Crodeux
Crodeux is the largest and most fortified city in Othvarand, built on the banks of the Varenth River and Stilltide Bay where its slow waters glint like steel beneath the ramparts. Once a vital trade post, Crodeux has grown into a place of heavy walls, deep cellars, and wary eyes - a city that remembers siege and prepares for the next.
It serves as the seat of Archduke Edren Vaurant, whose authority stretches thin across the borderlands. Within Crodeux, nobles scheme, guilds jostle for influence, and inquisitors loom throughout their cloisters. Beyond its walls lie roads that twist toward ruin, war, or worse.
Yet even in the shadow of encroaching chaos, Crodeux endures - its stones old, its people hardened, and its heart still beating with stubborn pride.
Districts
- Northbank: Main port and trade hub of Crodeux.
- Highcourt: The ducal castle and surrounding grounds, including the university.
- Warrens: Dense and twisting district filled with the working class and poor.
- Coppergate: Primary market and location of artisans.
- Saint Arvand's Close: Religious heart of the city, and location of Saint Arvand's Cathedral.
- Riverhearth: Modest riverside residential area.
- Vaults: The undercity, and rumored entrance to the Spiral Archives.
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