WestPort

Demographics

Races of WestPort

85% Human/Human Kin
8% Automaton
5% Dwarfkind (Stone & Hill)
2% Elemental (Genasi)

Government

Ruled by a Council of Merchants

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Averell Tuck Human -- Admiral of the 1st Fleet. Pragmatic war hero facing peacetime. Wants what's best for WestPort and many will follow his lead.
Aldis Kellner -- Human Leader of the Banking Guild. Once Governor, now retiree lives comfortably and runs the slave trades behind the curtain.
Elmira Sindha -- Half-Elf Former Thief turned Politician. Elvish decent, barely noticeable.
Franzen Auld -- Dwarf Steward of Culture & History. The duty is to preserve knowledge. He is a highly skilled mage hides it well, stutters, spells suffer due to this impediment.
Rikkit Wigdahl -- Gnome Headmaster of Arcane Librarium. Very joyful and every mindful of duty, very skilled and loyal. She overcomes her height with magical assistance.
Freedman Knypstra -- Air Genasi Artisans Guild Union Leader. She has a disdain for small talk and gets excitable when talking about armour. Also the diplomatic liaison to her people.
Calhoun Dellal -- Bandarian Captain of the City Watch. A hard cut man, very blunt typical soldier type, loyal and good-natured. Has known Averell since their youth, BFF's. Would never lower himself to dishonour

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Defences

A defensive wall built recently that covers 95% of the city with the exception of the expanding areas that have begun to spring up.

Infrastructure

Guilds/Centers of Power

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Financial -- Banks, Mint, Tax Offices
Manufactory -- Shipwrights, Textiles, Fisherman, Foundries, Lumberyards, Paper Mills, Wheat Mills, Orchards
Arcane/Knowledge -- Arcane Library, University, Magic Shops
Crafters -- Smiths, Fletchers, Haberdasher, Bakers, Tanners, Jewelers, Scribes
Thieves -- Freeman Boys, The Kraken, The Sole
Religious -- Monks, Fighters Pit
Slavers -- Fighter Slaves/Gladiators, Work Slaves, Civic Slaves
Cultural -- Museums, Theatres
Civic/Law -- Merchants Council, Aqueducts, Lamp Lighters, Post Office, Dockworkers
Military -- City Watch, Local Militia, Navy Reserves

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Master Smiths & Crafters
Armorsmith -- Freedman Knypstra, Owner of the Blackstone Forge
Weaponsmith -- Kyra Barnsbergen, Master Smith at Blackstone Forge
Fletcher (arrow maker) -- Alfred Taylor, Owner of "True Shot". Very Drawl man, likes his Tea
Masons -- Berenger Ridley, Owner of "The Careful Carver"
Architect -- Kurt Townsend, Owner of "Rock Solid Foundation"
Jeweller -- Esme Coleman, Owner of "The Fastest Facets"
Arcane/Alchemy -- Warwick Alston, Owner of "The Secret Ingredient"
Fighter -- Shagar, Champion Fighter of the Hevokera
Shipwright -- Byron Achrom, Owner of "The Cobalt Mast"
Tanner/Fabrics -- Pilas Mulchum, Owner of "Kobold or Go Home"
Entertainment -- Sharless the Succubus, Runs the House of Virtue - a brothel

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History

The seaside city of West Port owes its' wealth to a strategic alliance with the pirate clans that ravaged the coastal villages and a small manner of good luck. The city began as a sister to the already bustling port town of Ablegarth, across the Amerian Sea, a smaller body of water off the southern coast of Elos. The merchants who settled in the fledgling town of West Port had an obstacle to overcome in the form of long naval voyages around the Cape of Elos.
This was always the most dangerous part of any sailing north from West Port as the waves and wind were deadly to any but the most skilled crew. So they devised a way to bypass the cape itself and allow for a defensible passage to the western coast. A canal was carved out near the southwestern province of Cyr, an older island population that were among the first to settle near Elos.
The new canal needed workers and many were conscripted from the surrounding villages to aid Westport and Ablegarth to build not only quickly, but in secret as well. The pirate clans operated out of the island chains that make up Cyr and they would immediately attack any suspicious ships in the area. Ablegarth was successful in holding the attention of the naval force that the clans had positioned in an embargo around West Port long enough that the conscripted workers were able to complete the canal.
What ensued in the following weeks is considered to be the single most important naval disaster in the history of Elos. The canal was carved from the earth, creating a small artificial river cutting through a narrow land bridge and the dirt walls on either side holding back the sea were thick, allowing for the workers to work quickly in dry earth and break the barriers afterward. This left a large, empty

Architecture

Stone architecture with terracotta & marble.

Geography

The city lies between the ocean and a mire called the Silent Marshes.

Maps

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  WestPort

Alternative Name(s)

Pirates Port

Type

City

Population

26,763

Inhabitant Demonym

The Port

Location under

The Free Nations of Elos