Elsgard

City of Merchants

The city of merchants. Elsgard, one of the latest cities to be built in honour the end of the Dark Times and inviting a harmonious peaceful era to the world of Violem. Here you can find a bustling, sometimes chaotic lifestyle, with merchants selling and buying all sorts of weird and wonderful foods, items and services. With tight, twisting alleys and moving mechanical machines integrated into the buildings and infrastructure of the city, this is the perfect place for both magic and non-magic users alike.

Landscape:

At the centre of this business capital lies the crossroads. A massive four way junction built over the ruins of Fort Ockram and the main route which allows travellers to traverse the city by foot to the various districts. In the northern quarter of the city is the banking district. Home to vaults, security offices, the barracks of the Alliance Guard and even the headquarters of a lawful bounty hunting organisation. If one was to steal from this quarter would be called a fool.
To the East is the Residential quarter, with red brick houses and uneven towers fighting for space in the air. It is also home to the city hall, run by the Council of Coin. A collection of merchants elected by the city folk to run the city. With so many individuals with business heads, the operation of the city runs surprisingly smoothly. Quickly becoming one of the richest cities in all of Cytal.
All the money made in Elsgard comes from the merchant district and tinkering district respectfully. Here is where workshops, emporiums and various tinker stations work hard and trade harder to make coin. Inside these districts some of the more popular businesses stand out including;

• Cart N Cart
• Spruzen Inventions
• Split Industries

Well it's quite easy to get lost out there. If you stray too far from the main path you'll end up winding down alleyways and catching yourself in a knot of copper pipes and winding cogs from the homes of all kinds of people. Some kinder than others. So you watch yourself out there sugah.

— Mynerva, Owner of Minnie's Tavern

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Points of Interest:

Wanting to get a view of this bustling cityscape, well if you can take a trip on the Skyrail. Connecting each district by a hanging cart and pulley system. With the highest station being slap bang in the middle of the crossroads. Or perhaps you are looking for some form of entertainment. Well the Open Air Theatre is the perfect place to see the talents of many bards, dancers and actors performing classic plays. Suspended in the air with various runes and a round the clock team of Air Alum keeping it afloat. Then after a long day, you can take rest in Minnie's Tavern. One of the most renowned taverns in the West. Hosted by Mynerva herself who always seems to know everything that is going on.
Potential Plot

Mynerva takes a shining to the party and entrusts them with her secret spy operation. Minnie's Whisperers are all over the city gathering information for her. One of her whisperers has caught wind of a plot to blow up the central Skyrail station. What will the players do?

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Election Day:

In the upcoming weeks, the city will be hosting an election day for the new mayor. Currently Mayor Orun and his deputy Pittan are the favourites and have been for the past ten years. But with a rise in crime throughout the city and the ideas of Mr Split from Split Industries there is a real threat to their campaign. The danger of this election has seemed to have escalated as one of the Councillors has gone missing. If one was to enter the city at this moment in time, they would feel a nervous tension amidst the puffing smoke pipes. Keeping everyone alert and a touch on edge.

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Alternative Name(s)

City of Merchants

Type

City

Location under

Cytal

Characters in Location

• Izamariah