Parbold

The slow-growing city has been sparked to life in the last decade mainly due to imports. People from all over are coming to the city to buy exotic imported spices. The spice shipments are arriving daily now and merchants are outfitting caravans to transport them farther into the interior of the region.

Population: 4,500

Demographics:

Dwarf, 41%

Elf, 0%

Gnome, 12%

Halfling, 16%

Human, 14%

Aarakocra, 10%

Kenku, 5%

Dragonborn, 2%

Government: City State Monarchy - King and Queen

Economy: Booming. The city has become the hub of receiving spices from around the world. Imports: Spices, sugar, copper, gemstones, coffee, tea, leather Exports: Wheat, Peanuts, Rye, copperworks

Businesses of note: Parbold Imports Limited, The Swordsman's Tavern, Burke's Inn, Derward's Book Shoppe, Gamlen Copperworks and Sons

Attractions:

Derward's book Shoppe - Known for its wide selection of books and the owner's willingness to track down rare books for customers.

The Spice Market - A vast array of spices not native to this region. Other goods are on sale now almost every day.

The Tomb of Zephrine - an ornate tomb of one of the city's founders.

The Shrine of Shinare - Goddess of wealth and trade - this shrine was built only a few years ago, as the spice trade came to this city.

the Temple of Rillifane Rallathil, Elf God of Nature - Elves used to live here in abundance, but left almost 4 centuries ago. This temple still receives a few pilgrims, but it is now run by a Kenku named Kelm as there are no elves to manage the shrine, and many elves see this as blasphemy