Highsmyth

Highsmyth is the great ironmongering capital of the Matagost Peninsula. It provided a great deal of iron ore in the days of Hyperborea and Foere and even now serves as the primary foundry for the Empire of Oceanus. Here ironwork of the highest caliber is exported to Pontos Island for use in even more refined manufacturing. A great black fog continually hangs above the city from its hundreds of forge fires, and on days when the wind is still, this miasma sinks to street level and covers the city with its smudge. The result of these black fogs and the soot constantly falling from the many smokestacks stains everything within the city a dismal gray, which the Oceanic mayor cheerfully calls “the new color of gold.”

Settlement

Highsmyth, City of

Population

7,827 (3,890 Foerdewaith and Oceander, 1,962 mountain dwarf, 1,075 half-elf, 655 Gnome, 245 Halfling)

Ruler

Mayor Carlo d’Brocce Alvamo and Master Ironworkers Guildmaster Ivan Gundris

Government

mayor appointed by the governor-general, with high local influence by Ironworkers Guild

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Type

City

Owning Organization

Matagost Peninsula