Gilda

== "The Great Golden City" ==
While it is technically in Kalima, it is right on the border of both Juperos and Iona. It's nearly exact central location in Agate makes it a perfect place for trade to take place.
The city has it's own government, The Golden Monarch, and has its own laws that the citizens must follow. The G.M. is the real backbone of the city, protecting merchants from thieves and mercenaries while simultaneously extorting them for profit with heavy taxes and tariffs so that the city may continually be improved. The G.M. has been run by Astor, The Profit Prophet, as long as anyone can remember. No one knows for sure if he is a real person or just a name. The self proclaimed "King" of Gilda. Some suspect he is the same Astor that founded the city with Augatious Esteria himself. Many in the city who believe the man is real claim he is immortal.
Despite it being a place founded on peace and trade, it has a lot of crime. Gilda is home to The Thieves Guild, an organization that keeps greedy merchants in line and taxes/steals from the rich, giving it to the less fortunate but hoarding much of the wealth for themselves. While they are not actually a registered and recognized Guild/Organization they are still a very prevalent group that commits many crimes to serve their own goals. While no one can confirm it, it is suspected that Astor also runs The Thieves Guild.
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