Beaumont

Beaumont is the Capital city of Verdona. It is the largest city in the country, and is located on the northern coast of the country.

## Points of Interest

### The Glass

#### The Templar Ward

The Templar Ward is the ward dedicated to military prowess and training in Beaumont. The area is where most weapon development, military and guard training, and offices regarding military or guard information and management is. This ward is quite large as storage and training area is needed. It also acts as the first line of defense for incoming persons and therefor contains many layers of protection. It has a sister ward on the coastline of the city, to watch over the water and protect the city from any attacks from sea.

* **Memorial Grounds:** A memorial park in the Templar district honoring war veterans and fallen soldiers, as well as guards and people of heroic acts in Verdona's history.

#### The Charge Ward

The Charge Ward is where the administrative workings and offices of Beaumont are located. Here accountants, banks, financial analysts and many wealthy investors of the city live and work. This ward is of moderate size and contains more offices than homes.

* **Hinshaw Park :** A park created to contrast the structural design of The Charge Ward, Hinshaw Park is a sprawling freeform park designed as a place to relax and appreciate the labor that workers there put in to maintain the city and country.

#### The Signet Ward

The Signet Ward is dedicated to foreign relations and trade in Beaumont. Many merchants, foreign relations officials, and travel associated individuals work and live here. This ward is much smaller than the others as many of its inhabitants are prone to travel.

* **Radwall Gardens:** Radwall Gardens is a smallish park in The Signet Ward with many greenhouse domes that contain various exotic flora from countries near and far.

#### The Mosaic Ward

The Mosaic Ward is home to religious figures and temples in worship of the main deities of Verdona (**X**) and is highly accessible to the public, unlike the other dedicated wards. It is of moderate size and the architecture tends to contain massive stained glass works and open corridors that only close in the colder months.

* **The Dawngarden**: A garden in the Mosaic Ward that highlights **X**'s divine beauty and dedication to nature and growth.

#### The Conduit Ward

The Conduit Ward is the central ward of Beaumont which houses the highest level government officials and all government events (courts, congress, parliament, etc.). It is of moderate size and aggressively defended with its own walls and guards called **X**.

#### The Lucius Ward

→ *Main article: The Lucius Ward*

The Lucius Ward is the ward dedicated to Education, and Magical/Technological Innovation in Beaumont. Inventors, Teachers, Students, Arcane Masters, and anyone else with a talent for creating live and work here. It is largely dominated by workspaces, studios, apartments, and areas to test and refine innovations. The ward is quite large and is separated from the other dedicated wards because of it's import and because of the commotion that takes place there. It also has many methods of travelling to the Factories below (see **The Gears**) mainly elevators powered by pully systems.

* **The Guide's Lantern:** A massive library in the Glass in the center of the Education/Development District that while accessible in location is extremely to gain entry to. It is filled with scholars and mages of all disciplines, a place of enlightened conversation and friendly debate. No better place in the Realms exists for those who have a love for or a need of knowledge and who want to pursue such interests alongside fellow seekers.

* **Bronze Arch Plaza:** A massive park underneath and around the Bronze Arch leading to the Lucius Ward. It is a popular location for general outdoor activities for citizens who are coming from the Market Districts or live in the Rising Glass or Setting Glass Neighborhoods. It is an extremely popular location, but can become somewhat dangerous at night, despite the overhead lighting from the underside of the Bronze Arch.

#### Market District

→ *Main article: Beaumont Market District*

There are two large market areas in the Glass of Beaumont which are bisected by the Bronze Arch Plaza. The are largely comprised by shops, vendors, restaurants, and the homes/apartments of those who run the establishments in those areas. Both markets are popular locations for citizen to spend their off hours of collect the goods they need for everyday life.

* **Starlight Square:** The Eastern market district which touches the Rising Glass Neighborhood. It has a wide variety of goods, although it tend to have more exotic or rare items than the Cerulean Court because of it's proximity to The Signet Ward. Vendors from the lower city (**The Scaffolds**) tend to come to this market because of the expectations of the exotic here.

* **Cerulean Court:** The Cerulean Court is the Western market district which touches the Setting Glass Neighborhood. It is a more utilitarian market, having more basic goods and essentials than the Starlight Square. However, many innovators from the Lucius Ward will sell their newest invention or display a new technology here, which tends to draw many crowds. Because of this, the Cerulean Court tends to have a heavier guard presence than the Starlight Square.

#### Neighborhoods

* **Sterling Court:** The Sterling Court is a neighborhood which surrounds the Conduit Ward. Many of the people who work in government (especially lower government like guards, or tax collectors) live here, as well as those who have higher status and work in one of the dedicated districts.

* **Rising Glass (East), Setting Glass (West):** The Rising Glass and Setting Glass contain the remaining upper city citizens. There is not much difference between the two neighborhoods, however, those who live in the Setting Glass tend to partake in nightlife more often because of the late light, and those who work or enjoy an early start to the day live in the Rising Glass because of the early morning light.

### The Scaffolds

#### The Conduit Ward

The Conduit Ward partially continues down into the lower city, housing the law enforcement and government workings necessary for citizens of The Scaffolds. It is far more sparse than the upper Conduit Ward and there are very few ways to access the upper Ward from the lower level.

#### The Noxious Labyrinth

The Noxious Labyrinth is a large area surrounding the Ravenhold Institution filled with difficult terrain and small plants that when disturbed release toxic gas that disorients and slows anyone who inhales it. The area is heavily walled off and those walls are strictly inspected and maintained because if the gas were to escape the area it could be detrimental to the rest of the city. Luckily it is rare to have any gas in the area because so few people escape the jails, but the area is still inspected regularly.

#### Ravenhold Institution

Ravenhold Institution is the main jail located in the Noxious Labyrinth. There are smaller Jails located throughout the Labyrinth, but the Ravenhold Institution is heavily guarded and enclosed, making escape very difficult.

#### Cemeteries

The lower city contains the two main cemeteries, one of which is religiously affiliated and one of which is not. They flank the Noxious Labyrinth and the Ravenhold Institution both because it is an area where no one lives and gives law enforcement more time to catch any fleeing prisoners and because the Noxious Labyrinth is not an enclosed location meaning it could kill or mutate anyone who had to live near it.

* **Ashen Fields:** The Ashen Fields is the Eastern cemetery which has no religious affiliation. It contains those who followed no gods or are deemed undeserving of being laid to rest in the Collected Catacombs.

* **The Collected Catacombs:** This cemetery is dedicated to follower of the Gods, in particular X, and those who are high in society.

#### The Daylight Ward

The Daylight Ward is the only established ward in the lower city and is a sister ward to the Mosaic Ward, although it is much smaller. It is similarly dedicated to the worship of the Gods and reflects similar architecture, although it tends to be more closed off and secluded than the Mosaic Ward.

#### Fox Street

Fox Street is the district that houses most of Beaumont's seedier businesses. Brothels, Casinos, Clubs, and gangs reside in this area. Almost no one lives in this district unless they can't afford to live anywhere else. It is a popular location for nightlife but has extremely high crime and is run by difference gangs and guilds far more than the government of Beaumont.

#### The Gears - Factories

The Gears is almost entirely reserved for factories and warehouses. It is where a majority of lower city citizens work, and produces most of the innovations and technology designed in the Lucius Ward. This ward produces lots of smoke and pollution which has been dealt with by sucking it up through vents which are then pumped out the sides of the city walls, although the vents in the lower city are far less maintained than those of the upper city, so the lower city's air quality is quite poor.

#### Clear Water Port - Fear Water Port

Clear Water Port (called Fear Water Port by citizens of The Scaffolds because of the danger from the crime there) is the port that spans the city's width along the water. Those who come into the port with goods for the Glass are quickly brought up to the upper level of the city while their belongings are managed and brought to them, while those who don't must go through more hoops and are treated quite poorly by the guards and inspectors, unless a bit of coin is given.

#### The Scaffolds

The Scaffolds refers to both the entirety of the lower city of Beaumont and the neighborhoods in which citizens living in the lower city live. Most of the lower city is dominated by these neighborhoods which contain chiefly housing but include things like, shops, street markets crammed under public trainways, schools, and other institutions necessary for life.

## Society

### Demographics

Beaumont is a massive city, so massive it is the largest on the continent. It has a populations of 230,300 which is more than nearly all of San Theodoros. It is largely a human city (70%) but includes dwarves (12%), halflings (8%), and a variety of other races (10%).

### Crime Factions

* **The Closing Circle:** a criminal organization based in the city of Beaumont. They controlled the criminal underworld of the city and performed assassinations, kidnappings, extortion, smuggling, and blackmail for clients all over Verdona.

#### Vigilantes

There are many vigilantes especially in the lower city because many people believe the Light Guard and the upper city as a whole has left the lower city to rot.

Innovator Guild

Merchant Guild