Jjurikaraan

**Jjurikaraan**

CG Small city (North)

Corruption +3; Crime +2; Economy -3; Law +8; Lore -1; Society -4

**Qualities** academic, militarized, subterranean, timid citizens

**Danger** 0; **Disadvantage** cursed

**Government** overlord

**Population** 7,650 people (4,050 human, 1,600 elf, 1,500 half-elf, 500 other)

**Notable NPCs**

**Mighty Chieftain Roothnress** (CN Male Human barbarian 8 / fighter (two-handed fighter) 2)

**Arcane Scholar Vyranos Silverwind** (LG Male Half-Elf Evoker 6/Alchemist 3); **Nipper** (N Compsognathus familiar)

**Estranged Spirit Krutii Iciclefang** (NE Female Natural Born Werebear Ghost Druid 10)

**Beast Driver Aaburaa Iciclefang** (CG Female Werebear-kin Skinwalker Hunter 4/Ranger 3); **Glacierclaw** (N tiger animal companion)

**Marketplace**

**Base Value** 4,000 gp; **Purchase Limit** 25,000 gp; **Spellcasting** 7th

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

Several decades ago, a band of brigands-lead by a powerful chieftain named **Roothnress** and his wife-a natural born werebear called **Krutii Iciclefang**-along with his siblings raided various areas of Stahlund during the Cinderback Invasion, raiding supplies from devastated towns while also
saving any surviving, recruiting any valuable fighters-in a way, both
hindering and helping the kingdom. However, near the end, the brigands
were nearly slaughtered, and forced to retreat into the subterranean
caverns near The God's Glacier. Here, they stumbled into an unusual
sight-a werebear city named **Jjurikaraan**, the home of
Krutii-nearly put into despair and decay. The city was invaded by the
Cinderback Invasion, but the werebears were able to drive the attackers
out-at the cost of trapping them from the main entrance, and having
scores of werebears dead. Thus, Roothnress decided to take hold of the
city and try to restore it to its former glory-more for his own glory
and to impress his wife than the benefit of the populace. Within a few
years, the city started to become stable overall; but soon, tragedy fell
 onto Jjurikaraan when Krutii died-leaving Roothnress with his only child, **Aaburaa Iciclefang**, and to solely rule over the city.

The city is relatively safe-at least from the outside world. Despite
having its guard containing behaviors of a corrupt guard, said guards
are usually fair to locals, and light crimes usually go with punishment
of limited labor of mining. Aaburaa-despite only being a teenager-is the
 leader of the guard, and regularly checks for the outskirts to drive
out any predators or monstrous races (mainly a necromorphic tribe of
troglodytes) with her giant white tiger companion **Glacierclaw**.
What was once a large trading facility has now been converted to a
school-where the most talented non-human and non-werebear/werebear-kin, **Vyranos Silverwind**-resides as the head, making sure to treat all his children fairly but strictly.

The greatest problems with the city though reside within its own
walls; for one, the citizens are too nervous to report major crimes, for
 fear of being punished for said crimes (this once happened when
Roothnress made an assumption that Krutii's brother was in lead with the
 troglodyte cult, and had him executed before a proper trial appeared).
Another problem is, by being cut off from an easily accessible path,
there is no trade-the city life is simply resorted to live a brutal
hunter/gatherer lifestyle. But by far the biggest threat is the spirit
of Krutii herself roaming the city, cursing its populace to slowly but
surely become more barbaric with every year-the reasons as to why she is
 cursing her own home, and why no one else even realizes it or her
occurrences-is unknown, but the fact that there are fewer
werebear-kin-and even less werebears-than when she passed may have
something to do with it.