Mordale

Mordale is the capital city of the Canton of Barnocq in extreme eastern Coreune. Mordale is a seedy trade port on the banks of the River Marce where it converges with the River Murna, about 20 miles upstream of its outlet into Lake Amiena. It is widely known as the gateway to the Vonegale Mountains, a wild region of gold miners and outlaws along the border between Coreune and Aveir. Dangerous cults also riddle Mordale's four boroughs, using the city as a base of operations from which they spread their influence to other regions. No place for the naïve, the thieves and grifters of Mordale lurk around every corner of this bustling city, preying on newcomers. The unwary are soon parted with their money and possessions in this dangerous city or on the myriad riverboats that stop in Mordale to offload goods and pick up passengers. Yet, despite its unsavory reputation, Mordale is a magnet for heroes in search of adventure.
Mordale is alive with sound smell and color. In markets throughout the four boroughs (Oueston, Fair Isle, Valderen, and Triangle Marsh), hawkers call out to passers-by, selling spices, weapons, bolts of silk and a plethora of other exotic and not-so-exotic goods under tents and carts arrayed in a rainbow of hues. Aromatic spices blend with fresh tobacco, coconut, oranges, plums, pineapples, tanned leather, smoked fish, fresh-baked bread and a variety of wines and ale. Street musicians play lively tunes for travelers in the taverns and on street corners across the four boroughs. Lurking just below the hustle and bustle of this busy river port, however, is an undercurrent of danger.
Secret organizations plot against Lord Anabel Hasse and her counselors, seeking to remove them from power. Insidious cults with origins in the Vonegale Mountains spread their influence across the realms with each ship that leaves Mordale’s docks. Grifters and thieves prowl the streets, preying on the naïve and unwary. The rich and powerful vie for control of the lucrative drug trade, negotiating deals in smoke-filled drug parlors with river captains and merchants willing to smuggle their product into cities across the continent. Assassins prowl moonlit rooftops. Fortunes are won and lost in seedy gambling parlors throughout the city and on lavish, luxury riverboats cruising the River Marce. Spies lurk in every shadow, prying eyes watching the goings-on of aristocrats, wealthy merchants and diplomats, selling their secrets to the highest bidder.
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