Zaron
The city of Zaron, capital to the Kingdom of Zaron, the home thirty-eight thousand people, located in the arid Azern Desert in the south-eastern part of Darst.
The burning sun rises from the north, scorching the windswept sands of the Azern Desert. The rays peeked through the sandstone buildings, lighting up the sandy pathways of the desert city. The buildings whisper as the wind casts sands upon the hard walls.
Above the houses, there are channels that are filled with water, their contents flowing into the homes and shops of the city. The streets are empty with people staying in the shadows of buildings to shade themselves from the heat. Stores line the streets and they sell their wares to the trough of people that take cover under the tarps of the stores.
An arena stands in the centre of the city, and cheers can be heard from the audience, as the gladiators battle under the burning sun. Near the arena is a large building filled with cages and slaves. The slaves all lay in their cages, broken. Buyers walk among them looking for servants and workmen for their households.
And as the sun sets, the night comes and the air cools to a chill. The streets are crowded and filled with people all out now that the sun has left the city. Caravans that carry food and water to the city come in and sell their cargo. They spend the night gambling and drinking and they leave the next day with the slaves.
Welcome to Zaron, the city of the sands, of the Kingdom of Zaron by the power of the Zaronian Crown.
Demographics
Population Composition
- 29,582 Human (93%)
- 384 Elven (1%)
- 1,151 Half-Elven (3%)
- 576 Dwarven (1.5%)
- 384 Halfling (1%)
- 192 Other (0.5%)
Occupation
- Guards: 256
- Priests: 9
- Clergy:480
- Inn: 26
- Tavern: 96
- Blacksmiths: 64
- Healers: 24
- Weaponsmiths: 19
- Armourers: 19
- Bowyers: 24
- Magic Shops: 11
- Booksellers: 6
- Merchants: 83
- Leatherworkers: 64
- Tailors: 110
- Jewellers: 19
- Cobblers: 118
- Fishmongers: 32
- Farriers: 77
- Carpenters: 77
- Masons: 55
Government
The method by which the government taxes the people is by how much land they loan from the king. The more land the use the more they pay. Farmers, however, need not pay as much as they are part of the Farmer's Guild and the guild reduces costs from. The king rules from Zaron, and he controls the kingdom from his throne in his palace.
Defences
The walls are made of a magically reinforced sandstone, they stand 6 meters high and upon them, there are battlements where mages, warriors and archers stand. There are large Shards of Arcane located on the towers that line the wall, they give the mages large sources of arcane power for the mages to draw from.
Industry & Trade
Trade keeps the city afloat, and the arena brings in a lot of people from all parts of the kingdom to see the fights. The vast majority of the citizens of Zaron are merchants and traders. The rest of the citizenry are working for the guilds and working in the royal household.
Infrastructure
There is the arena which hosted by the Zaronian Slave Trading Syndicate. The roads were built by the Royal Construction Guild.
Assets
The city has great stores of wealth, amounted to around 20 million gold crowns. The city has large stores of gold, Shards of Arcane and water.
Guilds and Factions
History
Was built from the ruins of the ancient city Zorinia. The first king Zarilaian Ambrose found the Zaronian Crown upon the throne of the old castle and was given the knowledge and power to rule. With this power and the knowledge it gave him, he rebuilt the city and brought the city back to life, renaming it Zaron, after the last king of the Ancients.
Architecture
Medieval Islamic Architecture using sandstone construction. The roads are bricked with sandstone. The buildings are mostly painted with pale and muted colours outside due to the heat but the insides of the buildings are much more vibrant. Some buildings are even gilded if the owner is particularly wealthy.
Geography
The city is located in the centre of a barren desert. There is no water, there is no food, there is nothing. Only the sands. The dunes always seem to move like waves of a sea. It is said that creatures prowl through the sands causing the sands to move.
Natural Resources
There is nothing. The Azern Desert was destroyed in a magical accident, which destroyed anything of value.
Alternative Name(s)
The City of Slaves, The Trader's Paradise, The Crown City
Type
Capital
Population
38382
Inhabitant Demonym
Location under
Owner/Ruler
Owning Organization
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