Cauldron
This small city is a regional trading hub, and one of the oldest human settlements in Q'barra.
Demographics
70% human, 9% halfling, 5% gnome, 3% dwarf, 1% goblin, 1% other
Government
- Lord Mayor (elected)
- Captain of the Guard
Defences
Approximately 750 guardsmen comprise the Cauldron City Guard - a well trained militia. A wall surrounds the city, with only four gates (one facing each cardinal direction).
Industry & Trade
As a trade hub, it is well situated between Q'barra's natural resources (Dragonshards, Darkwood, minerals, etc), the Talenta Plains (livestock, including dinosaurs!), and the Mror Holds (Dwarven craftsmanship, banking, and precious metals). Commerce flows through Cauldron, and it exports goods south towards the Dragonreach Sea, along the Torva River.
Infrastructure
Settlement Level 5
Districts
Four major avenues circle the town: Ash, Lava, Magma, and Obsidian Avenues, each considered its own district.
The entire city slopes towards Crater Lake in the center.
Ash Avenue
The lowest district, bordering on the lake. Comprised mostly of lower class housing, including Goblintown, Cauldron. Popular establishments on Ash Avenue:- Tipped Tankard Tavern
- Laughing Horse Inn
- Weer's Elixers
- Minuta's Board
Lava Avenue
Middle class housing, and a handful of shops.- Ghelve's Locks
- Skie's Treasury
Magma Avenue
Upper middle class housing, the local college, and the majority of the shops in Cauldron are on this street.- Slippery Eel Tavern
- Tygot's Old Things
- Gurnezarn's Smithy
- Bluecrater Academy
- Garthun Imports
Obsidian Avenue
Where the nobility live, and the finest dining and several churches can be found:History
Founded by Surabar Spellmason, a legendary dwarven wizard.
Geography
Located in the Endworld Mountains in the pit of an extinct volcano, this highly defensible locaction allowed Cauldron to survive for centuries in a harsh wilderness region, surrounded by hostile lizardfolk and other enemies. Crater Lake fills the center of the city - rainwater collects and is magically purified by magewrights.
Climate
Warm temperate jungle region. Rainy seaons occur during the winter months.
Natural Resources
Cauldron's primary natural resources are the mines beneath the volcano. Eberron Dragonshards are plentiful, as are obsidian, and diamonds.
Plantations in the surrounding hills offer sugarcane and coffee.
Maps
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Cauldron City Map
Founding Date
320
Type
City
Population
7500
Location under
Included Locations
- Bluecrater Academy
- Church of the Silver Flame, Cauldron
- Crater Lake
- Drunken Morkoth Inn
- Garthun Imports
- Goblintown, Cauldron
- Gurnezarn's Smithy
- House Kundarak Bank, Cauldron
- Laughing Horse Inn
- Minuta's Board
- Pike Manor
- Shrine of the Undying Court, Cauldron
- Tipped Tankard Tavern
- Town Hall, Cauldron
- Zanathor's Provisions
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