Baardenport

The Bay of Baarden exists just south of the mountains of Hella and looking out into the Tearsa Straits. Though many small towns, villages and forts dot its shores for the lucrative fishing the bay provides, the city of Baardenport has grown particularly large and wealthy on an industry of whaling. Not only does it provide the locals with food and work, but it has also become imbedded into the culture and architecture of Baardenport itself. Huge structures, constructed of slung-together whalebone stretch across the narrow streets, and from carved ivory pillars hang enough oil-lamps to light up the dockyards to continue the process of butchering throughout the night on winter months. Out to sea, great whaling ships can always be seen, their blue and green sails billowing in the wind. Ornate ivory figureheads sit atop heavy iron icebreakers to push through the pack-ice that forms in the northern seas. The city has a particularly brutal reputation, and as well as being a station for the Skalbaardic navy, is also home to a great many fighting pits, drawing the bravest or most foolhardy from across Arvendell in search of a lucrative profit.

Type

City

Population

200,000

Location under

Arvendell

Owning Organization

Skalbaard