Cerete Diame

**Cerete Diame**

NE Small City (central)

Corruption +4; Crime -3; Economy +3; Law +7; Lore +0 (low wealth)/+4 (high wealth); Society -1 (low wealth)/-5 (high wealth)

**Qualities** deep traditions, holy site, slaver's haven, wealth disparity

**Danger** 5

**Government** autocracy

**Population** 9,000 people (5,000 humans, 2,000 elves, 1,500 halflings, 500 other)

**Notable NPCs**

**Overseer of the Laws Xiar Tronir** LE old male human wizard 10

**Iara Lorevoid, the Irate Interrogator** LE female elf investigator 5/enchanter 4

**Amira Coineye, "The Rebellious Rat"** NG/CG female halfling vigilante 10

**Loriara Sunshadow** LG female gnome paladin 4/ninja 4/shadowdancer 3

**Marketplace**

**Base Value** 4,000 gp; **Purchase Limit** 25,000 gp; **Spellcasting** 8th

**Minor Items** 4d4; **Medium Items** 3d4; **Major Items** 1d6

Located a few miles from the capital of Rastria, **Cerete Diame**
is a bustling city of various wealth and religious doctrines and
worship. Despite this variety, however, the city is often considered a
disgrace to the human kingdom, for it openly allows slavery-mainly
towards its halfling population. This has been the way since the new Overseer **Xiar Tronir** was voted into office six years ago-which
many of the public who don't support him shout that he should have been
replaced after four years of service, which is a rule that has been in
the city since its foundation. He is a stern man, with a heart of soul
and no emotion outside of anger to be shown. He has squeezed the
politics of this city when he was voted into his position of power,
twisting the arms of any other politician who dare to stand up to
him-even then, he has fired and exiled several non-human politicians to
replace them with other like-minded men. He has put the entire halfling
population into slavery, with very little rights that give them a fair
and decent existence-gnomes have been either exiled, executed, or
imprisoned for fabricated crimes, conducted by **Iara Lorevoid**-a silver haired, gorgeous but heartless elf woman, who many believe to be
more of a drow in elven skin, giving her the nickname "Drow Noble in
Elven Skin".

Although many politicians have tried to reach help from Buralli, none
 have ever reached the capital-all messages have been intercepted and
destroyed, and they have made traveling to the capital without
permission from the Overseer a crime punishable by death. Of course, a
small group of rebels have been trying to cripple Xiar's power from the
inside out-the most vocal of these have been what the old man calls **The Rebellious Rat**-named for her small size, quick movements, and unusual cunning in completely
avoiding all ambushes and traps set up by the guards. They have been
hunting her for two years, but have found no clues to her true
identity-but they would be shocked if they discovered it was **Amira Coineye**, a halfling woman who runs the city's most loved bakery. She is one of
the few halfings to not be a slave for all halfling slaves were those
who were born in the city-she had moved to Cerete Diame a year after
Xiar came into power. She at first did not believe in the corruption of
his rule (thinking that politics is just nothing but finger pointing and
 shouting); however seeing at how cruel her own people were being
treated opened her eyes and made her dawn the guise of vigilante.
Assisting her from the shadows is her lover **Loriara Sunshadow** (only known as **The Sinister Shadow** to the city's guard)-a fuchsia haired, stoic, mute gnome who has the
paladin's oath of justice, the stealth and danger of a ninja, and the
vary manipulations of the shadows themselves due to her recent training
as a shadowdancer. Who she trained with is unknown, but every few days a
 night patrol guard is found in the morning with his throat slashed
opened-both the vigilante and the shadowdancer are not known by their
real names in public, but are both the most wanted criminals in the
city-although the residents who wish for freedom certainly believe that
they are more of heroes than criminals.