Fasar

Other names: Yol-Fassar

Population: 40000 (32000 tulamydes and novadi, 65000 middenrealmers, 1200 dwarves, 500 forestfolk)

Governance: Eminences

Foundation date: 2046 before BF

Derographical affiliation: Tulamyde Lands: Mhanadistan

Political affiliation: Kalifat: Sultanat Fasar

Trade Zone: MHA

Traffic routes: Crown roads to Palmyrabad and to Nasir Malkid, Cedar Road to Punin, Caravan route to the Khôm

“Fasar has as many gods as its needs, effendi. Why do you think we have survived all these millennia? You definitely need this statuette of Gadang. It is made of real jade, I swear.”
— a Fasaran bazaar merchant, 1036 FB

“Fasar is one of the most dangerous cities on the continent, and I don’t say that in jest. They don’t just have one assassin’s guild, they have several!”
— a Garethan traveling merchant, to his business partner, 1036 FB

Region: Tulamydian city states

Population: 40,000, including approximately 32,000 Tulamydes and Novadi, 6,500 Middenrealmers, and 500 Forest Folk, plus 1,200 dwarves

Governance: Several rival Eminences govern the city

Temples: All Twelvegods except Efferd and Firun, plus Kor, Nandus, Aves, Marbo, and Levthan, numerous shrines of old Tulamydian gods (such as the river god Gadanga, the Maimed, pious Rashtul, and Umm Ghulsach, the Mother of Vultures); small houses of prayer to Rastullah

Trade and Industry: Crops (millet, cotton, tobacco, tea); leather goods; parchment; ink; soap; horn work; Tulamydian carpets

Characteristic Features: walled city quarters; large shanty towns; towers of the Eminences connected by bridges; Al’Achami (mage acdemy, black, influence magic); Exorcism Academy (mage school, no guild, anti-magic); Murak-al-Kira Arena; relics of the Mage Moguls of Gadang

Atmosphere in the City: Exotic and fascinating, but shaped by beggers and the constant power struggles of the Eminences

Fasar spread southward from the headwaters of the Gadang in an entirely chaotic manner, but it is seen as the oldest human city on Dere. Block-like clay huts sprawl next to the tower dwellings of the Eminences. A tent village of the Novadi sits south of the city. The diversity or ethnicities is tainted by the wide gap between rich and poor and by the numerous organizations and gangs that constantly form and break alliances during their unending war. Even wearing the wrong color can be dangerous if an Eminence decides the offender is treading on their authority. Violators can easily become the target of attacks ranging from vulgar remarks to rough brawls or even a dagger thrust from ambush.