Kinsanaile

Guarding the pass through the Great Southern Range, the small city of Kinsanaile (Gold Mountain Pass) is famous throughout Sudland as a place where those with the right skills, fortitude, and luck can strike it rich.   As the base and jumping-off point for miners heading into the mountains to test their fortune at finding the next lucrative vein of precious metals, Kinsanaile attracts the eccentric, unorthodox, and sometimes plain crazy looking to get rich quick. As the only way into the prosperous country of Sudland from the north, Kinsanaile passes caravans of traders, merchants, and entertainers through its well-guarded towers and gates every day, most heading south toward East Road Crossing and then west to Daskar; others heading north out of Sudland, then east toward Sendoshi or west to Okkudo and points beyond. The mix of cultures and characters passing through and living in Kinsanaile lead to one of the liveliest, most varied, and most diverse markets in all of the world, surpassed perhaps only by the great cities of Daskar and Sendoshi. Everything from Nodyund dried fish to fine silk from Senyon and Chessa can be found for sale in Kinsanaile, even fine jewelry wrought by Elvirim crafters and tools made by Dwarvirim smiths.   Because it is on or near the most-traveled trade routes on Derkomai, many caravanners and troupes of entertainers make Kinsanaile their base and home, including the Unsurpassed Artists of Theatre Magique, one of the most famous troupes in the world. As home to so many famous entertainers, including Donatello Genovesi and Diaanen Elorialir Alea'athem, the stages of Kinsanaile are considered among the finest in the world, despite the relatively small size of the city.