Pilgrent

"Well, the streets are nice."
"There's blood and shit and mud on them."
"Sure but aside from that, they're nice."

— Two "tourists" in Pilgrent

Pilgrent? Pilgrent?! I've been in the shark-infested waters of Dragon Teeth Cove. I have sailed through the mystical fogs of the Gärdsgrinds. I have descended into the Glustid but I'm not coming near Pilgrent.

— Benjamin Numforis

As the capital and sole city of Xorto, Pilgrent is not what one expects. No glamour of other capitals has reached Pilgrent yet and one doubts they ever will. As the very seat of power of The Presiding and Their Representatives, Xorto is perhaps the most isolated populated place on Vequesia.

A City of Blood and Darkness

To say that Pilgrent is not a very nice place to live would be an understatement; all who have walked through its dark streets—for they are, always, dark due to the near-constant clouds which fill the skies—have some pain, some memory they carry with them. The place is cruel not despite its nature but because of it. No law saves the lowly.

The Hanging Day

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A winter "holiday", the Hanging Day refers to a city-wide event in which criminals, prosecuted and otherwise, are put to death for the pleasure of the higher classes.

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Capital