Zagrah

An outlaw city (Tortuga like) 3 days of travel of to Al-Jaran . The scum of the world can find a place to live there, it's pretty much like a normal settlement but far more rough. Murder and other cruelty are common in these streets. From time to time some people bind together and attack caravans effectively building a bandit group. Most never return if they attempt that. But if you have nowhere else to go. You are happy it exists.
Architectually Zagrah is an odd city, located in a canyon in between two steep mountain sides. It has an 15ft high pallisade and lots of sharpened spikes that guard towards the entrance. On the inside the main gate is usually guarded by a intimidating beastial races, commonly Ogres, Gnolls or Orcs who usually are assisted by someone with better nerves, usually humans or hobgoblins.
The buildings in Zagrah consists of a mixture of wooden buildings built on top of eachother into one massive complex that stretches horizontally over the mountain pass. These structures are anchored by ropes, bridges or built into the mountain itself. The other half of the mountains are dug out into the stone of the mountain walls. It's estimated that roughly 80 percent of Zagrahs population lives above ground level. The complex is usually referred to as "The Web".