The northern part of Berth, outside the control of the Chatia Empire and mostly composed of scattered islands (many not large enough to support more than a small town) and city-states. The Free Cities, Limehold, Bronzefall, Pineport, Coveharbor, Dragonreach, Fairhaven, Stormhollow, and the Port of Gallants have arranged a loose trade alliance to maintain their independence from the Empire, and so work together when confronted by outside threats. The Husura Consortium, as they call themselves, has an excellent relationship based on mutual self-interest with the undersea kingdom of the Tritons. North of Husura is Aesuquane, where nothing lives but the ever-howling wind and the hardy town of Stillport in a protected cove on the eastern cove.