Heafrow: a statue of the three Empresses in the financial district.
• Lecstan Cafe: a famous coffee house where the most powerful bankers and financiers can be seen taking their morning drink.
• Mairalteheal: city hall.
• Mardellweg Park: a small park outside Murstraet where only the rich may take their leisure.
• Murstraet: the main financial street where the stock exchange and all major banks are located.
• Red, Gold, and White Club: a private club where the city's elite attend secret meetings and do business - or simply read the day's papers, play mild games, and smoke.
• Searodun #22: the steam-pump city-engine in Gewurf is at the top of a large building, where it gleams white and rings out with the hours, having a large clock in it as well.

Gyldendun

Hilly area to the east where the rich have their mansions and palaces. It is a sprawling region that was once country estates; now it is technically part of the city, but the plantations are the same. Slaves live in squallid quarters while the rich dwell in massive, luxuriant buildings with all the amenities the current era can provide them. Nobility and the nouveau riche may live here. The name does not reference the family but the wealth of the area.

Notable landmarks include the following:

• Caserlic Academy: the richest school in the city.
• Gyldenhus: the home of Wildburg Gylden, the local scion of the Gylden empress.
• Hwithus: the home of Leofflaed Hwit, the local scion of the Hwit empress.
• Hygeleas Opera House: massive opera house that used to be a mansion.
• Hyrstlach Spring: ornamental pool where once a contessa slept, this legendary pool now runs with blood instead of water, on the Hwthus house grounds.
• Thytigburuh: an old castle that is still in use, home to Robert Ambrose, chief of police.

Healmur

Walled off area for the super-rich. The old city, also called Old Haenor, this is the original city where only nobility may live.

Notable landmarks include the following:

• The Gables: ornate latticed gardens kept by nobles.
• Healmur Wall: the large wall surrounding this area.
• Kenworthhus: the home of Barbelot Kenworthy, city councilwoman of the Eastern Borough (in which she does not live).
• Powleshus: the home of Wlanchild Powlesland, city councilwoman of the Western Borough (in which she does not live).
• Reodhus: the home of Tamryn Reod, the local scion of the Reod empress.
• Tollhus: the home of Seabert Tollett, the lord-mayor of the city, scion of the original Haenor noble family.

Herwud

Middle class area in the west. Just north of Flodweg, they despise the poorer residents just downriver of them. They are heavily policed to ensure Flodweggers go around their pristine neighborhood.

Notable landmarks include the following:

• The Drooping Dandelion: an inn on the Hebban Road along the northern border of Herwud. This inn refuses any oppressed species.
• Fortio Tavern: an exclusive tavern for only certain species and nations.
• Hygdighus: a very fancy brothel with only pureblood workers.
• Hyldehus: a furniture store with a notoriously racist owner.
• Poppertmin Park: a tree-lined park with signs saying "no muddy feet", intended for residents of Flodweg.
• Saint Swithun's School: a school for college-bound boys.
• Searodun #12: the steam-pump city-engine in Herwud doubles as a massive trash compactor.

Kontifeor

Former warehouses turned into a small arts district. This area was abandoned by industrialists after a curse was laid upon it, and now no one can own the land. Thus, squatters now dwell there and make use of the buildings. The police periodically raid and arrest everyone they can find in the area, especially the queer spots.

Notable landmarks include the following:

• Enidbil Pub: a very secret queer pub in part of an abandoned warehouse.
• Freohhus: a shop that sells random goods to anyone with money and gives away necessities to the poor, run by the Blue Grith in secret.
• Hicemase Pub: an artsy public house on the Hebban Road.
• Hioful Theatre: a small theatre run in secret because of "sanitation laws" that would run them out of town as "pests". Inside is an old costume trunk that is the third entry to the Underway, the moving headquarters of the Violet Grith.
• Scurhus: a secret squatter's haven in an abandoned factory where the homeless and vagrants go for showers.
• Searodun #11: the steam-pump city-engine in Kontifeor is in disuse and inoperable at the moment.
• Slegelshop: an instrumentier's shop.
• Taefran Gallery: a small art gallery that is a front for the Violet Grith.

Lammuth

The river mouth, a series of islands with cheap bridges connecting them all. This muddy area is home to the city's poorest and many who live off of fishing, a painful subsistence living. It is also home to many fish folk who live half in and half out of the river.

Notable landmarks include the following:

• Cisilstan Pub: a famous pub on the islands.
• Fischus Market: the fishseller's market.
• Netterhus Shop: a net-mender's shop that is a front for the Blue Grith.
• Searodun #10 and 25: one in the west and one in the east, the steam-pump city-engines in Lammuth control the flow of the river to make it easier for ships to pass through.
• The Slugthyrls: mud mound houses where slug folk and other oppressed beings often live.
• Unfaeger Gaol: the water-jail of the city.
• Wyllanhus: a watery brothel that serves the water and the land.

Lemclent

Northern upper middle class area. It wraps around the north end of Healmur as well as sprawling out across the northern parts of the city. Though neither noble nor rich, many of the people here are still well off enough to own slaves, which they view as a status symbol.

Notable landmarks include the following:

• Bearded Bunting Inn: an old inn on the Langirn near the edge of the city that has ties to the Blue Grith in secret.
• Bochus Shop: a bookseller with a secret section for forbidden magicks that only the Violet Grith knows how to get to.
• Fnesan Tavern: an old tavern on the Langirn controlled by the Grith.
• Passelewe University: the only institution of higher learning in the city, open only to the rich and the noble.
• Saint Wulfric's School: a military academy.
• Searodun #17, 18, 19: the three steam-pump city-engines in Lemclent handle the express light-rail trams.
• Useltontor Park: a park next to the Healmur Wall where people go to ride and gawk at the rich.
• Writhels Hospital: the main hospital in the eastern part of the city.

Lentrive

Farm lands to the west past the edge of the city. These are less poisoned by the industrial zone and therefore richer and more bountiful. Many are still owned by the nobles who once dominated this land, though they are dwelled in and worked by descendants of slaves, serfs, and peasants. The newly built military base here is a major focus and around it, military housing is starting to develop into a separate community.

Notable landmarks include the following:

• Cofgod's Inn: a very homey, welcoming inn run by a powerful spirit of hospitality along the Hebban Road.
• Gaerscith Tavern: a military-friendly tavern.
• General Harden's Monument: a monument to a famous general from the conquest, near the military base.
• Lindethle: a naval base and military fortress on the sea coast just outside the city.
• Stanwyhrta Shop: a masonry and stoneworker shop, still independent, but barely.

Maegenhyth

The main port in the far south. This is where the infamous city slave market is located, the largest in the empire, and home to the imperial and corproate docks.

Notable landmarks include the following:

• Dundrastof Shop: a shop of everything a sailor might need. In the back, the Red Grith has a secret smuggler's shop.
• Gulmugen Market: the slave market at the seaside by the docks in Maegenhyth.
• Maiden's Pillow Inn: a sailor's inn and brothel.
• The Royal Taverne: a sea captain's tavern.
• Searodun #29: the steam-pump city-engine here helps ships turn around in the waters by the dock by powering a rotating platform.

Merwerf

The dockside region, warehouses, inns, and the port. This is a series of smaller ports where non-imperial and corporate ships can dock.

Notable landmarks include the following:

• Beodas Gaol: the dockside jail where people waiting to go to Whitbroll Prison are kept.
• Birlawyrhta Shop: an old school cooper's shop that is a Green Grith front.
• Capsized Pub: a pub made from a capsized ship.
• Faestes: the only legal casino in the city.
• Flegebylters Yard: the shipwright yard.
• Fleohus: a very low-cost brothel where sailors frequent.
• Forthencanhus: a pawn shop where sailor's make desperate deals.
• Laithwaite Park: a small seaside park under the docks where illicit goings on happen.
• The Monsapple Warehouses: massive warehouses owned by the international Monsapple Trading Company.
• Searodun #26, 27: the steam-pump city-engines here run the shipwright yard.
• The Vinyard Inn: a sailor's inn.

Misiholm

A southwestern peninsula that used to be a swampy fishing village. This part of the city used to be its own town, but it was annexed decades ago with an eye toward expanding the industrial zone. The locals have been fighting it ever since. Reptile and amphibian folk are common here, as well as certain kinds of elementals, salt folk, and other oppressed species. Residents of this area are stereotyped as lazy.

Notable landmarks include the following:

• Baetenhus: a bait shop run by a worm person.
• Hebban Road: the road runs out of the city's area of influence running west.
• Searodun #6: the steam-pump city-engine in Misiholm also drains parts of the swamp here to prep it for development.
• Tiddy Mun's: an inn and tavern in the swamp, sitting on stilts and wooden walkways, with a stream running through it, run by the Tiddy Mun, a powerful swamp spirit. Hinkypunks float around it.
• Wilcth Pub: a seaside pub where people are known to feed the fish.

Neothera

A lower income area by the the river in the east. It is home to far more people than there is room for, and thus, it is known for its aroma as much as anything else.

Notable landmarks include the following:

• Bisenege Hall: a dance hall and tavern where the enslaved are allowed to enjoy themselves on a rare day off.
• Forbricth Pub: a dirty pub by the tracks that is run by the Grith.
• Fulian Gaol: a major jailhouse.
• Maenehus Shop: a general store run by the Grith.
• Saint Lovegrace's Church: the secret headquarters of the Red Grith, an old church to their seven Divines.
• Searodun #21: the steam-pump city-engine in this part of the city provides warmth and cooling to Taundkirk.

Persroch Island

A jagged set of rocks that marks the edge of Haenor's jurisdiction on the seas. Nothing is here, so the Grith sometimes uses it as a place to have high-level meetings. It is only accessible by very skilled sailors, magic, or very agile flight.

Pulnestle

An eastern region at the city's edge that is still a forest. There is much dispute over the eventual fate of it, though it seems likely it will be industrialized eventually. For now, it's used for hunting, recreation, and magic.

Notable landmarks include the following:

• The Bramblebed: a thicket where the Green Grith has their headquarters.
• Modoraac: the mother oak, a huge, ancient, gnarled tree filled with elemental magic.
• Thyrnenhus: a tree house wreathed in thorns where a powerful forest spirit of ruling class magic dwells.
• Wicbeorgian: a massive hunting lodge kept by the wealthy.

Purbent

Northern rural area on the edges of the city. Purbent has resisted being developed for years, but it is losing the battle as the industrial zone is trying to spread and ignore the ruins to the west of it.

Notable landmarks include the following:

• Brochus Stablery: a horse-seller and stables for travellers leaving town, and a front for the Green Grith.
• Clarendone Farm: a farm run by the Blue Grith as a waystation and safehouse for escaping slaves.
• The Slic: a pub where farm workers go.
• Wistgefende Farm: a farm run by the Green Grith that has secret spots to grow drugs.

Soltungul

A ruined area said to be haunted. This part of the city was destroyed during the civil war, long ago, and still has bloodstains and undead wandering it.

Notable landmarks include the following:

• Baanare Pit: a pit of bones, an open mass grave that has been undisturbed for centuries.
• Brecanweg: the shattered remains of a former street that is partly opened to the old city beneath.
• Smolder Pit: a burnt out factory turned into a burning pit.
• White Lady's Castle: a ruined castle haunted by a white lady.

Syleas

Upper class area by the northern part of the river. This is where nobles who are still wealthy keep their homes. They have made the move into capitalist endeavors and have many political and commercial connections.

Notable landmarks include the following:

• The Bearu: a tavern for nobles.
• Dahydhus: a very fine and expensive brothel.
• Dattager Park: one fo the nicest parks in the city, gated and kept only for the rich.
• Hiwness Shop: a shop for fine clothing, makeup, jewelry, and other expensive things for the rich.
• Saint Margaret's School: a school for young noble ladies.
• Searodun #16: the steam-pump city-engine in Syleas is hidden underground.

Taundkirk

The temple district where the nine official temples of the city are located. Smaller churches and temples are found throughout the city; these are attended by the elites and run by the highest ranking members of the church in this area. Only the ones in the capital rank higher.

Notable landmarks include the following:

• Baan Temple: the grey temple of Olumsuzluk, the Grey Goddess of Kael'Ras.
• Baswe Temple: the red temple of Mal'och, the Bleeding Angel Goddess of Endruin.
• Beagian Temple: the red temple of Dostinzheniye, the Snake Goddess of Deseria.
• Blaec Temple: the white temple of Ettuttu, the Spider God of Srisia.
• Blysctor Spire: the shining tower, the tallest building in the city, the steeple on the Baswe Temple of Mal'och.
• Daegmael Tower: the clock tower atop the Sige Temple that can be seen throughout the city.
• Fealewe Temple: the yellow temple of Seminibus, the Healing God of Vendale.
• Hefig Temple: the brown temple of Rota Futi, the Industrial God of Lyfane.
• Krivwid Cemetary: huge cementary shared by all the major churches.
• Sige Temple: the grey temple of Victoris, the War God of Furich Amol.
• Thryne Temple: the garden-temple of Haeddiannol, the Huntress Goddess of Mwyr Aeld.
• Wraet Temple: the golden temple of Yatana, the Diamond God of Lann Kurat.

Upswach

Rural area on the northern edges of the city in the east. It is also being annexed slowly by the city, with the addition of a massive sports arena being the first salvo in an extended war for its territory.

Notable landmarks include the following:

• Cleow Stadium: just outside the borders of the city, next to Brigbold, a large stadium where various sporting events are held, including gladiatorial games,
• Glaeshus Shop: a glazier's shop.
• Glofung Tavern: a tavern of mixed attendees.

Westlef

A small western upper middle class area. This area has many elites who are not quite super-rich or noble but still own slaves. However, it is considered gauche in this neighborhood to show off one's wealth, and they look down on the people of Lemclent.

Notable landmarks include the following:

• Asca Library: a magical library sealed off to the public.
• Bindele Hospital: the main hospital in the western part of the city.
• Eadgahus Shop: a toy shop full of wonders and joy.
• Fracodlichus: a secret brothel for married men.
• Freothan Tavern: a tavern known for its special means of keeping drinks cold.
• Hinsdale Park: a small riverside park where boating games take place.
• Isenlast Yard: the railyard at the confluence of Wyrtun, Arfeth, and Westlef.
• Searodun #14: the steam-pump city-engine in Westlef is used by the Freothan Tavern to keep drinks cold.
• Ungeferlice Monument: a monument to the civil war long ago.

Whitbroll Island

A large island in the sea just off the coast with a major prison on it.

Notable landmarks include the following:

• Gealga-yppe: the massive gallows platform. People come here on Candeldeg to watch executions.
• Searodun #28: the steam-pump city-engine serves the prison.
• Whitbroll Prison: the massive prison complex on the island.

Windsiden

Central crossroads neighborhood where the Langirn and the Hebban Road meet.

Notable landmarks include the following:

• Capstow Square: the marketplace at the crossroads of the Langirn and the Hebban Road. The largest marketplace on the continent.
• Drycraeft Market: the marketplace for magical and supernatural objects.
• Ethmlot Market: the marketplace for industrial objects.
• Jenephie's Inn: a major inn near the crossroads designed for major wagons and carts and carriages.
• Logthor Market: a major crafts market. Many old school artisans still sell here.
• Neatsmarket: a marketplace specializing in animals and animal products, especially livestock, leather, and dairy products.
• Screpness Market: a marketplace for farmers to sell their non-animal wares.
• Searodun #32, 33, 34: one of the steam-pump city-engines here serves the neighborhood by helping market-merchants with various tasks, while the others provide cooling and warmth to Gyldendun.
• Wrixlan's Pub: a huge pub where travellers from all over the world stop.

Wyrtun

"The Garden", the massive industrial sprawl to the west. Home to hundreds of factories, warehouses, mills, and other industrial buildings. It is choked with smog and steam, befouled by waste, and smothered in hard stone instead of green.

Notable landmarks include the following:

• Dugmore Gasworks: the gasworks that serves the city.
• Isenlast Yard: the railyard at the confluence of Wyrtun, Arfeth, and Westlef.
• Old Textile Mill: an abandoned factory where the Blue Grith has their headquarters.
• Searodun #1, 2, 3, 4, 5: the first five city-engines were built and installed here, pumping steam through the city.

Landmarks

Bystroph Line: the heavy rail throughout the city and sothern parts of the empire.
Cestergimangehth: a cestergimangehth is a police station. There are two in every neighborhood except Healmur (none), Whitbroll Island (which is served by the prison guards), Blithfeng Fair (which shares stations with Lemclent), Brigbold (just one), Taundkirk (patrolled by church guard), Pulnestle (none), and Soltungul (none).
Hebban Road: the road that crosses the bridge and runs west to east in the city
Hropan Way: the light rail running through the city, failing to go to Flodweg, Gyldendun, Healmur, Wyrtun, Misiholm, Pulnestle, Whitbroll Island, Soltungul, Lammuth, and the outlying areas of Duskcern, Lentrive, Purbent, and Upswach.
Lagustraet: the main thoroughfare in the west, running north to south
The Langirn: the main thoroughfare in the east, running north to south
Lantern Man: a ghostly figure who walks the foggy streets at night, well past midnight, holding up a lantern to guide the way for the lost... or to take their souls. Might have a home in Soltungul.
Macanne Bridge: upriver bridge, less impressive than the Hebban, but still a life bridge.
The Old Highway: a smaller road leaving the city in the north
The Ryftrike: the river

Political Districts

Central Borough: Neothera, Gewurg, Corabrake, Windsiden
Eastern Borough: Copdel, Gyldendun, Pulnestle, Lemclent
Northern Borough: Healmur, Bridbold, Taundkirk, Syleas, Blithfeng Fair
Southern Borough: Maegenhyth, Merwerf, Clonarwen, Herwuf, Flodweg, Misiholm
Water Borough: Lammuth, Whitbroll Island, Pensroch Island, and all unassociated islands
Western Borough: Wurtun, Kontifeor, Sotlungul, Westleft, Arfeth

Lentrive, Duskcern, Purbent, and Upswach are outside of the city