Blackbog

Blackbog City crest depicting a harp on a flaming background. The harp represents the Temple of Estara and the flame represents the city returning from hell.

### Nicknames

* + The Black City
	+ The City of Hellfire

## Commerce

### Import

leather and exotic goods from other lands

### Export

Illicit drugs, weapons, black books, outlawed spellbooks, necromancers, herbs

## Governance

### Ruler

* + Governor Gilbert 1427-1430
	+ Governor Keyne 5th of Zath 1430-5th of Erokan 1430
	+ Ambition (council of the five hats)

**Blackbog** the **City of Hellfire** is a large somewhat autonomous city-state in the south of the Kingdom of Morwyr. Blackbog is currently ruled by the Five Hats of Blackbog a criminal allegiance of the five major gangs in the city. Blackbog has a population of 600,000 making it the 3rd most populated city in Morwyr. The cities patron deity is Estara the Lady of Love and houses a large temple in her honor. Blackbog is known for the red light district around the temple of Estara known as the Bottle which houses some of the most depraved and specialized brothels known to man.

The economy of Blackbog largely revovles around its abundance of criminal enterprises. Illicit drugs and weapons are the most exported goods in the black city. Blackbog is world-renowned for being a centre for crime and poverty, Emperor Darilmar the Patricide once remarked that Blackbog is "Nothing more than a festering cauldron of shit".

## Districts

### The Dredge

The Dredge is the poorest district of Blackbog and is overrun in severe poverty. The District itself is walled off from the rest of the city with shoddy driftwood and rusty metal in an attempt to contain the disease and creatures that are found within the Dredge. The Dredge is home to more addicts than not and walking the streets of the Dredge is akin to walking amongst the undead. Rampant cases of infectious diseases such as malaria, cholera, the sewer plague and, as of recently, tuberclusosis can be found in every corner of the Dredge.

### The Cut

The Cut is one step up from the poverty of the Dredge and is home to many of the working-class tradesmen of Blackbog. Rackham road, the biggest road in The Cut, is interspersed with many blacksmiths, ferriers, tanners, butchers, pawn shops, carpenters, metalworks, coopers etc. The Maloneys base of operations, the pub the Blackjack, can be found in The Cut.

### West Chapel

West Chapel is where the aspirants for the upper-classes tend to be found. This district is mostly known for its businesses which allow their owners to avoid the majority of the poverty of the city. This distrcit also holds the market and the Hall of Bones, a temple in service to Velern, the god of Death.

### The Bottle

The Bottle is where Blackbog distinguishes itself from the other cities of low-lifes and gangsters. The Lady Walk, the centre of the city, is where the prostitutes of Estara create the largest display of brothels known to Trea. No fetish, no taste and no species is spared from the bustling centre of lust. The constant flow of money that the Bottle creates is core to the economy of Blackbog and without it the city itself would wither. Almost all high-scale business dealings that go on in Blackbog eventually cross path with the madams of The Bottle.

### The Salt Front

The Salt Front is the most ostentatious district in Blackbog. The Salt Front is so named because it is the closest district to the sea which is revered in Morwyr society. The Salt Front is notable for housing the Salt House and the Hemmet & Penrose auction house, both symbols of the Blackbog Aristocracy. The Salt Front is the only distrct in Blackbog barred from access from the lower classes, gaining access into the Salt Front requires a legitmate reason or by grace of one of the upper classes. Monsieur Lorenze Aubemoux of Larenze resided in the Salt Front.

## The Five Hats of Blackbog

Map of Blackbog whilst it was in hell comparison.

### **The Maloneys**

The Maloneys are led by Arkill Valac, a tiefling man with sorcerous powers who proved himself fit to lead the Maloneys after his descent and return from hell. The Maloney's headquarters is the Blackjack, an old tavern that has been burned and half demolished several times, but despite this, it still stands, rebuilt time and time again. Inside the tavern, the corpse of Abaddon Falsetto can be found frozen in ice. The common belief is the statue is made from a light transparent rock as it never melts, but only Arkill and Pyeoda know it's the Abaddon's true corpse made from permafrost from the frozen wastes of Cania. The Maloneys wear a purple top hat to distinguish themselves.

### **Sami's Shortboys**

Sami's Shortboys is a criminal organisation made up primarily of Dwarves, Halflings and Gnomes led by Sami the Shortboy, a halfling man whose two legs were sawed off in his youth and as a result is now bound to a wheelchair. Sami is a calm and silent leader who rarely gets heated, but on an occasion where someone particularly upsets Sami his calm demeanour and patience is lost immediately and even the infinitely cruel streets of Blackbog fear the wrath of Sami. Sami has a lap cat named Little Luna who never leaves his side. Sami's Shortboys headquarters is The Cloverbeard Brewery. The Shortboys wear green fedoras to distinguish themselves.

### **De Vries Syndicate**

The De Vries Syndicate is a criminal organisation made up of Elves who deal in the black arts of magic, trading illicit spellbooks, copying banned books and researching cruel invocations. Moody De Vries leads the De Vries and is a highly skilled wizard possessing a genius-level intellect. Despite this Moody is a very socially inept person, lacking many social characteristics that make a good leader. He is uncaring of his subordinates and oftentimes subjects those who failed him to his devasting evocation spells. Moody once held the title of Magus in the church of Ouros with 9 keys, including the very rarely seen ruby key. Moody's titles and keys were stripped from him in the year 1401 when his criminal nature was revealed to the church. The De Vries Syndicate headquarters is The Lunar Trinity. The De Vries Syndicate wear blue berets to distinguish themselves.

### **The Bulldog Mob**

The Bulldog Mob is a criminal organisation of Goblins and Goliaths who fence goods and sells weapons and protection. The Bulldogs are known to ride fearsome Bulldod Mastiffs into battle. The Mastiffs are specially bred to be more fierce and are trained to recognize the specific hats of opposing gangs. The Bulldog Mob is led by Big Jack and Little Jack, a goblin and ogre duo who share brains and brawn to make a fierce combination. The Bulldog Mob are exiles from Hadak Ura. The Bulldog Mobs headquarters is The Caged Hound tavern. The Bulldog Mob wear black flat caps to distinguish themselves.

### **The Sett Syndicate**

The Sett Syndicate is a secretive gang that serves the shrouded leader of the city-state Blackbog. While on the surface Blackbog seems to be an oligarchy, run by the respective gangs, only a select few know the true nature of political control in the Black City. Beneath the ground, hidden underneath the Temple of Estara a whirring machine churns, fed by the blood of torture controlling the actions of the gangs and the citizens above. Ambition, the fragmented form of Mandex the Lawful, still remains after his mind was trapped in a vast torture device by the god Erokan, furthering his will as his mind remains trapped. Above the Sett Syndicate serves the mind of Ambition and ensures his desires are met, and that his presence is always kept a closely guarded secret. The Sett Syndicate, from the shadows, act as the hands of the mind of Ambition. The Sett Syndicate wear a blood-stained white hood to distinguish themselves.

### **The Millers**

The Millers are a now extinct crime family that once were the enemies of the Maloneys and through the actions of their final leader, Mr Miller, ultimately brought Blackbog to hell. The Miller's headquarters was The Belltower. The Millers wore a red derby hat to distinguish themselves. The Millers were replaced by the Sett Syndicate in the council of the Five Hats.