Calantor
The city-state metropolis of Calantor is the largest city on the continent of Demana and home to millions of people. For hundreds of years it was a beacon of civilization and prosperity, but since the coming of the mists, the grandeur has faded. The shadows of the great towers have grown longer and darker, the times leaner and harder. Strange horrors prowl the unlit streets at the edge of town. Hushed voices whisper about dark things awakening.
The People
Children of the Earth
Calantor is home to grand variety humanoid peoples, tribes and heritages. Some of these claim mystical origins, while other consider themselves children of this world, created or evolved in primordial times to inhabit its lands - while other have a more recent history.Humans
Humans are the the most numerous among the humanoid breeds on the continent of Demana and in the city of Calantor.Halflings
- Alleyfeet
- Brightsworn
- Meadowkind
- Flitferry
Automatons
Orcs
Orcs, or Ulûk in their own tongue, originally came to Calantor as pirates and privateers, mercenaries for the gegick invasion army during the Great War, but have come far from their warlike beginnings. Though a significant portion of orcs in Calantor are found in naval or military pursuits, they have spread through most of Calantors society (although very rarely in the upper echelons).Dwarves
The Dawn Emigrants
Legends hold that aeons ago a vast host came to Demana from the Wild lands to wage war against a great evil. In the aftermath of this conflict they remained, raising kingdoms and even empires. These were the ancestors of the elves, goblins, gnomes and firbolgs.Elves
After the fall of the great elven empire of Tavaria thousands of years ago, elves lived alongside the humans of the northern kingdoms of Demana. This peaceful cohabitation ended when the Gelgic Alliance attacked the northern realms. The archduke of the alliance held an irrational hatred for non-humans in general and elves in particular. To avoid persecution some elves fled through the strange magic of the Malachite Tower while others found refuge under the Silver Aegis. Not all elves were so fortunate and a many had to go into hiding in deep woods or harsh mountains to avoid ending up in labor campsGoblinkin
- Hobgoblin
- Bugbear
- Goblin
Firbolgs
- Fir Erimea
- Fir Yinhorn
Gnomes
- Rotborn Gnome
The Wild Folk
Shortly after the Mists started to spread four decades ago, fey creatures of legends reappeared. Not as trickster and tempters of the woods, as the tales would have them, but as refugees. Droves of strange beings turned up at the doorstep of civilization, whispering about their domains falling asunder, and about the monsters of the Mists. Most made their way to Calantor due to the great Mistwards. They were given sanctuary, but so often with refugees, only as third class citizens.- Fairy
- Centaur
- Nymph
- Changelings
- Satyr
- Pooka
City Overview
Districts
The Galatine Isle
The Galatine river forking into the Bay of Stars and the Elantrian Sea creates an isle where the oldest part of Calantor is situated.- The Hightor
- Benversant
- Mirkside
- East Riverbend
- Lanternwater
- Hawthorn Estates
- Aubigny Park
- Faebottom
- Auldsantes
- Esporia
- Chavalgon
- Cascamere Harbor
- Ardenmere Harbor
The Skyreaches
The Skyreaches are three clusters of interconnected towers surrounding the Hightor. Each of the clusters stretches to a dizzing height, rivlaing the Hightor itself.The Rondure Districts
The districts surroundin g the Galatine Isle, but that are still within the confines of the old Clarentian City Wall are called the Rondure Districts- Brigtspires
- Belmorgaine
- Langston
- Widowhall
- Fulverton
- Coulatriste
- Longharbor
- Dracomere
- Vadria
- West Riverbend
The Outer City
- Silveroaks
- Shadeshill
- Pauvinne
- Widowhall
- Larkspur Stacks
- Ironhearth Heights
- Viendamere
- Tattertown
- Foundrybrook
- Hadogan Fields
- Horstveld
- Sallowmere Mills
- Motherse
Guilds and Factions
The Elite
The hight and mighty of Calentor are comprised of the Galatine Aristocracy, the Vespertine Houses, the New Money and the elven High Houses. The elite of Calantor have many pretenses of respectabilty and standing but an underbelly of debauchery and delights known as the Demimonde has become increasingly popular among the rich and powerfull of the cityThe Church
The Church of the Merciful Angel, led by the Midnight Ministry, is the only recognized faith in Calantor and the Coalition. Even though the Age of Prosperity brought a wave of secularization and interest in the arcane, the church is still a very influntial part och Calantor, both spiritually and politically.The Companies
- The Crystalcraft Consortium
- Tumulus-Stahl Mineral & Rail
- Stillwater Armaments
- Galvanis Applied Alchemics
- The Westward Trading Venture
- Deepforge Ironworks
Criminal Organizations
- Fiendbrand Cartel
- Nightmare Court
- Vile Barbers
- Longharbor Boys
Esoteric Societies
- Venatorium
- Platinum Flame
- Society for Esotheric Eschatology
Founding Date
410
Type
Large city
Population
Over 8 million
Inhabitant Demonym
Calantian
Location under
Owner/Ruler
Characters in Location
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