Port Brax

Themes: Crowded, Corrupt, Gang Ridden

Culture: Midlander

Languages: Argosan, Common

Population: 12,000

Ruler: Highlord Ipsgrave

Exports: Food, Black Market Goods

Climate: Moderate climate, winds blowing across the lake.

Holiday: Festival of Faces

Overview

Port Brax is the largest, most crowded and some would say most successful of the Midlander cities. There are more folk in Port Brax than any other Argosan city, with a cosmopolitan range of inhabitants from across the region. Trade is good (relative to most cities), and the fields of the Low Plains produce the most food in the basin. But beneath the veneer of accomplishment, Port Brax is a hotbed of conflict and corruption, secretly dominated by gangs of powerful criminals whose quarrels often spill into the streets.

The port city is generally cool to moderate in climate, with winds blowing in from Lake Argos. Made of stone, plaster, and wood, the architecture mimics traditional Middle Ages style. Houses and shops crowd into every available space, and where no more buildings will fit, there are people. The city boasts an extensive sewer system, built atop long-forgotten ruins from the First Age.

Port Brax is known for its bustling, diverse markets, pressing crowds, and lively street vendors. Rickety tables and temporary shelters are raised at dawn and packed away at dusk, when vendors retreat to their corner of the city to catch some well-deserved shut-eye. Tall stone walls technically divide the city up into various quarters (merchant, temple, administrative, etc), but the street vendors somehow pervade all of them.