Bedlam

Not really a town, but an asylum let loose — that's what this place is. The chant is the town's mad, that the barmies have seized the keys, but what's a soul to expect from a place that's hard on the gates of Pandemonium? Those who live here can't help but be addle-coved in one way or another

Government

Tharick only rules the people he can get to agree with him, while everybody else more or less goes about doing what they want. Still, a few bashers have managed to gain the attention of Bedlam's citizens. The most influential of these is Hrava, a shadow fiend. This monster's insinuated itself into the dreams of many of Bedlam's addle-coved citizens, becoming the little voice in their heads that gives them advice. Hrava works for its own ends, to attain power and domination over the town.
As a blood might guess, Bedlam's just about turned stag on the Outlands. Hrava's only got to spread his madness a little farther and the whole place'll slide through the gate and merge with Pandemonium.

Architecture

Bedlam's one of those burgs that defies description. Imagine a town where thousands of strangers each decided to build their own places without talking to one another - the result's the sprawl of Bedlam. The town's usually described as a fan set on the side of a hill (called Maurash by the locals). The base of the fan rests at the bottom of Maurash, converging at the entrance to Pandemonium.
The gate, a twisted arch of iron and stone, rises above the shacks clustered nearby. Eight dusty roads intersect in a tangle before the arch and then spread like the ribs of the fan, up Maurash's slopes.
Here's a subtle detail: The farther up the hill a cutter goes, the saner-looking the buildings become. Halfway up the slope, the ramshackle shacks assume a semblance of order and become walled compounds, each still isolated but at least protected. Ultimately, at the top of the hill, in the center of the fan, is a Citadel — a small section of town surrounded by a curtain wall and lined with defensive towers. Here's where a cutter's going to find the least addled and best organized citizens in the burg.

Type

Large town

Location under

Outlands