Shepherd's Keep

Population:

• Approximately 53,000

Government: 

• Ruled over by Head Cardinal Obo Chatillon, Head of the Holy State of Drurn and The Holy Church. 

Districts:

North West Quadrant

• Notable Places:

  • Bali's Masonry: A large stonemason's workshop, hewn from a single massive outcrop of rock.

  • Aznal's Woodwork: The workshop of a male dwarf woodcarver named Aznal, known for his intricate puzzle boxes.

  • The Stout Trickster: An elegant adventurer's tavern, which serves only wine.

  • The Pavilion of Heosido: A two-storey timber and brick theatre, which has one door here and another in the Great Crossroads of Guthiholm.

  • Kada's Masonry: The workshop of a male dwarf stonemason named Kada, who seems to know every dungeon within twenty leagues of town.

  • The House of Polico: A large stone-walled theatre, said to be built upon the ground where a sidhe noble was betrayed and murdered.

South West Quadrant

• Notable Places:

  • The ruins of Gerdga Keep.

  • The Temple of Gardens: An ornate colonnaded building, dedicated to a pantheon of gods and goddesses.

North East Quadrant

• Notable Places:

  • Gili's Masonry: A modest stonemason's workshop, built around a shrine of Aphiel, God of Earth.

  • The House of Songs: A large half-timbered theatre, said to be built upon the ground where a sidhe noble was betrayed and murdered.

  • The Shrine of Hades: A cauldron lamp enshrining the flame of Hades, Lord of Death, said to be sometimes visited by the god himself.

    • CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC. 

South East Quardrant

• Notable Places:

  • Iderdg's Ironworks: A neglected blacksmith's workshop, built within the walls of an old iron tower.

  • A column of quartz, said to entomb the bones of Lord Amin.

  • Ildidg's Armaments: A neglected weaponsmith's workshop, built around a shrine of Athena, Goddess of War.

  • The Floating Alley: The ground between the buildings here appears to fall away into a vast blue sky. A path of floating stones offers the only way across.

  • The Temple of Athena, Goddess of Wisdom: An impressive terraced building, decorated with carved friezes and glazed-tile mosaics.

  • The Indigo Tankard: A modest adventurer's tavern, known for its impossible variety of beers and ales.

West Keep

• Notable Places:

  • A broken monolith of dark stone, which shines with a cold light when the town is under threat.

  • An overgrown temple ruins, said to lie atop catacombs filled with long-forgotten treasures.

  • The Blue Staff: A grand adventurer's tavern, built within an ancient tower of rune-carved stone.

  • The ruins of Horgi Tower.

  • The broken ruins of a small castle, which appears restored upon the night of the new moon.

East Keep

• Notable Places:

  • The Asylum: A two-storey building of stone walls, filled with the madmen and lunatics of the town.

  • The Guildhall: A large half-timbered building, once an inn house. It contains a large meeting hall and several smaller rooms, and is shared amongst several local trade guilds.

  • The Guildhall: A large stone-walled building, decorated with finely carved gargoyles. It contains a large meeting hall and several smaller rooms, and is shared amongst several local trade guilds.

  • The Cursed Arrow: A neglected dwarven tavern, decorated with stained glass windows.

  • Urul's Woodwork: A large woodcarver's workshop, built within a copse of hawthorn trees.

Her Holy Citadel

• Notable Places:

  • The Citadel

    • Home to the High Cardinal, The Council of Cardinals, The Proctor, The High Scribes,  The Elders, and The Sentinel. 

    • Also home of a majority of the nation's military and domestic operations and administration, and a high-security prison in the dungeons. 

  • Paladin's Promenade

    • Rows of buildings that house paladins and other high-ranking military officials. 

  • Bishop's Burough

    • Buildings to house high-ranking church officials

  • Training Field

    • Large field for military personnel to train and show off their prowess. 

  • The Chosen's Chatel

    • Private home build specially for The Chosen of the  church. 

  • Holy Forest

    • A forest dedicated to the quiet worship to Athena and meditation on her teachings

    • Home of "The Spire"

      • Access to the spire is restricted to The High Cardinal only. No one else has even entered the spire, or at least never left to tell of it.