Gleanhold

Written by Torden Bjorn ~Master of Lore~

Gleanhold is the biggest metropolis in the entirety of the Vyscarian Empire. Existing as a 3-Ringed City, Gleanhold is its founding settlement, lying where the Bloodcoast of the Warlock Kolroauk used to dwell. Forged after the War of Rebirth, it is the site of the passing of the Doctrine of Liberty and the People's Concord.
From the city gates exists Market Street, a bustling street with countless tarped and tented booths, shops, and taverns. Bazaars and crafting shops and various landmarks litter the city. This street travels from the gates all the way to the center palace. The third ring, or outermost ring, is split between the Market District, the Industrial District, and the Port District. Places to visit in this ring may be Twilight Concoctions, Lady Cauldron, Ruby Beach, and the People's Bazaar. It is 2 miles in length and consists of the largest circumference of all the rings. Moving inward, we reach the 2nd Ring, also known as the Residential District with Opportunity Plaza in the center, which is a mix between a social park, Bazaar, and system of crafting shops, taverns, inns, etc. This ring is 4 miles in length and is the densest district of the city, compacted with a cluster of neighborhoods, streets, alleyways, complexes, etc. Landmarks to visit in this ring include the Nestled Hearth Inn & Tavern, the Hunter's Lodge, Godchain Smithing, Evergreen Herbarium, and the Rose House. And the innermost ring, which is the Pearl District, is 1 mile in length, which hosts all the Royal Houses, Oracle University of Sagecraft and Wizardry, the Redwing Ranger Academy, A Royal Delight, the Imperial Barracks, Park of Princes, and the Gleaming Palace, which hosts the 32nd ruler, Queen Guinivere Crystalloche.
Outside the city wall are miles upon miles of cultivated countryside littered with Vineyards, Aviaries, Wheatfields, and Farms and Ranches with the Cloudfields and Rainbow Row at the end of the countryside, bordering the depths of the Plum Forest. The countryside also borders the Ruby Sea.
People to meet:
Tillith Monarch- Nestled Hearth Inn & Tavern
Vallis MohrenVallis Mohren- Twilight Concoctions
Bella Hildegard- Lady's Cauldron
Chaste Avendrill- Redwing Ranger Academy
Freya Vazanfir- Oracle University of Sagecraft and Wizardry
Jaquil Savros- ???
Drogolia Frey- countryside, Phoenix Hearth Hall of Heroes
Peta Jynx- Garden Square (Eldergarden) or Park of Princes
Nikki...-???

the Deepwood, Evergreen Herbarium, Thili'lalala

-the Deepwood, Oracle University of Sagecraft and Wizardry, Twilight Concoctions, Vallis' bed.

Demographics

All of them (except for Shifters, Tabaxi, Lizardfolk, Firbolgs, Loxodon, and Yuan-Ti)

Government

Imperial Republic

Defences

Roadway Siege Points:

• 120 feet of staggered cover blockades outside Gateway Chokepoints
• Located every 60 blocks otherwise
• Surrounded by 2 Watchtowers
• Unlock ground-lock and pull up a 10-foot long wall of half cover.
• Abjuration Beacons
• Magical pole that deploys a 20-foot radius sphere of abjuration magic with 25 HP. It must be reduced to 0 HP to pass through from outside.
• Shield can be recharged with pre-enchanted Focus Gems from the Magist League. A Magist must send an action and expend a spell slot into the arcane core to replenish the hit points of the shield.

Watch Towers: Located every 12 blocks on main streets

• Mounted Heavy ABS
• Braziers for incendiary ammunition
• Half cover barriers
• 4 Vyscarian Guard Sentries with Heavy Crossbows
• 4 City Watch Spotlights
• Portcullis on the bottom for siege shields and light ABS as well as providing an armory.

12 Block City Watch Patrols:

• 4 Watchmen per Patrol
• Connected through Horn Call System (matched with color-coded flare alarm system)
• Guard House every 60 Blocks, houses 24 Watchmen and a captain with an office and 12 holding cells. Can rapidly deploy reinforcements with a Sending Beacon to contact other reinforcements + a flare canon with color coding to match the coding of the City Watch alarm system.

Guard Wall Defenses:

• Guard Wall Siege Room: two on either side of gates.
• Rolls out 4 canons each
• Rolls out 2 Net Ballistas
• Rolls 2 out Heavy ABS
• Eventually will deploy 6 Warforged Sentries each
• Deploys 6 Deneithian Knights each
• Air Balloon Support
• Has a mounted light ABS
• Mounted Vyscarian Ballistas, can be augmented to contain compartments of oil and flint (add 20 fire damage)
• Gunpowder and flint
• Mounted Heavy ABS
• Abjurist Walls
• Gateway walls that emit a 20-foot radius of defensive abjuration around the triple portculli secluded in a wall barricade.
• Tar Cauldrons
• Mangonel (Mortar)

Industry & Trade

Open Market with a few, historically motivated restrictions.

Infrastructure

Fantasy metropolis with magic

Guilds and Factions

Royal Houses, the Jackal Pack, Cult of the Phoenix, Children of the Moon, Redwing Rangers, Oracle Mages, Sages of the Third Eye, Hunter's League, Sage Maester's Coalition, Mad Hatters, Silver Flame, Dawn Father Association.

Alternative Name(s)

Capital City

Type

Large town

Population

234, 012

Included Locations

• Lady's Cauldron
• Phoenix Hearth Hall
• Port District
• Sage's Guide to the Oracle Archives
• Twilight Concoctions

Characters in Location

• Asmund Hildegard
• Bella Hildegard
• Eve Cannith