Blackbottom
The major deepwater port city of Blackbottom was the largest city in Vasloria. [1]
Geography
Blacbottom found itself in western Aendrim between the baronies of Tor and Bedegar. [1]
Government
Blackbottom despite being in Aendrim, the trade city fell outside of the feudal structure of Vasloria, since even before the coming of the Caelian Empire. [1]
The city council was made of a small coalition of local nobles and merchant leaders. The head of which was the lord mayor. [1]
Law Enforcement
The city's ranking law enforcement officer was the lord marshal, also known locally as the chief thieftaker. [1]
Trade
Due to being a free city, Blackbottom enjoyed the privileged of low to none taxation and very little regulation, which everyone from thieves and merchants to barons and dukes benefited from. However, getting goods out of the city into Aendrim and beyond involved paying tariffs at the toll bridges along the roads leading to Tor and Bedegar. [1]
The closest trading neighbor of Blackbottom was the city of Capital. [1]
Origin of the name
The name Blackbottom comes from the massive black flagstones that tiled the entire floor of the city's harbor estuary. No one knows who laid the stones, never mind how or why, but many fantastical candidates can be found in local folklore - none of the human. [1]