Westermarrow

Westermarrow is the unofficial capital of Mistfen Mire. It consists of a well-protected and bustling marketplace surrounded by the estates of lesser merchant princes who rule over the city. Westermarrow, like Port Whitesword to the south in the Garden Expanse, profits from shipbuilding and a strong fleet of ships. The city’s harbor is full of cargo ships and warships of varied design, and is well-protected by the city’s defenses. Westermarrow itself rises on land reclaimed from the Auchland River Delta, where it falls off into the deeper waters of The Restless Deep. Many travelers are taken by the canals crisscrossing the city and the fact that most people get about by boats that are poled down the narrow waterways making up many of the city’s routes. Westermarrow is also known for its bridges. These graceful structures cross over the canals and are decorated with historical, somewhat macabre scenes that are notorious around the Mire. Unlike its sister cities, Westermarrow main defense is the delta. Both the land and sea routes are treacherous and mazelike, and only Westermarrow captains know the ins and outs to successfully navigate a route to the city. Nearly anything can be bought and sold in the city’s marketplace, save for the kinds of loathsome and immoral cargo reserved for cesspools like Greenfog and Marshacre. Exotic cargoes change hands frequently, and for an added tariff, can be exchanged without troublesome paperwork or bookkeeping. Each merchant prince subsidizes a portfolio of merchant caravans, but caravan masters are free to trade goods that would sell better for someone else.
Originally the capitol of the Rendlean Empire, after the empires collapsed, the Merchant Princes of Westermarrow took control of nearly every aspect of the old Rendlean lands. They maintain a nearly hidden grip on the settlements of Mistfen Mire, even if everyone knows that they own the land in its entirety.

Type

Large city

Population

52,601

Location under

Auchland River Basin

Owning Organization

Merchant Princes of Westermarrow