Orekansas

### Notable Locations

Blackwell Mine, Beddingfield Mine, Beddingfield House, Skarett's Lair, Silas' Lair, The Glade, The Bare Knuckle

### Languages

Common, Dwarvish, Gnomish

**Orekansas** is a mining city to the south of Rockmore, built into a large cliff face and formerly ruled by Daveth Beddingfield of House Beddingfield, whose family is famed for founding the city on the site of the Orekansas Dragon Hoard, slaying the formerly occupying dragon and amassing their fortune from the sale of its contents, many of which are Pre-Golden Age and thus of high value to Alexandria, The Conclave and relic hunters such as the House of Relics and the Explorer's Guild.

Orekansas was the site of the Orekansas Campaign, wherein Deputies of Alexandria Azuralaen Thren Austrabohr, Amora "Moot" Rockmore, Psychs Ealderkin and Tijorno Stillstone were initially deployed to deal with a "Rat Problem" plaguing the Beddingfield Mine, only to find a city rife with political chaos, a divided population, corruption, a fledgeling new species of the Muiridae and uncovering the mystery behind a powerful artifact known as the Everstone.

## Infrastructure

Orekansas is built into a cliff face, and as such is built across multiple levels of elevation.

### The Grey Quarter

The Grey Quarter is the lowest in elevation, where a majority of the population lives in low income, low quality housing. It is also home to The Block, a hulking brutalist structure constructed by the Beddingfield Mining Company to house its indentured servants, The Silo, where Beddingfield employees can trade in tokens for meager food supplies, and The Bare Knuckle, the base of operations and meetingplace for the deputies, their allies, and the common folk of Orekansas free of Beddinfield influence.

### The Upper Shelf

Accessible only by Orekansas Town Guard controlled elevator, the Upper Shelf is the higher income area of the city and home to most of the city's infrastructure and shopping outlets. The Orekansas Train Station, Francois' Tent, Fleur's Bakery, Made to Measure, Montefisto's Crystology Shop and the entrances to both the Beddingfield Mine and Blackwell Mine are found here, as well as the road leading to the House Beddingfield at the peak of the city.

### Mountain Interior

The mountain is host to the lairs of both species of Ratfolk, those led by Skarett and those ruled by Silas using their corresponding pieces of the artifact known as the Everstone, a central focus of the Orekansas Campaign. Furthermore, the Orekansas Dragon Hoard makes up a bulk of the space deep into the earth, host to incalculable amounts of treasure which is now hoarded by Daveth Beddingfield.

The mountain contains a vast network of caves, one of which leads to the Orekansas Lagoon, home to a powerful Water Spirit who threatens the destruction of the town if mining operations continue on their chartered course into its lair, polluting the underground rivers in the progress.

### City Limits

Outside the city limits lies a vast prarie of fields and sparse forest, with the central route into the city passing through a densely wooded area known locally as The Glade, the site of which is a recurring feature of the Orekansas campaign and where the party meets with Brianna and the Ivies for the first time.

Beyond this, the train line to Rockmore makes a straight line across the landscape, inaccessible at most parts due to its elevation and magical composition.