Hearthaven
A thickly gated and guarded community, Hearthaven is the home of the Gnomes in the Wandering City. They are deeply secretive about what is done behind closed doors, or outside those doors and within the gates, for that matter. The gates between Hearthaven and Rightfin are guarded by patrolling mages and possibly others atop the walls and stone and metal golems at the entranceways.
The Gnomes govern the Wandering City, to the extent they do, with a light touch. Capital crimes are fully investigated, tried and punished; but property crimes are largely left reported and unaddressed, leaving municipal governments fairly free rein over matters of criminal justice.
Any non-magical governance of the Shell, one assumes, must take place behind those walls. Legend has it that there is a cave in the great mountain underlying Anthur-Ro around which Hearthaven was built, and into which the Gnomes still frequently travel. Some say it leads up to the mage's tower; others, that it leads down into the innards of the great leviathan.
Peaseblossom was able to verify the existence of the cave on a recent reconnaissance mission, in which she was able to determine that several mages were going into and out of a cave, but that most of the residents of Hearthaven seemed to be entering or milling about a very large building with a sign on it reading, "FLUKE HALL".
Notable Locations
- Fluke Hall
- The Mages' High Commission
- Chambers of Justice
- Hearthaven Bank and Credit Union
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Neighbourhood
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