Pariltakb

Like a rachis parts a feather in two, with the quill dipped in the inkwell that hides our disgrace.

— A disillusioned takibi poet

Geography

Pariltakb is divided in two bt the tar river. The city's slums reach the ocean waters, but few consider the coastal areas as part of the city. The city proper is further up the river, where the tar extraction is in full swing.

Architecture

Dome-like structures built with dark bricks mortared with a mixture of sand, ash, and tar. Small wooden details finish the domes, by, for example, providing window frames and covers, and posts.

Demography

Pariltakb is a city of wayangs, shaes, and to a lesser extent, fetchlings. Wayangs have flourished since the river became tar and have been key in the city's success. Shaes, in particular, see the pursuit of tar as vacuous and have been slowly emigrating since the Impassable river revolution.

Government

Floating atop of Pariltakb is a large orb structure made of crystalline stone. On it live the divining nihilois, who oversee the citizens of Pariltakb and pronounce their decisions written on the crystalline surface of their home. Their motives are inscrutable to most, both takibis and outsiders.

Alternative Name(s)

Black river city

Inhabitant Demonym

Takibi

Attractions

Tar museum

This learning centre aims to teach about the wonders of tar and to showcase things found in the tar river, such as the papinijuwari found encased in tar.
They also explain the ecology of creatures whose lives are tied to tar, such as black caps. These creatures are thought to be cousins of red caps. These little tar thieves guard and protect their tar pits while trying to steal tar from other places. The tar river has become a major target for black caps in the region.
The museum itself is attended by black skeletons, another creature tightly linked to tar.

Pariltakb N Large city

Corruption: 2

Crime: 3

Economy: 7

Law: 1

Lore: 4

Society: 0

Qualities: magically attuned, notorious, racially intolerant (drow), rumormongering citizens, strategic location

Disadvantages: polluted

Danger: 20

Demographics

Government: Magical

Population: 13.000 (8.000 wayangs, 1.250 shaes, 1.000 fetchlings, 750 gnomes, 450 tengus, 1.550 others)

Marketplace

Base Value: 12.800

Purchase Limit: 85.000

Spellcasting: 9th

Minor Items

Item	Value
Potion of pouncing fury	300 gp
Potion of alpha instinct	300 gp
Oil of arcane mark	25 gp
Potion of protection from chaos	50 gp
Potion of hide from animals	50 gp
Scroll of earth tremor	375 gp
Scroll of diminish resistance, detect undead, & invisibility	325 gp
Scroll of chill touch	25 gp
Wand of songbird	750 gp
Stone salve	4.000 gp

Medium Items

Item	Value
+2 Quarterstaff of defending and frost	32.000
Ring of feather falling (Ring of clumsiness)	2.200 gp
Lintel stone	26.000 gp
Staff of the Master (Necromancy)	15.200 gp

Major Items

Item	Value
Staff of healing	29.600 gp
Intelligent bracers of armor +7	49.000 gp
Gug hide	22.165 gp
Winged shield	15.257 gp
+3 Arrow catching shield of energy resistance	34.000 gp
+3 armor of greater shadow	42.750 gp
Wand of summon nature's ally III	375 gp
Scroll of symbol of pain & shadow walk	2.775 gp

Buildings

Drow slums: a deserted slum close to the coast; few drow live there permanently and there are a lot of empty houses that may become inhabited without warning by its owner who has come back.
Tar museum: started by a fetching & wayang couple; they buy any odd thing that may be found in the tar.

Factions

Dim Pitch: A guild regulating tar extraction (and to a lesser extent, trade).
Nihiloi overlords: A group of nihilois focused on protecting the city; they have a strong bias against the drow who use the shadow plane as a stepping stone.

Rumours