Caldon

Most Coreunean ships plying the Dawn Sea stop in the port of Caldon. Though rather remote and difficult to reach by land, it has become one of the busiest ports in Coreune and serves as a hub for commerce in the southern half of the country. Caldon's bustling docks are always crowded, forcing ship captains to perform daring maneuvers to simply find a safe berth. Ships from rival companies often race to beat one another to the markets, and such activity results in accidents or fights now and then. A well known standing rivalry exists between the local fishing fleets and the merchant captains.
Caldon, capital of the Canton of Amadie, has a somewhat troubled history, starting as an obscure fishing village and growing to a major city during the past few hundred years. Much of the old city burned to the ground in the great fire started by the city's most notorious historical figure, Jean Bronson, in 1399. Great cost and effort went into rebuilding, and thousands of immigrants, drawn from villages all across the world, answered the call for cheap labor. The diverse variety of foreigners and the assortment of exotic wares and goods in Caldon is bewildering for newcomers.
The city is roughly divided. The waterfront district is devoted largely to the docks, warehouses, shipping companies, and the many taverns, inns, and dens of ill repute which service them. These are busy and lively neighborhoods, but they are also dangerous for the unwary, filled with cutthroats and the occasional press gang looking for recruits. The upper city, built on the high hillsides overlooking the harbor, is more sedate and upscale with large estates belonging to the influential.
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