Pento

Pento is a human city-state of The Avresan Repbulic and Faiza's hometown.
The city has a huge divide between rich and poor. Crime is a huge problem in Pento, but the wealthy live in a walled city within the city and don't clean up the criminal underground.
A hundred years ago, mines were discovered in the region that had iron ore and coal, so it was a pioneer in steel development. The mines ran out long ago. It used to be a bustling metropolis, but it's now at best a halfway point along an ocean coast, not somewhere people typically travel to otherwise. Besides the humans, there's still a huge population of gnome craftspeople there, mostly now re-making old items for sale or working to fix boats in need of repair.
The human families who originally profited from the mines still live there too, but it's been years since they've needed to work and they live off their investments. They live within the inner walls.
Pento now survives by dealing in fakes - the artisans (including the gnomes) make fake statues, music boxes with pirated music, etc, which is sold up and down the coast.

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City