Jebbin City

Jebbin City is first and foremost a maritime city, its wealth coming from the goods that are traded and shipped here. It is the most important of the ports on the south coast of Myruthea and over half of the goods by volume and by value which flow from and to Punjuki pass through its docks and warehouses.   In addition, it is also frequently used by vessels travelling to and from Tinturbean. Although Sunrock competes for the same intercontinental trade and has the advantage of being closer to the Tinturbean ports, Jebbin City, has much better connections overland into the heartlands of Myruthea and so it is often a more convenient staging post for imports and exports from the west.

The West Dock is an important hub for trade between Myruthea and Tinturbean.  

The city was founded in 5119 BPC by a group of mages from central Myruthea who wished to live outside the limits set by the Twelve Wise Ones and chose to migrate west, where they joined with local communities of fisherfolk and farmers to build a new settlement at the mouth of the river Phelor. Here, the mage Jebbin, carved the famous town foundation stone on a rocky knoll overlooking Jebbin Bay, imbuing it with runes that shine with an orange glow by day and night.   On 18th Glim 4894 BPC, Jebbin City became the leader of a mercantile and defensive alliance called the Jebbin League which controlled trade over south and west Myruthea for most of the following four hundred years.   The Jebbin League was conquered by the Old Pale Empire on 19th Tivith, 4514 BPC when the city fell after the battle of Jebbin Bay.     During the long era of the Old Pale Empire, the city was never considered more than a regionally significant province and always subordinate to the capitals, first at Zalgurim and later at Honirham.   After the Planar Conformation, however, Jebbin City became more globally important again as a nucleus for the restoration of civilisation in Myruthea during the late period of the age of the Fire Kingdoms and in the age of the Water Kingdoms. It later lost out, however, to newer and better positioned cities in the early power games of the Four Aerial Courts and it was not until modern times that it gained a measure of influence over world affairs which is arguably as great as it has ever wielded in its entire history, as the capital of the Trans-Oceanic Empire.

The best known landmark in the city is the Foundation Stone Song House a dramatic, grandiose and magnificently baroque building which can be seen from all quarters of the city. An architectural wonder, built according to the precepts of the Way of the Harmonic Path it is a centre for singing, contemplation and the veneration of the Town Foundation Stone which stands in a special chapel just outside the main music hall but within the outer precincts of the extensive Song House architecture.