Castille Vincious

The City of Six Forts is inaccurately named, only because six is too few. Castille Vincious boasts well over a dozen fortified buildings. Fortifications around and within the city have repelled invaders for centuries, and the defenses of the city only get thicker with time. In more recent times, Castille Vincious is best known as the center of action for savvy slave traders entering the Crista Islands. As a result, the finest and most exotic slaves brought to the Crista Islands appear here first, in private and open slave auctions. Ordinary slaves pass through to more distant ports, but the most valuable ones change hands in Castille Vincious. In addition to the slave markets, fish, wine, and exotic goods keep the trade districts bustling.
Castille Vincious has an imposing but aged look. From land, the 50-foot-high, gray and brown limestone walls block sight and sound, with only the smell of the ocean betraying what’s on the other side. From the sea, the city scales the hillside and on to the plateau, revealing its architectural glory. Not surprisingly, the most prominent features in the City of Six Forts are the many forts and bulwarks laced throughout. Walls punctuate the city at seemingly odd places, leftovers from older days, and no fortification is considered too much. Limestone cliffs and four-story buildings give newcomers to the city a feeling of vertigo. Everything seems to keep going up and up. Tall buildings clump together for structural support, allowing for few alleys. Those that do exist are narrow, gabled openings between buildings that rise to heights of no more than a story before closing the gap. Some alleys cut across blocks, but others lead to open courtyards that sprout tall, green, flowering plants year-round. Steep paved streets with open gutters on either side make travel a simple experience. Rain catching systems deliver fresh water throughout the city via small aqueducts. The aqueducts are unobtrusively molded into the architecture, and provide a rooftop “footpath” across much of the city for the nimble. The city has no true sewer, but long, deep trenches carry waste from several parts of the city down to the sea.

Alternative Name(s)

City of Six Forts

Type

Capital

Population

98,655

Location under

Kingdom of Meirval

Owner/Ruler

King Alistar Vincious (The Executioner of Hell)

Characters in Location

• King Alistar Vincious (The Executioner of Hell)