Vatamu, Primary port town of the Imperial City
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Glittering Citadel
Massive fortress overlooking the harbour at Vatamu. Headquarters of the 2nd Legion.
Hall of Just Rule
White marble building housing Vatamu's bureaucrats and mayor, as well as guest quarters for visiting officials (usually Assessors or Magistrates).
Officer's Purlieus
Officer's Purlieus is a small, quiet, walled neighborhood. Merchants and people of rank who wish to be near their ships have their large homes here. There are also clubs and bars that
cater to the tastes of the people who live here.
Sailors Ghetto
The Sailors Ghetto is a noisy neighborhood filled with the life of commerce and trade. The Wood Dragon Road is the main road that runs from the docks to the gates of the Imperial
City. As the name suggests, sailors and their families have thier homes here, as well as dock workers and other people of low social status.
Wandering Guide's Charts & Advice
Wandering Guide's shop is a white-washed stucco cottage near the brackish shores of Vatamu. Inside, the shopper can find all the tools of marine navigation, lovingly displayed in
velvet boxes or (in the case of maps and charts) carefully stowed in special flat, well organised shelves. Wondering Guide is an elderly woman with a peg leg. She has a grandmotherly
aire and loves to tell stories of the sea. It quickly becomes clear that she has lead a rough life of high adventure and that her only regret is that she is no longer fit to go to
sea. Her knowledge of the seas of Creation is extensive, and if a sailor is willing to spend some time with her and alieviate her lonelyness with chatter she'll tell him anything he
wants to know. She clams up in the presence of young dynasts, though. She doesn't trust them, and has seen too many good sailors die because their commander was inexperienced. If she
takes a liking to you, expect her to offer to read your stars for you. She's an accomplished, if unliscened astrologer. She never accepts money for this service and, naturally doesn't
like to have it mentioned.
