Grand Atrium - Glovar

This extravagant and flashy structure sits near to the center of Glovar, on the waterfront in front of The Royal Docks made of cobalt glass from Torlund, Carthorkan marble, silks from The Mithril Isles and jewels from Drazia. The atrium is the official trading house for the city, merchants from outside the city dock their ships in port then bring samples of their wares to trade with the merchants in the city here, while the cities merchants bring samples of their wares brought from across Duthgar.
More important/expensive trades are negotiated in the meeting rooms on the second floor but the ground floor has the feel of a busy bazaar with merchants shouting about their wares and exotic goods from far flung places on display everywhere you look. It is open and busy every day apart from the first of Layft where the ground floor falls eerily silent for fear that people who strike a deal could they thought it was The 31st of Denta and then renege on their deals. It is considered uncouth for someone to try and buy an individual item or less than at least a cart full from the traders here, this market is for bulk goods, but if you’re willing to pay through the nose for low quantities of items it’s hard to convince a sales man not to sell and so it does happen. 
One of the meeting rooms on the second floor had a teleportation circle installed and while there is no official fee for its use, depending on how important you are or how much business you bring through the town it is expected to tip well at the front desk. 
=== Architecture ===
The ground floor is a large circular paved courtyard with no walls just large carved colonnades that hold up the upper floors along with five sets of spiral staircases. The upper two floors could easily be confused with simply being a roof, it has a squat dome shaped much like the roof of St. Paul’s cathedral. The second floor has no windows and is simply clad in cobalt blue panels while the top floor again is open to the elements with columns around a small meeting room but between these columns hang blue silks that act as walls.
The ground floor acts like a set of cross roads within the city and many people use it daily as a thoroughfare, while the four staircases at each corner lead up to the second floor directly into a reception area which is maned 24/7, the fifth staircase in the center of the structure leads directly to the third floor has a metal gate around it along with armed guards. 
=== History ===
Category:Glovar