Hauszla

Hauszla, the capital city of Betela, straddles the Betel River near the eaves of the Roostwald. Most travelers arrive in Hauszla from the south, entering the walled River Quarter, and cross the Jalbaran Bridge into the city proper on the northern bank. East of the bridge, on an island in the middle of the Betel River, stands Horn Castle, home of King Damien Drabek.
==Geography==
The Roostwald Road continues through Hauszla from Jalbaran Bridge to the north, passing the Old City Palace and the city square with its thicket of impaled victims, eventually leaving the city via the Iron Bastion as it continues toward Vahstel. The eastern section of town is the General's Quarter, home to Drabek's closest generals and their families.
West of the General's Quarter is the Laborers' Quarter, home to Hauszla's markets. Here, travelers trade with Betelans and bargain with military representatives. This quarter also holds the Grand Coliseum Hauszleni, where condemned prisoners engage in gladiatorial battles. Hauszla's slums contain two abandoned arenas.
The majority of the city's western end comprises a seemingly endless maze of slums, home to the majority of Hauszla's residents. Slumlord Waldemar Gerver, under the approval of the military, owns much of the property in this section of the city.
Near the border between the slums and the Laborers' Quarter stands the Tower Arcanum, Betela's school of thaumaturgy and alchemy and home of the Arcane Ministry.
==Rumors==
Persistent rumors of vampiric infestation have plagued Hauszla for several decades, despite efforts by the military to root out and destroy these creatures of the night. The low number of instances of actual encounters with vampires within the city indicates that the rumors are groundless and that other beings may be responsible for the so-called vampire killings. Inhuman creatures do dwell in the city's sub-structures, however, as the city guard has repeatedly slaughtered groups of broken ones, known as the Dark Men, found living in the sewers.
Due to their proximity to Drabek, the soldiers and commander of Hauszla are crueler and more brutal than anywhere else in Betela, and the populace suffers accordingly. Because of the soldiery's over-zealous effort to root out threats such as vampires, resistance groups, spies, and thieves' networks, roughly a quarter of the area within Hauszla's city walls lies abandoned in ashes and ruins at any given time.
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