Mercendi

Mercendi, “The Gleaming City”, is located at the mouth of a river known as The Serpent’s Path. Mercendi is a haven for magical items, wealth and trade fleets. Forming an alliance of interest with Provast to the North, Mercendi is an economic and arcane power-house that has declared itself as a Bastion of Civilization. The people here are beautiful, the buildings are works of art, and the food is to die for. Wine flows like water, water flows like wine, and everything in between is a gift from the limitless graces and permissions of the Mercendian Merchant Lords.

It is rumored that the Guild System of Teol is based off the idea of Clan-Shops that define a large portion of Mercendian culture. A Clan-Shop can be summarized as a massive work-fleet of masters and apprentices, specializing in one form of industry. A steelworkers Clan-Shop, cathowever, prizes itself on its technique, and jealously guards the knowledge and knowhow. Mercendian Clan-Shop products are prized on a global scale for being works of art AND functionally immaculate, and many lives have been lost in an effort by mad collector’s to find and complete their collections.

Clan-Shops also tend to inter-marry with fellow members, and rarely venture forth from their territory within the city. Despite this reclusive culture, Mercendi’s populace is focused primarily on art if the performer is not economically inclined. A stretch of polished stone-works known as The Inspiration Promenade are the beating heart of poetic culture, theatrical performances and magical mystery.