Charypso

Population: 2000

Governance: Council of Captains

Foundation date: 499 BF

Derographical affilication: Meridiana: Altoum, Charyptic

Political affiliation: independent (as member of Black Alliance)

Trade Zone: ALA/CHA

Traffic routes: Charyptic, Strait of Sylla

“Miserable hellhole, certainly! But you can find anything your heart desires here, yar-har-har. T’is nothing you can’t buy nor sell here, if you catch my drift, yar-har-har.”
— a freebooter sailing with the Black Serpent, 1036 FB

“Miserable nest of pirates!”
— a Tulamydian freebooter, 1038 FB

Region: Islands of the Far South

Population: 2,000, but often more than twice that number of strangers, due to frequent shipping traffic stopovers

Governance: Nominally, a Council of Captains, but in reality, the street justice of the rabble

Temples: Efferd, Phex

Trade and Industry: In Charypso, everything being bartered and smuggled was originally gained via piracy. The city is one of the main trading centers for loot and even slaves, usually unfortunate seafarers who could not command ransoms after their ships were boarded and captured.

Characteristic Features: Sanctuary and home port of the Black Serpent, an infamous league of pirates

Atmosphere in the City: Cruel and profoundly rotten

The city that gives the Charybbean its name is a hive of scum and villainy like no other — full of pirates, harlots, and the shadiest traders. Tavern keepers, artisans, and (slave) traders comprise the workforce of the pirate city, which is mainly populated by sailors on shore leave. Furthermore, rumors in Charybbean harbor towns speak of a very influential Blessed One of Efferd who lives here on donations from god-fearing pirates and who does not care much about the moral values of the Twelvegods. A tall wooden construction known only as the Plank rises above the harbor.

Prisoners who do not yield enough ransom money or fetch enough profit on the slave market find themselves carried to the top and pushed off into the harbor, which is kept full of sharks, thanks to the spread of chum. This beloved event is cheered by the crowds that gather for the spectacle.