Stilben

Stilben stinks to high heaven. Stilben is the largest port city in this coast of Tal’Dorei, and along with Saltmarsh is the focal point of all imports and exports to the East. The city is nestled in the sticky depths of the K’Tawl swamp, and the lingering stink of marsh water and sulfur mingles with the humidity and the ever-present buzz of insects to produce an air of misery around Stilben’s outer districts. The cross-continental Silvercut Roadway leads from Stilben all the way to Emon, and its robust trade of rare goods, textiles, and spices has given rise to a formidable merchant ruling class.

Demographics

70% Human, 10% Elf, 10% Halfling, 5% Half-Elf, 5%Other

Government

Though Margrave Wendel Truss is Stilben’s ruler in name, it is the guilds that hold the true power. Their vast wealth and sizable “protection” force had forced the bombastic-yet-ineffectual Margrave to acquiesce to the will of guilds in order to maintain peace, as well as to preserve own station, within the city.

Defences

Order is kept by the Waterwatch

Alternative Name(s)

The Rotted Lot

Type

City

Population

9,015

Location under

Lucidian Coast