Osveak
In the ruins of an old settlement of men, occupied piles of garbage compose the city known as Osveak - the Goblin Kingdom. Here, Goblins live in squalor, finding shelter in Shanty-town style buildings composed off whatever trash they could locate and bring back with them. However, their humble abodes and reeking streets do not bother them, for within the innumerable piles of trash and ruins lies gold, jewels and prizes fairer than the evening's setting sun. Osveak is a feral city of thieves, murderers and brigands. Every negative stereotype that exists about Goblinoids is upheld as a virtue here. Slaves work to fashion the scrap into buildings, streets, and great halls. Flesh burns on open fires in the Cannibals Quarter, and the screams resonate like a haunted symphony out of the decommissioned mines that serve as the Sunken Castle for their corpulent king, Utlurk II.
Demographics
Goblinoids are the only free citizens in Osveak, though various other races can be seen working as slaves, or as inhabitants of the dungeons.
History
Before there was the Goblin Kingdom of Osveak, there was the Dwarven city of Anvilwest. Built beneath a large hill, Anvilwest was to be the seat of power of a noble dwarf and his people. However, while constructing their great subterranean city, they came across a massive deposit of combustive Miasma. Understanding the danger this posed, both in health repercussions, as well as in the high probability of explosion, the miasma chamber was sealed, and the kingdom was abandoned.
Several years later, an abnormally large Bugbear known as Utlurk The Great discovered the unfinished ruins of Anvilwest. He rechristened the place as Osveak, and made it the center of his Goblin Kingdom.
To this day, the leak of Miasma casts a permanent purple haze that floats just above the floor of the Sunken Castle. It poisons the Goblins, making them even more deranged and bloodthirsty, and causing strange mutations and growths. This effects the Nobles of the kingdom most of all, as the majority of the population lives in the Shanty Kingdom above ground. The soil here is poisoned by the Miasma, but their exposure is less direct.
Points of interest
The Coliseum of Rust
One of the most prominent features of Osveak is the Coliseum of Rust, a massive arena composed of scrap where captured "heroes" are made to battle in gladiatorial combat against Goblins who are looking to advance their status.
In Osveak, Gobinoids from a non-noble family are given few ways to advance in society. One way, and perhaps the key way, that they can is through becoming a "Hero Slayer" in the Coliseum of Rust. This tradition was started by Utlurk The Great , mainly as a means of sport, but has become a key part of Osveak society in the reign of his son, Utlurk II.
The Sunken Castle
In the days of old, Osveak was once the Dwarven City of Anvilwest. Beneath a massive hill, they began construction on a massive citadel. However, before they were able to finish construction, they found that a large natural gas deposit was underneath the hill. They sealed up the cavern to stop the gas, and being that they would not be able to safely build, the city was abandoned.
While the Dwarves were unwilling to live next to a gas deposit, the Goblins were not so picky.
Seeking to build his kingdom, the Bugbear, Utlurk The Great claimed the kingdom for himself and his goblin kind.
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