Golden Horn is the main city of Basileans
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Largest and most spectacular of all of the cities of Men, the City of the Golden Horn is the capital of Basilea. Over a millions citizens live within its precincts according to the Royal Census, and the true figure is likely to be much higher. The Golden Horn is a promontory projecting into the Sea of Eriskos.
The city was built in ancient times upon the eastern bank of what was once a broad river canyon, now lapped by the sea, and has grown so huge it covers both shores. It is the crossroads of the world. Men of all nations can be found there, merchants from every sea, and sellswords from every land.
The Golden Horn is the home of the Hegemon, and his palace rises majestically from the warren of streets around it. Here too are the greatest temples to the Celestians and the Shining Ones, the Universities of Magic, the Duma of Nobility, and many other important parts of the state apparatus. It is said a man may buy anything in the Golden Horn.
Trade extends deep into the intrigues of the Hegemonic Court, and this saying knowingly includes the fates of kingdoms. The Golden Horn is home both to squalor and beauty, to cruelty and mercy. Man in all his great variety walks its streets, as do Elves, Dwarfs, and other races. Protected behind three rows of thick walls of increasing height, studded with hundreds of brazen cannon, the city is an impregnable fortress and has never fallen.
The Golden Horn, however, occupies land that King Golloch of the Dwarfs claims as his own, so perhaps this fine record will not go untarnished for much longer
Locations in Goldern Horn
- Royal Quarter
- Temple Quarter
- Governance Quarter
- Route of All Trades
- Free Parish
- Toll Forts
- New Curtain Wall
- Others
Other locations
- Mercenary Quarter
- Bull & Crow Inn
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