Vatamu, Primary port town of the Imperial City

Glittering Citadel

Massive fortress overlooking the harbour at Vatamu. Headquarters of the 2nd Legion. The Glittering Citadel is a an air-aspected manse of extreme power, whose potency is known to military minds across the Isle, and the Scavenger Lands as well. Its towering main gate houses a mechanism beyond the savants of the present age, which causes the anima of any Exalt passing through to project out in a massive display above the gate... no known method of stealth, mundane or magical, can subvert this security mechanism.

The Glittering Citadel is also known for its massive Lightning Lense, which focuses a huge bolt of electricity against targets across the length of the Imperial River bay. As the Threshold states well know, any fleet to approach the Blessed Isle close to Vatamu would be torn asunder by the blasts of this mighty weapon.

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.