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Lou Agresta, Rone Barton, Tim Hitchcock, John E. Ling, Greg Oppedisano, Brendan Victorson

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Mario Barbati

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 Foreword
Foreword

A bout a year ago, Mario started dropping

suggestions for a book that would tie together
several of map locations, all of which centered on a
we send our personal gratitude. In particular, we’d
like to thank Liz Courts— webmistress of Cabbage
Land— who provided the messageboards we
product called The Great City. covered with hundreds of Great City posts, and
I was excited about taking on the project. I’d always who tirelessly read and critiqued our posts and
loved the old Flying Buffalo City Books and Judge’s manuscripts.
Guild’s City of the Invincible Overlord because they
were extremely detailed and you could pick them up Finally, thanks to Mario Barbati who in addition to
and plug them in anywhere. While I wanted to create releasing consistently great products, has generously
something of that caliber, I also wanted to ensure the allowed me and fellow cabbages to contribute to
Great City brought its own new and unique elements them.
to the table.
And so without further ado, we bid you welcome to
Thankfully, I have the good sense to surround the Great City. We sincerely hope you enjoy it!
myself with very talented writers, each with powerful
and distinct voice. The Great City consists of six Tim Hitchcock
wards. Each claimed their own chunk of the city
and moved in. Brendan took the Army Ward, Greg
took the Dock Ward, Lou took the Residential Ward,
John took the Trades Ward, Rone took the Temple
Ward, and I took the Castle Ward. We set to work,
developing the city, creating conflicts and battling
each other with ideas, pitting our NPCs against
the machinations of the NPCs of other writers,
organically role-playing ideas out even as we put
them to paper. It was a blast.

I’d be remiss if I failed to explain the significant

contribution Werecabbages played in creating this
product. So, to all our fellow Lycanthropic Brassicas,
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Chapter 4: Castle Ward
Castle Ward
The Castles, Emperor’s Hand, Goatland
T he Great City rests at the ocean’s edge, where
the mountains spill down into the earth. There
the first tribes raised their stones and made holy that
place where the moonlight crept between the tall
peaks. But when the men from beyond the western
seas arrived, they climbed higher into the hills above
the sacred groves and upon them erected a towering
fortress of dull uncaring rock, whose spires reached
ominously into the night skies and blocked the
moonlight, darkening the grove, and laying like silent
omens of the ages to come.
To this day, Castle Ward remains a staggering effigy
to the Empirical Age, when the Blood Triperium first
laid siege to Old Azindralea, conquering its simple
people and churning their meager settlement into
a towering modern metropolis. Atop Lord’s Hill,
the mammoth Castle Atregan shadows the entire
valley, its menacing stone visage drilling fear and
awe into the common citizens living below. Even
more inspiring are the tales of what lies beneath the
castle, wrapped in miles of dungeons and twisted
catacombs commissioned by the Kortezian Blood
Emperors for purposes no sane individual would
dare wish to know.
The remainder of Castle Ward clings about the foot
of Lord’s Hill. While the architecture is definitively
Kortezian, only a fraction remains from the Empirical
Age. Most of the original structures suffered from
vandalism and arson during the peasant riots of the
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Azindralean Revolt from the previous generation.
Following the riots, the displaced aristocracy driven
from the outer wards resettled along the eastern foot
of Lord’s Hill, in what was then a small mercenary
district separated from the Temple Ward by the Way
of Champions. They dubbed the new nobles district
East Hill. Of the original buildings in East Hill, only
the Mercenaries Guild and the Festhall remain. They
tore down the rest of the buildings, making way for
the botanical masterpiece now known as Pantheon
Gardens, while the stone and masonry barracks sold
to private citizens and who converted them into
large residential homes. Houses circle around a wide
cobbled plaza known as Old Guard Way, which the
conquerors paved to prevent the commoners from
grazing their goats there. All the houses along Old
Guard Way face inwards towards the plaza. Early in
the morning, eager peasant vendors sidle up to the
stone curbs, their carts brimming with fresh breads,
milk, cheeses, fruit, soups, coffee, and eggs hoping
to hawk them to waking aristocrats.
The west end of the ward consists of upscale
businesses, such as inns and shops that cater
to the Kortezian aristocracy, situated around the
Grand Square of Heroes or along the Royal Mile.
A few older shops remain as well. These specialize
in martial weaponry and armors, throwbacks from
when mercenaries populated the ward. West, a row
of alders planted along the base of the hill blocks
passage to the Army Ward, while to the south the
Way of Lords marks the beginning of the Trades
Ward.
All citizens are free to enter Castle Ward, though
they toss vagrants and other undesirables out
pretty quickly. The Atregans and other royal families
attempt to create the appearance that they’re
tolerant and copasetic folk, even though they’re not
particularly. The law here is unclear, allowing the
Lordsgaurd to grab whomever the feel is suspicious
and hold them for questioning, regardless of legal
formalities such as merchant papers or diplomatic
passes. The Lordsguard looks after their own as
well as their employers, and frequently lie about the
brutality of their actions, especially against lower
class citizenry. Therefore, while peasants remain free
to walk into East Hill and scrawl protestant graffiti
upon castle walls, if apprehended, they’d be forced to
crawl home with broken legs.
Of course, entering a private residence or
government building provokes a different reaction. In
such places, visitors must possess formal invitation
passes or are requested to check-in.
The law permits noble residents to act against
trespassers with lethal force, a legal loophole
that immoral aristocrats sometimes manipulate,
‘accidentally’ killing staff, beggars, or any other
opposition as convenient. The authorities rarely
investigate such crimes, thus the locals give
notoriously cruel lords wide berth. As would be
expected, Castle Atregan, The Court Under the
Mountain and several other areas restrict public
access entirely and visitors must be escorted by the
Lord’s Guard at all times.
Special Interests
Castle Ward is largely a haven for both Kortezian
nobility and aristocracy who support the Triperium
occupation. As many judiciary and legal forums take
place in the Court Under the Mountain, the ward also
draws would-be politicians, consultants, and anyone
else desiring to try their hand manipulating the
political structure. Constant power struggles create a
demand for spies, and espionage is pervasive.
Castle Ward once possessed a dominant
mercenary district for a reason. It lies in close
proximity to both the extensive dungeons beneath
the mountains and to the surrounding highlands
filled with giants, trolls, and other monstrous
dangers. Adventurers come by the dozens, book
long-term rooms at various inns, even rent
apartments in East Hill, and use the Ward as a base
camp. While some locals frown upon the moral
ambiguity and often crude and vulgar behavior of
adventurers, most appreciate their talent for driving
INVITATION PASSES
In order for citizens to enter government
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facilities in Castle Ward, they are required
to possess invitation passes, marked and
sealed documents declaring their identity
and purpose. Passes must be presented to
guards upon entering and exiting government
buildings, or upon request anywhere on the
premises. Typically, invitation passes are
only granted to dignitaries, soldiers, and
others who serve civic positions. Most expire
annually, to limit forgeries. Punishment
for sale or possession of a forged pass is
considered high treason and punishable by
death.
Visitors without an invitation pass must
formally sign in and out of buildings, at
which time they are given a temporary pass
embossed on a wax seal containing their
name, business and the date, which they must
wear and display at all times.
off street hoodlums, and their lavish spending when
they take to the town flush with recovered treasures.
Within the past few years, a heinous and disturbing
activity, known as devil coupling, has cropped up
among a select group of radical Triperium loyalists
who call themselves Ghurophites. Originally,
devil coupling was one of the many elicit services
Jadru Neeler provided for the pleasure of his
jaded clientele; however these individuals take the
coupling one step farther, and have begun breeding
with powerful outsiders in order to create a race of
superhumans. Their progeny now run with fiendish
blood and mature at a heightened rate. Many reach
adulthood in a matter of months, and soon these
revolutionaries will spawn an entire army with which
to rest control of the Triperium from the Atregans.
Power Groups
The Atregan Family
The Atregans are a powerful family of Kortezian
royalty hailing from The Empirical Province of
Terrolaz. The Atregan’s have lorded over the Great
City at various periods across the past thousands
of years, first colonizing it during the Empirical Age,
abandoning it during their own civil war, and then
attempting to re-conquer it in recent times. Currently,
the Atregans control great power in the western world
due to the head of the family, Lord Othorion Atregan
XIII, emperor of the Blood Triperium, who the people
have nicknamed Ironsoul for his merciless, heavy-
handed leadership and absolute tyranny.
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 tradesfolk. Not of the noble caste, they seek entry
CASTLE Ward Map Key into elitism by blackmail, bullying, and other
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2 Guardpost Tower which they stem – and from whom they now wish so
3 Sighting Tower desperately to distance themselves. Of course, many
4 The Red Dragon Tavern nobles realize the value of their work and pay them
5 The Yawning Well, Inn handsomely for their underhandedness.
6 Weaponsmith Shop
The Dandymen
7 Armorsmith Shop
8 Exotic Weapons Shop The Dandymen consist of a covert group of young
9 Martial Law, Festhall aristocrats in their late teens to early twenties, who
desire more thrills than their pampered upbringings
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provide. They rob, thug, and vandalize for sport;
11 Grand Square of Heroes
plotting dubious capers and heists, beating up local
law enforcers, and terrorizing shopkeepers. Some
even work for the League of Magistrates, juiced that
their own fathers have unwittingly hired them to
execute their nefarious tasks.
His heir, Lord Erasmus Atregan VI, lords over the
Great City. Lord Erasmus is a sour and incompetent
man, whose weak chin and thin boyish beard
have inspired the towns people to nickname him Lord Erasmus Atregan
“the goat.” Though not yet a true ruler, Erasmus “The Goat”
nonetheless insists the people address him as
such. Erasmus is a weak ruler; however, his father
maintains close watch on his son’s leadership and
possesses many agents willing and able to interject
on his behalf at a moments notice.

Court Under the Mountain

The Court Under the Mountain arose during the
pre-Empirical era as a simple electoral–based judicial
system and a more civilized alternative to the violent
blood-trials held in the Square of Heroes. In keeping
with tradition, The Court Under the Mountain is a
public forum, held in an open-air courtyard, just east
of The Square of Heroes. While all citizens are free to
comment, panel judiciaries consider only statements
delivered by an official court barrister. Barristers
represent groups of citizens within the communities
and act as liaisons between the common folk and
Blood Senators whose needs most often serve their
Atregan liege lord first. Barristers occasionally take
advice from the crowd, provided it favors them;
however, they typically act in accordance with their
constituents before presenting them to Blood
Senator Tharix.

League of Magistrates
While most citizens of the Great City stand against
the Atregan occupation, many of the new bourgeois
seek to win Atregan favor and perhaps gain nobility.
These scheming brown-nose magistrates seek
to progress up the length of Erasmus’s anus and
into his good graces by buying properties, driving
out opposition with high rents, and by creating
monopolies ruinous to smaller independent
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 Prejudice In Castle Ward
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Underlying prejudice plays a prominent role when determining NPC attitudes in Castle Ward. The table
below demonstrates typical NPC reactions as per race. There are plenty of exceptions and the GM is
encouraged to use these relations to create general mood, rather than punitive effects towards players.
NPC Attitude Based on Race
Non-Atregan Pro-Triperium
Atregens Kortezians Azindraleans Azindraleans Azzywogs Gurs
Atregens Friendly Indifferent Indifferent Indifferent Unfriendly Unfriendly
Non-Atregan
Kortezians Helpful Helpful Friendly Indifferent Unfriendly Unfriendly
Pro-Triperium
Azindraleans Helpful Helpful Helpful Unfriendly Unfriendly Unfriendly
Azindraleans Unfriendly Unfriendly Hostile Helpful Indifferent Indifferent
Azzywogs Indifferent Indifferent Indifferent Indifferent Helpful Indifferent
Gurs Indifferent Indifferent Indifferent Indifferent Indifferent Friendly

The members keep their identities secret, even
from their colleagues, and wear elaborate disguises
and masks. Ironically, the leader of the Dandymen
is Emilette Renfoult, the daughter of prominent
nobleman, Casmir Renfoult*. She uses the alias Emil
the Laughing Thorn.
*for more information on Casmir, see Notable
NPCs below.
Ghurophites
This small group of Kortezian nobles seeks to
create a master race of humans by breeding with
powerful fiendish outsiders. They keep on good
terms with Jadru Needler and often reserve the
House of Penance for private parties.
Citizens & Activities
The Castle Ward is largely comprised of Kortezian
nobility, mostly of mixed-clan descent. Less than a
third of the population are new immigrants, though
the majority are only first or second-generation
colonists. As would be expected, there’s a slightly
higher percentage of Terrolazians, particularly from
clan Atregan. The remaining human population
consists of native Azindraleans and those of mixed
Azindralean and Kortezian heritage (sometimes
called Azzywogs, though the term is considered
somewhat derogatory).
The majority of Castle Ward’s wealthy elite
maintain ties to the most powerful Clans of
the Blood Triperium, the families that own vast
properties in their homelands. They immigrated to
the colonies as part of Othorian’s New Resourcing
Plan, through which their families offered to fund
the reconstruction of colonies overseas in exchange
for large tracts of farm land and forests, shipping
rights, and the Blood Triperium’s military and naval
protection.
A few of the non-nobility, including successful
adventures and other less savory characters such as
crime bosses, evangelical priests, or the occasional
well-cultured assassin, also own or rent in Castle
Ward. Still, regardless of their wealth, the bourgeois
nobility tends to write such folk off as second-class
citizenry, whose fast-money fails to amend their lack
of class and culture.
The remaining citizens either work as live-in
servants or provide high-end services to the nobility.
During the day, the ward fills with an array of
peddlers, tailors, wheelwrights, and others of simple
professions, though they vacate at dusk as few of
them can afford to live in the Ward.
Notable Npcs

Other humanoids are less frequent and include
long-term transients, such as adventures and
foreign dignitaries from humanoid kingdoms.
Finally, one might occasionally encounter one who
is of “suspicious” blood; however, such individuals
usually live in the outer wards and only appear in the
passing. One exception is the family of dwarves that
runs the Crier’s Belfry, though they dislike light and
therefore, rarely leave their spire.
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Tax Warden Poulias Atregan
An azzywog from the Trades Ward, Poulias lucked
out when his mother remarried a distant cousin of
Erasmus, on his mother’s side. Once gifted with the
clan name, Poulias quickly left home and rented a
flat in East Hill before his new father-in-law changed
his mind about the relationship. Though weak-
chinned and somewhat weaselish, this young man
was always good with numbers; so he took a job at

Determining Who’s Who
The Great City is the sum of its residents,
so knowing who’s who often proves a crucial
factor to survival. Powerful and prominent
society figures, such as Kortezian nobility,
Tax Wardens, street gang bosses, generals or
even local restaurateurs are easily recognized,
while those of lesser prestige are much harder
to identify. Players can identify prominent
figures with a Knowledge (local) or Knowledge
(nobility and royalty) skill check (DC 30 minus
the individual’s CR.) Alternately, players
can use Gather Information to determine
identities, though its still requires the
standard 1d4+1 hours.
Conversely, for individuals maintaining an
alias or actively practicing covert methods of
remaining out of the public eye, calculate the
difficulty using DC 10 + the individual’s CR.
the tax-wardens office and occasionally supplements
his meager income by counting cards in the Dock
District at night. One night, his boss accompanied
him to an illegal high stakes game, promptly
giving away his secret during their second hand of
Monk’s Cudgel. Thugs ejected the two men from
the gambling hall and beat them until they spat bile.
Pitifully, they crawled back to Castle Ward; however,
the old warden’s beating proved too severe, and later
that evening he died from internal hemorrhaging.
After recovering, Poulias took up the job of Tax
Warden.
True to form, the young man retains his uncanny
ability to manipulate numbers along with his
complete lack of martial prowess. Therefore, he
hired dozens of lurking thugs to act as his collection
agents and personal bodyguards. A handful of
retainers always accompany him, whether their
appearance is obvious or not. Regardless, Poulias
never fails to find new ways to make money, both
legitimate and under the table.
Blood Senator Tharix Magorthus
The Blood Senator of Castle Ward is a striking
young noble form the Magorthus Clan, named
Tharix. Standing just shy of six feet, he possesses
a warrior’s build and stance, uncommon among
politicians. Still, he carries himself in a reserved
and cautious manner, diligently listens to the cases
and complaints of various constituents, and spends
a lot of his time at the public forums held at the
Court Under the Mountain. While he keeps himself
approachable, he rarely travels unguarded by both
personal attendants and hidden snipers, lurking in
nearby alleys and on rooftops.
Tharix enjoys a certain amount of respect from
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the common citizenry, uncharacteristic of most
Kortezian nobility; perhaps because he was born
and raised in Residential Ward. His mother, Cerixia
immigrated to the Great City. She was forced to leave
the home country by her embarrassed parents, after
she became pregnant out of wedlock to a man whose
name she refused to divulge. Though his curly black
hair, thick eyebrows, and skewering ice-blue eyes
hinted of Atregan blood, he took his mother’s clan
name and she raised him as such.
Despite his ignoble and humble beginnings, few
individuals realize that Tharix may be the most
powerful individual in the Great City. Cerixia’s
lover was none other than Othorion XIII. Shortly
after her parents sent her to live in the Azindralea,
Othorion traveled to the Great City on the pretense
of reestablishing Kortezian control of the colony. The
two lovers secretly continued their affair in private
over the next decade, until political issues forced
the emperor to return to Terrolaz. Shortly thereafter,
assassins representing an unknown political
affiliation abducted and executed Cerixia. Othorian
suspected his wife’s hand in the murder, but never
raised any public accusations, fearing to reveal the
secret of his bastard son.
Only days after his mother’s death, a Kortezian
attendant arrived to care for young Tharix, along with
a generous stipend, both of which were provided
by an unknown benefactor. He received a formal
education and upon graduation, immediately
became heavily involved in politics. Over the years,
the young man has received many visits from his
mysterious benefactor and his aides, and following
their counsel has made him very successful. Finally,
his benefactor revealed himself as both Tharix’s
father and the emperor of the Blood Triperium, along
with his plan to one day name his illegitimate son
soul heir and seat him upon the throne. In this, he
would serve vengeance to his queen for orchestrating
the murder of Cerixia, the only woman he ever loved.
It was explained then that his half-brother
Erasmus was weak-mind, spoiled, self absorbed
and incompetent. Othorion would orchestrate the
upcoming public forums so that Tharix received a
nomination and appointment to the role of Blood
Senator for Castle Ward. There, with both an ear and
a tongue in reach of Erasmus, he could manipulate
him as a puppet.
At present, its impossible for anyone to tell just
how much control Tharix has over his half-brother.
He meets with him infrequently and then only
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 formally as the designated ward representative. never sleeps. Unfortunately, their accounts seem
Conversely, his ruse seems to be working perfectly, as unreliable as those few who have dared to receive his
other factions bear him no suspicion and keep their consultations seem stricken with madness.
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focus on the incompetent Erasmus.

Dar Lirsson
A soft-spoken gentleman in his late forties, Dar
Lirsson has served on the Lordsguard for over
three decades. Dar pledged himself to the military
academy along with the rest of his peers from the
Residential Ward after a series of long droughts
robbed his family of their farmlands. Few within
the Lordsguard would doubt Dar’s loyalties to
the Atregan family, though at heart Dar remains
dedicated to his people. What no one knows is
that Dar’s real surname is Brownback, the son of
revolutionary activist Lir Brownback of Horse’s Alley
who helped organize several arson attacks during
the peasant uprisings that followed the Backwater
Rebellion. After the Lordsguard caught his father,
they tortured him before hanging him along with
several of Dar’s relatives in the Heroes Square. For
twelve full days, they left the bodies for the people
to watch as crows picked their eyes clean. Dar uses
his position to gather inside information, which
he supplies to dozens of anti-Atregan activists and
eagerly hopes for the right opportunity to start a
revolution.
Tymithius Belano
Tymithius is second cousin to Erasmus, a half-
blooded Belano and member of the Atregan clan by
marriage. His loyalties lie first to himself, then the
Belano Clan and finally the Blood Triperium. Lord
Erasmus suspects that his cousin ‘s only duty is
to observe his rule and gather information to send
back to his father. He hasn’t guessed that Tymithius
lusts for his cousin’s position, and seeks to wrest
it from him once he proves how incompetent
Erasmus truly is.
Jadru Neeler
The name Jadru Neeler is often whispered
throughout the streets of Castle Ward. The enigmatic
owner of the House of Penance is a prominent
social figure, perhaps more influential upon the
Kortezian nobility than any would dare believe.
The burlesque show ringmaster parades about his
club in gaudy finery often posing as some sort of
diabolic magician. He makes frequent appearances
within the House of Penance, mingling with high-
society clients. Jadru is a charming and clever
conversationalist, whose ruthless sexual innuendos
spark rumors that his charm infects the wives of
dozens of noblemen. Still, most discover it difficult
to get Jadru into a conversation and harder to keep
his attentions. Securing a private audience with him
is nearly impossible to any but his closest friends
and advisors.
Most perceive Jadru’s persona as an act and
think he’s nothing more than a narcissist playboy
surrounded by sycophants eager to partake in his
debaucheries. In truth, Jadru created this public
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Umi
Umi, the aged, blind stable keep is rumored to be
the oldest man in Castle Ward. Each day at dawn,
wrapped in a thick wool blanket, he walks alone up
the Kings Causeway to the stables. There he tends
the horses, leading them into the paddocks where
they run and graze. During the day, he retrieves
them one by one for grooming. Then at sunset, he
stables them, wraps himself back in his blanket,
and heads back down to town. He’s a quiet man
mostly, speaking only to the small pink-cheeked
children eager to know about the horses. Still, those
in shadowed places claim that Umi knows things
others have forgotten and believe his pale cataracts
perceive an ancient ghost from before the coming
of the Kortezians. Those who know of his powers
claim to consult with him after dark, for the old man
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image to disguise his true nature. He does in fact
possess fiendish blood and uses his depraved, but
seemingly harmless club to manipulate the ruling
class to his needs.
Casmir Renfoult
Casmir is only a second-generation aristocrat, his
mother having married a prominent art dealer born
from a mixed line of pre-empirical Kortezians, who
opted to remain in the Great City during the Civil
War. His family has long standing ties to both the
Kortezians and the Azindralean people. Upon his
father’s desires and finances, he studied formally
as a barrister. Soon after, family ties coupled with
his quick wit and natural charm made him an
instant success in court. Over the years, Casmir
has become an important representative both for
mixed citizens and Azindraleans supportive of the
foreign occupation. His major platforms include
social reforms and guaranteed rights for all citizens,
as well as creating profitable business opportunities
for his constituents, most of whom are in housing
and development. His constituents have also
made Casmir rich and both a socially and politically
influential member of Castle Ward.
Emillette Renfoult
Something was always wrong with Emillette. The
reticent child spent most of her time lost in thought,
her pale moon-shaped forehead buckled in pensive
wrinkles as she studied the people and places around
her. Before her father sent her to the academy for
formal education, he’d bring his daughter to court
with him. There she memorized the faces of all the
people, giving them odd nicknames and pretending
they were all secretly monsters, hidden beneath
those mortal skins.
By the time she reached puberty, her strangeness
seemed to have subsided as predicted by her doting
father. At least publicly. She wore fancy clothes and
attended formal events filled with eager suitors. She
curtsied when appropriate. Emillette always learned
games quickly and transforming into a socialite
seemed simple enough to her. Still, flattering her
father’s clients and feigning submissiveness before
pompous young nobles bored her quickly.
One night, she slipped out of a party early, pursued
eagerly by a young gentleman whom she found
rather annoying. On their way through the darkened
streets, a thug robbed the couple at knifepoint, and
taking the opportunity to rid herself of the pesky
suitor, she conked him on the back of the head with a
rock while he trembled in fear before the street thug.
Her actions stunned the thug for a moment, then
seeing the bleeding man, he ran off into the night
leaving Emillette standing alone in the alley. Without
a second thought, she knelt down and cut the
noble’s purse from his belt, then happily sauntered
home. Emillette it seemed, discovered a cure for her
boredom. She had found her niche.
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Emillette is currently the covert leader of the
Dandymen (see organizations above).
Nagrossa Jotendottir
Stalking the Castle Ward grounds, the towering
half-giantess Nagrossa relentlessly searches for
excuses to enforce the law: her sole means of venting
years of pent anger directly attributable to a crappy
childhood. Although a member of the Lordsguard,
her allegiance lies with the Castle Ward Blood
Senator, Tharix Magorthus, a man she credits with
saving her from a life of shoveling dung in the city
sewers. Unlike many of her kind, Nagrossa is smart
as a whip, clean and meticulous. She possesses the
uncanny ability to see through fraudulent statements
and has no patience for liars. Strong as a brace of
oxen, she pummels thugs with her hammer-sized
fists, which she wraps in studded leather cestuses.
She also carries a wide assortment of manacles and
chains for those criminals she intends to drag before
the royal court.
Keyed Locations
1. Castle Atregan
Of all the sites of the Great City, perhaps the most
impressive is Castle Atregan. Perched atop Lord’s
Hill like some hunched stone leviathan, its burnished
spires gleam as they pierce the gloomy clouds
that roll down from the surrounding peaks. For
centuries, the cold gray granite walls have housed
and protected the Atregan family’s descendants,
even long after their first occupation ended. Aside
from the Temple of the Moon, which predates the
First Colony, Castle Atregan is probably the oldest
structure in the Great City. Serving first as a bastion
of the original settlement, it has grown over the
centuries, the result of the toils of countless slaves
and servants who struggled to meet the edicts of
dozens of self-absorbed rulers who vainly demanded
modifications so spectacular that the would stand as
timeless effigies to reflect their own greatness. But,
further rumor persist that many of these lords died
too soon, claimed by madness and assassins, and
their restless spirits haunt the castle, angrily waiting
to walk once more in mortal flesh.
2. The Guardposts
Climbing up the hill towards the impenetrable,
ironbound gates of Castle Atregan winds a wide,
cobbled road called the Lord’s Causeway. After
suffering through thousands of freezing winters
and centuries of traffic by tradesmen, nobles,
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block their escape. Atop, rotating turrets equipped

Castle Atregan with fitted ballista and spyglass sights swivel about,
Ground Floor Map Key eternally scanning the surrounding properties.

1 Gate In addition to those along Lord’s Causeway, two

2-3 Guardpost older guardposts mark the far end of the keep
4 Inner Courtyard grounds, on the hillside opposite the castle’s main
5 Courtyard
entrance. These, however, are less up to date.
6-7 Public Archives
Following years of neglect, the chipped stone of
8-9 Magistrates
their squared corners crumbles and cracks beneath
10-11 Empty room
12-19 Tower the piercing roots of creeping vines and rasping
20 Empty room mountain winds. Recently, the Atregan have taken
21 Armory efforts to restore the towers. Although architects
22-27 Barrack and builders fear their collapse, they clamber with
28 Gate workers who have shored and braced the structures
29-30 Guardpost with wood and steel, barely ensuring their stability.
31 Refectory While the towers remain largely unoccupied, the
32 Kitchen construction site houses numerous encampments of
33 Stables guards stationed to keep order among the workers,
34-36 Privy seek out potential breeches in security, and provide
37 Storage warnings and initial defenses against attacks from
38 Privy the mountain lands.
39 Storage
3. Sighting Towers
Castle Ward possesses two sighting towers,
pilgrims and petitioners, the last of the original strategically situated up Castle Hill on either side of
cobbles wore to dust, leaving in its wake a mottled the Castle, allowing Lord Atregan’s men to keep an
collage of replacement flagstones of varying age and eye on the flanking districts below.
craftsmanship. At varied stops along the causeway,
circular bunkers of thick stone, two stories tall, arch 4. The Red Dragon Inn
over the cobbles, forcing travelers to travel where
This is older Inn frequented mostly by retired
troops can inspect their cargo. A counterweighted
guardsmen and other Kortezians of the working
pulley system allows soldiers to trap intruders
class who immigrated to the colonies for a better
between arches by lowering barred iron gates to
life. It attracts little attention save that Umi, the
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6. Weaponsmith Shop
Castle Atregan One of three shops owned and operated by Langos
First Floor Map Key Marwuckle and Sons, a family of arms manufacturers
and dealers from the southlands. The weaponsmith
1-2 Guardpost
shop specializes in high-end swords, axes, and
3 Meeting hall
4 Audience hall bladed pole arms; manufactures masterwork blades;
5 Balcony and even does repair work. They refuse to peddle
6-7 Parlour or trade in lower quality items and simple weapons
8-15 Tower such as clubs or even morning stars, which they
16-18 Elite Guards Barrack consider the crude tools of common butchers and
19 Meeting room talentless thugs.

blind stable keeper, rents a basement room from
the owner. Umi is rumored to have lived there
so long that the sale of the property carries the
contingency of his continual lease.
5. The Yawning Well Inn
Known for fine food and finer women, the
Yawning Well Inn draws late night crowds of the
Castle District’s wealthiest and most eloquent
young bachelors. Crashers come from all parts of
the city, attempting entrance by pretending they
too possess the wealth and status to mingle in
the elite crowds. But woe befalls those revealed as
charlatans, and more than a handful of inn-crashers
have seen their last party end with a bejeweled knife
across the throat.
The Yawning Well Inn was recently purchased by
an unknown buyer and surreptitiously serves as the
headquarters of the Dandymen,
7. Armorsmith Shop
Another of the Marwuckle shops, this one deals
exclusively in the manufacture and repair of high-end
metal armors; specifically, complex suits of mail.
They also do custom finish work both on armor
and shields; including embossing, engraving, color
lacquering, and emblazoning. They have a variety
of crests on file, both new and ancient, and for a
modest fee, can easily confirm the age, manufacturer
and in some cases, the owner of recovered armors.
Still, they remain honest enough to report stolen
goods, and it would take an incredible offer to
sway them into reworking stolen items or creating
forgeries, especially since it would jeopardize the
reputation of their family business.
8. Exotic Weapons Shop
The Marwuckle’s third and final shop deals only in
the trade and sale of rare and exotic weapons. These
the family imports from about the world, seeking
both authentic and historic pieces. As expected,
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 their stock varies, often rapidly and radically, as they
do not manufacture exotic pieces. Neither do they
perform restorations or repairs on exotic weapons,
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here, and redirect customers seeking such work to
the Weaponsmith Shop.
9. Martial Law Festhall
In the northern section of East Ward stands The
Martial Law Fest Hall, a massive, timber-roofed
pavilion once used by the mercenaries guild to host
great feasts celebrating the victories of major wars
and battles. Recently restored, it appears much as it
did hundreds of years ago. Locals currently use it to
throw large galas for holidays and other important
events. Most of the rooms in the two-level Festhall
are open or three-quarter walled, along with a few
private fully enclosed chambers.
10. Mercenary’s Guild
Once the formal meetinghouse of the Old
Azindralean mercenary district, this two-story manse
now serves the few remaining mercenaries as
boarding house and tavern. For a fee, one can join
the local mercenary guild for up to a year, though
the public is free to rent rooms by the night (when
available) or carouse downstairs at the tavern.
The guild is a popular hangout for adventurers,
bounty hunters, and other soldiers of fortune, and
an excellent place to find hirelings or purchase
information.
11. Grand Square of Heroes
More so than those squares whose lawns fed
goats or provided forums for public oratory, the
Grand Square of Heroes possesses perhaps one of
the richest histories of any square in the city. In the
old days, it served as a primitive and violent court.
Plaintiff and accused would stand within the circle
and argue their cases before large crowds who would
then determine the guilt and responsibility of the
guilty. Some paid in sarhaed (the honor value of a
crime). Everything, including death had a commonly
agreed upon value, however when the crowd or
plaintiff felt that the sarhaed was not enough, they
could command a violent trial-by-combat or “blood-
trial”. Winners were vindicated of all wrong doing,
while the losers lay dead in the dust waiting for the
dung collectors to hang their bodies in the square for
the crows to feast.
Initially, only individuals directly involved could
fight in bloodtrials, and their sheer dramatic brutality
made them a strong deterrent to most crimes. In
later years, mercenary gladiators often accepted large
sums to stand in petitioners steads. This worked
well for the rich and powerful, who would often make
legal accusations simply to have fights and place bets
on the winner. As trial-by-combat grew in popularity,
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Sarhaed
Aside from the crime of high treason, which
carries the death penalty, the punishment
for many crimes can be resolved by paying a
penalty fine called a sarhaed.
Anyone convicted of a crime can request to
pay a sarhaed to avoid criminal sentencing.
The plaintiff first reserves the right to
accept or deny sarhaed, however judiciary
officials presiding over a case can over turn
the decision, as can any member of the royal
court.
Sarhaed is paid to the plaintiff as well as
covering any barrister fees. In cases where the
individual has violated City law, the plaintiff is
Lord Atregan.
Once sarhaed is enacted, the plaintiff sets
the cost of the sarhaed. The cost for damaged
or stolen items is usually the cost of the item
plus 10%, while injury or death is the cost of
the healing plus 10%. Other more personal
crimes such as rape, incest, slander and
adultery can carry even greater penalties.
As such, cost can vary greatly and it is not
unheard of for particularly vengeful plaintiffs
to set the sarhaed well above the standard
plus 10% rate. Payments are usually made in
gold, goods, or livestock, however some offer
to pay with indentured servitude.
Once per year, Kortesian city officials holds
a Criminal’s Lottery as an act of good will to
their oppressed citizens. On this day, assorted
criminals are brought before the crowd who
vote by applause to approve or disprove their
sarhaeds. Any criminal whose sarhaed is
approved must pay it in full by sunset, or his
right to pay sarhaed is revoked.
it became impossible to hold a fair trail that didn’t
result in bloodshed. To remedy this, the people
elected a small panel of judiciaries that became
known as the Court Under the Mountain.
Combat trials still took place, however individuals
choosing such a resolution were forced to first draw
up contracts for the fight with elaborate guidelines,
on which barristers and court judiciaries often
deliberated for days in the nearby courtyard. The
ancient tradition is now illegal, at least in principle.
Still, loopholes in the law allow those born of noble
blood to invoke a blood trial to resolve serious
matters, provided both parties consent to the duel.
By writ, serious matters are those where following a
fair and just court resolution, the loser may still be
inclined to take vengeful actions. These include rape,
murder, spousal betrayal, and similar acts which tend
to provoke long-term feuds.
Following the Backwater Rebellion, many of ruling
aristocracy that lived in the gardens surrounding The
Square of Heroes relocated to East Hill and other
neighborhoods closer to the Castle. Hordes of angry
protesters burnt many of the large homes along its
perimeter, pushing the borders of Castle Ward north
of the Way of Lords, which became the new dividing
line between the Trade and Castle Wards.
The Square of Heroes remains in active use;
however, its overall role in the community has
changed. Its arena-like structure, a sunken center
surrounded by a perimeter of weathered marble
bleachers, makes it an ideal place for public
announcements concerning laws, trial results, and
to audience public meetings before various city
representatives, particularly barristers from the
outer wards whose requests often run contrary to
Triperium interests. Most loathe this task as it places
the orator in perfect range for the hurled rotten
vegetables of protesting hecklers. The rest of the
time, citizens from other wards use the Square for
their own purposes. Merchants hold public auctions,
Generals hold military ceremonies such as those
honoring soldiers, and bards and other performers
have used it for theatrical and musical performances.
The Royal Mile
From the Square, the Royal Mile leads to Lord’s
Causeway and up to the Castle Gates. Although a
short walk, it still evokes lingering fear from those
days when the first Lords hung the bodies of traitors
on high stakes above the road, and the alleys were
strewn with the bones and skulls of the unfaithful.
Now bright flowers line the walkways and colorful
banners hang in place of gristly scarecrows. Still,
mixed into the soil, the clever eye will spot the glint
of tiny shards of soft, ancient, amber bone.
Wandering Npcs
Ruddy Wendus
(NG halfling male Exp 1)
A poor, but eagerly industrious baker from the
Residential Ward, Ruddy diligently wrestles his rickety
pushcart filled with butter torts and scones up to the
Castle Ward cobbles every morning at dawn.
Mood: Friendly
Agrus Millner
(CG human male Com 1)
An irascible, red-cheeked boy with hair like spiky
straw hurls sharp, politically tinged insults at his
small, but scattered herd of goats. The animals
have seemingly broken away and dart about the
narrow streets, chewing porch banisters and shitting
everywhere. While he feigns distress, Agrus hates the
pompous Kortezians and knows exactly what he’s
doing. If need be, he rounds up his herd in seconds
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and splits before any the Lordsguard gets a chance
to whack some patriotism into his thick skull.
Mood: Usually indifferent, but varies depending on
how much ass he needs to kiss in order to save his
hide.
Kolrigaard Voor
(LN human male Exp 8)
A puffy faced Kortezian with a large frock and
long surcoat rudely races by, oblivious to others
walking the street. He is late for a meeting with a
town barrister concerning several property deeds,
whose authenticity seems suspect. He bumps into a
city guard who tries to detain him for his suspicious
behavior, at which point he protests wildly and tries
to break free, loudly offering a substantial reward to
anyone who helps him reach court on time.
Mood: Indifferent to Unfriendly.
Madame Fen Turil
(N human female Exp 3)
Though well-dressed and of seemingly excellent
poise, this aged women appears to draw faint looks
of distain from other women and a few whispered
comments, as she parades down the street. Asking
about the woman earns a shuddered response before
the individual identifies her as Madame Fen Turil,
a former prostitute who runs an expensive escort
service.
Mood: Friendly
Sadira Dumoign
(CN half-elf female Ari 4)
A cute, almost impish young woman with ice
green eyes catches a player’s gaze as she turns the
corner. Suddenly, she trips on the curb spilling the
personal contents of her small handbag onto the
street. Sadira is friendly and even a little flirtatious,
especially when out of the gaze of her over-protective
father. Unbeknownst to even Sadira, her father is
a notorious crime boss, whose extreme paranoia
causes him to investigate anyone remotely interested
in his daughter.
Mood: friendly, even a little helpful and flirtatious.
Adventure Opportunities
The Hitman
A prominent noble from the Belano clan hires
adventurers to gather evidence on a rival noble
whom he believes is selling information about
his clan to the Magorthus clan in order to cover
gambling debts. PCs track the man to the Festhall
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 where they find him dead in a backroom, his throat
slit. Now the Belano noble needs the players to figure
out who killed the spy before he becomes the next
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victim on the mysterious assassin’s hit list.
The Umbral Blade
After catching wind of an old tale concerning his
great, great grand uncle, Imanuel- Knight of the
Seven Shadows, Lord Erasmus hires adventurers to
retrieve a family artifact from his “basement.” The
treasure he seeks is Imanuel’s sword, a magnificent
greatsword rumored to be forged of pure shadow,
called the Umbral Blade. Unfortunately, robbers
pilfered the crypt in which his great, great grand
uncle lay long ago, and the players must do some
serious dungeon delving under the mountain in
order to retrieve the blade -- if it even exists.
The Lordsguard’s Vengeance
After his fellow brutes mistakenly slay his beloved,
a powerful ex-Lordsguard goes AWOL. Holing up in
a nearby building, he takes hostages and threatens
to slay them unless presented with the heads of the
Lordsguards responsible.
As a Matter of Convenience
A noble’s young son turns up dead several days
after failing to return from a night of carousing
with friends. Unbeknownst to all, the young man
belonged to the Dandymen and suffered a fatal stab
wound from a shopkeeper during a recent attempted
robbery. His fellow Dandymen dumped his body
behind a seedy tavern to throw off the investigation
by local authorities. They position the body so it
appears the young man was beaten to death after
being jumped in a bar fight. Strangely, no one in
the bar remembers seeing the young man, and no
evidence of a drunken brawl exists.
Adventure Locations
While the most obvious adventure location
are Castle Atregan and the Dungeon Under the
Mountain, there exist a few other locations in the
district suitable for exploration.
The House of Penance
A sorely weathered wooden cow’s head swings
from the porch gables above the entrance to the
House of Penance. Once an old dairy farm, this large
building on the edge of Bold Way appears to be the
well-frequented residence of Jadru Neeler. One of the
few Azindraleans living in Castle Ward, and certainly
the least liked, the stream of guests that pours in and
out of his stead after sunset does little to assuage
the suspicions of his neighbors that he runs some
sort of licentious speakeasy. Fortunately, for Jadru,
most of his neighbors are merely shopkeepers who
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vacate the district after dark, leaving the streets a
maze of empty shadow into which his clients can
easily disappear.
Each night, Jadru hosts well-attended burlesque
shows featuring a wide array of talents from
across the lands. His exotic shows feature naked
fire-eaters, deformed freaks, and all manner of
eroticism untapped by more established brothels.
Jadru’s festivities go largely untaxed, ever since
he offered tax warden Poulias Atregan partial
ownership of his business. While the strange mix
of guests and entertainers occasionally erupts into
excitement, true adventure lies beneath the House
of Penance.
To store milk and cheeses, the old dairy farm
commissioned a vast network of concrete-lined
cold cellars. The cold-cellars form a twisted maze
of small storage rooms connected to central
circulating narrow passageways, all of which have
uncomfortably low ceilings. In its darkest recesses,
Jadru has erected dozens of altars all consecrated
by human sacrifice. Lesser devils frequent these
corridors, easily slipping in and out of the Great
City by blending in with the rest of Jadru’s
depraved guests.
Ultimately, no one suspects that Jadru’s burlesque
shows carefully incorporate a number twisted and
diabolic rituals, tributes to the arch-devil whom
he serves with such dedication. Neither could any
suspect the amount of influence Jadru possesses
over the Ghurophites, a group of corrupt nobles
who foolishly believe breeding with demons will
allow them rest control away from Atregans. In
playing the role of liaison between noble and
demon, Jadru made each noble sign blood oaths
and now possesses writs for all their souls. Should a
Ghurophite coup occur, it will matter not who takes
the throne, for Jadru has taken the role of supreme
puppet-master and possesses the means to pull the
usurpers strings.
The Crier’s Belfry
Due west of the Square of Heroes stands a tall
stone spire that rises above the sloping rooftops of
the nearby shops and residences. Once per hour, the
great iron bell chimes dolefully as a crier the calls
out the time to anyone in earshot. The spire sits on
a large circular mosaic of cobbled granite pavers,
and the building itself acts as a sundial, displacing
telltale shadows across its surface. High above, on
the tower’s northern face, the hands of the great iron
clock position and reposition every fifteen minutes. A
mysterious staff of dwarfish misanthropes diligently
tends the clock and spooks the Ward’s small
children.
 A hideous dwarf named Thrumble Atterstone runs and emergency escape passages for the royal family.
Crier’s Belfry and lives there with his equally hideous Strangely, the catacombs and structures beneath
wife and brood of children. His family has owned and vary drastically in age, especially once the Dungeon
operated the tower for centuries, and, aside from his begins to spread. New passages tap into the upper

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personal appearance, he’s done neither the town nor
its citizens any harm.
In truth, neither Atterstone nor any of his family
members are pureblooded dwarves. When his
ancestors first migrated from the dwarvenholds of
the southlands, they were unprepared for the harsh
mountain winters and circumstance forced them to
interbreed with surrounding humanoids to assure
their survival. They kept this secret for several years,
though eventually news of their inbreeding traveled
back to the dwarvenholds. Soon after, they were
estranged from their pure dwarven kin. Unable to
return, Atterstone’s ancestors continued to live
upon the mountain, where they grew woefully inbred
and fostered a general loathing for all purebred
races. Still, Thrumble’s brood puts on a good show,
allowing them to keep their tower in a strategic
location for such a time when their kinfolk will
ride down from the mountains, rise up from their
earthen catacombs, and extinguish the Great City.
As would be expected, the tower’s cellar connects
to the city sewer system, and the Atterstone’s have
chalkmarked several passages all of which lead to the
Dungeon Under the Mountain or to other catacombs
that run deeper still into the surrounding hills.
Occasionally, Thrumble or one of his many offspring
travel the passages to deliver crucial information to
the humanoid tribes living in the hills, or they use
them to sneak captured humanoids out from the
Great City.
Recently, Thrumble’s stupid son Gribbler has
taken it upon himself to arrange business meetings
between humanoids and dealers of illicit goods for
profit. This foolish ploy places centuries of family
secrecy at risk. If the authorities pinch Gribbler,
Thrumble disavows any knowledge of his son’s
actions, immediately disowning him. However, if
he were to discover his son’s betrayal on his own,
he’d likely pitch the boy from the belfry himself and
publicly mourn the horrid and unspeakable accident.
chambers from below, though many of these are
simply links connecting the upper chambers to the
miles of ancient catacombs and caves that existed
long before the Kortezians arrived.
Dark passages merge into newer dungeon-like
structures built by subterranean races, cultists, and
other eccentrics. These catacombs burrow deep
into the mountain’s belly emptying into to large
cavernous worlds within the mountain filled with
ruins of lost cities once belonging to dwarves, deep
elves, and other primordial subterranean races who
carved their realms with advanced alien architecture.
When Othorion XIII returned family power to
Castle Atregan, he and his men cleared some of the
Dungeons upper levels – in particular the family
crypts – before sealing off the lower chambers and
posting dozens of guards to watch for incursions
coming from below.
Despite his best efforts, supernatural influence
still creeps from the lower chambers into the castle.
Dark spirits of unknown entities- perhaps long dead
Kortezians or even the souls of ancient Azindraleans-
now haunt Erasmus and others within the Castle.
Some of the forces attempt to manipulate the lord;
others work around him on their own agendas.
Regardless, Erasmus remains very much in denial
or avoidance of what he considers “Old Country
Superstition”; whereas the native Castle staff know
better.

The Dungeon Under The Mountain

Perhaps the most notorious location in all the
Great City is the massive dungeon that rests beneath
Castle Atregan. No firm records mark dates for the
Dungeon’s initial construction, though architects
and historians have dated artifacts and features of
its upper levels to the same period as the castle’s
construction.

Initially, much of the upper layers served as

crypts, but soon parts of the dungeon earned use
as interrogation rooms, secret meeting chambers,
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Skip Williams, based on original material by E. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson.
The Great City Campaign Setting © by Øone Roleplaying Games
 B ased on their acclaimed Blueprints Series, Øone Games
introduces an ambitious and detailed look at the locations
behind the maps.

This sourcebook portrays a struggling mercantile colony ruled

by the incompetent son of a brutal emperor. A city whose earliest
citizens proudly trace their history back for thousands of years, but
now struggle against social and political oppression; a city where a
brooding underbelly of resistance fighters, and crime syndicates, and
a proud but disillusioned military all wait for their lord to fail. It is
a city where night cloaks the deviant works of social outcasts, mad
alchemists, and corpse robbers.

The Great City is rife with excitement, intrigue and adventure;

dare your characters make it their home?

3.5 Rules