Hithlone

Hithlone is the name of the capital city of the Oligarchic Republic of Hithlone, situated on the island of Terpsythea. A beautiful canal city with a big port, it's home to one of the biggest centres of learning in the west, the Citadel of Hithlone. It's ruled by a council of merchants and nobles. The Devil's Scourge disease spread amongst the inhabitants of Hithlone and Terpsythea and even among some of the southern Drow city states. Almost a million people had perished, and what prevented the West from turning into a necropolis was coalition of Island Wizards and Arangean plague doctors, who managed to quarantine the victims and limit the spread of the horrifying disease.
Ever since then, tales of the horrors of War-Wel and its jungle had spread from Chrysovica to Luden, and every sane creature vowed to never venture beyond those forsaken lands, fearing the fate of Skor Lodygin and his company.
== Districts ==
=== Gildorph ===
The Bravoes of Gildolph are a brotherhood of swordsmen based around Gildorph, a run down district in the outskirts of Hithlone. These Bravoes are not like the ones usually found in the city, wearing their flamboyant hats and displaying their swordsmanship and courting skills whenever they can.
Gildorph is full of orchards, gardens and scattered hovels and shanty towns. It's the favourite place of ruffians and smugglers. Unlike your typical gang, which smuggles narcotics and has connections with the city watch, the Bravoes' main goal was primarily to demonstrate solidarity towards the whole, the neighborhood, defending the weak and protecting them from cutthroats, troublemakers and other thugs. This is the one and only quality of the Bravo, that is, the practical ideologue of dignity and altruism.
Nowadays, Bravo is a synonym of pride, dignity and bravery, although it's misused by other criminals, who proclaim themselves as "Bravoes" in order to justify their actions. 
The Bravoes can usually be found in the cabarets, brothels and taverns of Gildorph, playing cards and engaging themselves with the other locals. As they are usually in conflict with other gangs of Hithlone, it's not unusual for many Bravoes to end up dead in the canals or in prisons. 
The Bravoes developed their own street argo inside the Hithlonean prisons, combining many elements of the languages of Hithlone, the Three Sisters, Moreelse, Azan and the Drow. This creole is used by the Bravoes that wander around the docks and the streets of Hithlone, so they cannot be understood by the city watch or any of their enemies.
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