Qabarat

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Of the city-states still capable of going toe-to-toe with corporate power, the most significant is Qabarat - the Shining Jewel of the Western Sea and the planet’s largest spaceport.

Demographics

Lashunta:	70%
Elf:	5%
Human:	5%
Shirren:	4%
Ysoki:	4%
Half-Elf:	3%
Other:	9%

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Government

From the city’s Threefold House, Lady Morana Kesh and her chief consort, Grantaeus, pull a delicate web of strings to keep the planet from becoming a corporate free-for-all.

Industry & Trade

While most visitors to the planet enter through Qabarat's port, numerous portals throughout the city connect it closely with other powerful Castroveli settlements.

Assets

Largest spaceport on Castrovel.

Guilds and Factions

Notable for their power and influence are the city’s many universities, renowned for their vast pre-Gap archives; they train some of the best explorers, scholars, and navigators in the system.

Tourism

A sense of timelessness - of connection with the planet’s long history - is a matter of pride to many of the residents, who exult in the sounds of soldiers training in the Battle Yards, scholars arguing good-naturedly on university steps, or the roar and hiss of the landing starships that have largely replaced water-going vessels in Ship's End.

Architecture

The city is a work of art, its ancient walls of crushed and glittering shells blending seamlessly with modern additions.

Alternative Name(s)

The Shining Jewel of the Western Sea

Type

Large city

Population

819,000

Inhabitant Demonym

Qabarati

Location under

Asana

Included Locations

• Battle Yards
• Oldgate
• Ship's End
• Threefold House

Owning Organization

House Kesh

Characters in Location

• Grantaeus