Khartous
The capital city of the sultanate of the same name, Khartous sits on the eastern bank of the Eastern Branch in the Pesha River Delta where it flows into the sea. The city is focused on two things: trade and the court of the sultan. Although supplies for the city come down the river, it is the ocean trade that brings exotic luxuries and more wealth to the already wealthy merchants and nobles of Khartous. Their acquisitions tend to the ostentatious side, and are mostly used in making displays of power and vying for influence in and around the royal court. While the upper class compete with each other, the rest of the city exhibits all the activities and vices seen in crowded cities around the world.
Most people know the capital city was built on the location of a city conquered by the first sultan, but few have any idea how old that city actually was or how deep it went. Strange occurrences in the city that are superstitiously said to be the work of evil spirits may actually have completely different causes.
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