Westcrown (West-Crown)
City of Nine Stars
Due to its excellent location towards the inner sea, Westcrown is an extremely active shipping port. All sorts of goods and items traverse Westcrown's port, both to and from points throughout Caelum, which flows into the city from the north under the Adivian Bridge.
The city is speckled with numerous warehouses and docks, and in the mornings Westcrown has the spirit of an active, mercantile city. The center of trading and commerce is located at the Trivardum, a large, slate-shingled building that houses all sorts of merchants, taverns, ambassadors, and government offices.
The western side of the city hosts the Parego Spera ("Hope's Altar"), a thriving, bustling commerce district filled with scribes, printers, money lenders, blacksmiths, tanneries, and the like.
The ruins in the northern part of the city are the home of the legendary Dusk Market, a wandering bazaar which boasts all manner of illegal and hard-to-find goods and services: drugs, slaves, poisons, strange creatures, and prostitutes. The market is the headquarters of many criminal organizations that control the market.
Demographics
- 100,900 elvish
- 8,000 humans
- 5,800 other
Government
The offices of the Lord Mayor and those of the patriarchs of the local noble houses form the legitimate government of Westcrown, though the city is thoroughly militarised and much of the power lies in the hands of various branches of the soldiery, known as the Dottari. Behind this façade, though, money is the real power in mercantile Westcrown, and no group's coffers run as deep as the legendary Council of Thieves.
Districts
Westcrown is divided into three districts called paregos, each sub-divided into smaller regions.
There is a large island within the centre of the city formed by two branches of the Adivian Canal, namely the Westchannel and Southrun. The island is divided by a number of canals and surrounded by an encircling wall with chained arches spanning the entrances to the internal canals. In times of war and civil disobedience chains can be hoisted between the arches to prevent access. Lifting bridges cross the canals at regular intervals which can be hoisted aloft to allow the passage of water craft through the city. It is divided into Rego Corna, Rego Laina, and Rego Aerum.
The Parego Dospera is the northern section of the city that has fallen into ruin. It was once known as Rego Plea, and is now divided into Rego Cader and Rego Crua.
The longest canal in the city can be found in Parego Spera, as well as the two great Pegasi Bridges. The three sub-sectors that make up Parego Spera are Rego Scripa, Rego Pena, and Rego Sacero.
Points of interest
- The center of trading and commerce is located at the Trivardum, a large, slate-shingled building that houses all sorts of merchants, taverns, ambassadors, and government offices.
- Parego Spera ("Hope's Altar"), a thriving, bustling commerce district filled with scribes, printers, money lenders, blacksmiths, tanneries, and the like.
Geography
Westcrown is a major port city in southern countient, approximately 150 miles south of Renacitur, where the Adivian River flows into the Inner Sea. The city itself consists of islands and canals amid the center of the Adivian, a few hundred yards south of the river branching off of the Dhaenflow. The Dhaenfens lie to the west of the city, beyond which lie the Turanian Hills. To the south where the river flows into Gemcrown Bay, the Reef of Aroden protects the city's harbor from the worst of the skys.
The city proper is located southwest from the fey-infested Firani Forest.
Alternative Name(s)
Southcrown
Type
Trade post
Population
114,700
Location under
Owner/Ruler
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