Cathairabhàis
The city of Death, the city where the Guild of Assassins runs it's global almost monopoly on Murder for hire, the place where the true Father Temple of Jalidor the Lord of the Underworld is located and just about every Master Necromancer who doesn't have his own fiefdom somewhere else. Deaths are bought and sold even on the streets of the Black city.
The location is known only to the residents, the masters of the Houses of Death, and some merchants and Bankers who work on behalf of the Guild, most of the businesses throughout Hamanshiron that are fronts for the Guild don't know they are so have no idea where their headquarters are.
Demographics
The Guild is made up of all species so there are represenatives of all but Orkuun and Elfkuun, an Orkuun on their worst day wouldn't stoop to assassination and there has yet to be an Elfkuun who has fallen to the Darkness, and part of entry into the Guild is to be consecrated as a Knight of the church of Jalidor by murdering a family member in cold blood.
There are many of the city who are servants of the Guild or just people that ended up being there and if they weren't killed out of hand for being there in the first place, it was made very clear unless you are an Assassin, a member of Jalidor's clergy, a Necromancer or one of the dozen or so trusted merchants and bankers you don't get to leave. Hence the city has an unusually large population for a place where you can't leave.
Government
Ruled by the Assassin King Aghari Thalona, with the 12 Masters of the Guild his council, along with a representative of the Temple and the the Necromancers in the city.
Defences
The primary defence of the city is that it is sunken underground, while the massive hole it inhabits is covered in an invisibility field and illusionists masterwork spell that shows an impassible marsh to all but those who have an amulet that allows them to see the truth. Apart from that there are 50000 assassins that call the city their home and they come in all shapes and size, and a city Guard of 10000.
Industry & Trade
The stock trade commodity of Cathairabhàis is assassination and murder for hire, but some of the best weapon and armoursmiths ply their trade in the city of Death, making bespoke weapons for all types of jobs, and armour to protect and assassins back when things go wrong, some of the best alchemists on Hamanshiron work there too, working on potions and poisons and concoctions that would otherwise be taboo anywhere else. The trade of bodies for neromantic purposes are prevalent in the city, graverobbers (an abhorrent profession even Necromancers agree but are vital to their purposes) bring bodies preserved with their limited magic to be used in the foul rights of the Necromancers.
Assets
The Guilds assests are many, each Assassination is carried out by either a single or a group of assassins that pay 25% of their fee to the Guild and nobody is stupid enough to not pay, unless of course they are independents, and most of them end up dying at the hands of the Guild or joining up eventually.
Guilds and Factions
There is only one guild in the City of Death and it is the Assassins guild.
Geography
Around the chasm which the city is built there are green fields and streams, and a large forest to the north and a river which is the source of the city's water drops into Lake Jahimra and is the reason the Illusion that most people see is a marsh.
Alternative Name(s)
City of Death,
Type
Large city
Population
250000
Inhabitant Demonym
Cathairites
Owner/Ruler
Owning Organization
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