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{{Infobox location|aliases=Free City of Blackbottom, City of Smugglers, City of Thieves (After the Fall of Blackbottom)|language=Vaslorian|type=City|region=[[Vasloria]], [[Aendrim]]}} | {{Infobox location|aliases=Free City of Blackbottom, City of Smugglers, City of Thieves (After the [[Blackbottom#Fall of Blackbottom|Fall of Blackbottom]])|language=Vaslorian|type=City|region=[[Vasloria]], [[Aendrim]]}} | ||
The major deepwater port city of Blackbottom was the largest city in [[Vasloria]]. {{Cite web/fob august 2024|2-3}} | The major deepwater port city of '''Blackbottom''' was the largest city in [[Vasloria]]. {{Cite web/fob august 2024|2-3}} | ||
== Geography == | == Geography == | ||
Blackbottom found itself in western [[Aendrim]] between the baronies of [[Tor]] and [[Bedegar (barony)|Bedegar]]. {{Cite web/fob august 2024|2-3}} | |||
== Demography == | |||
Blackbottom was principally a [[human]] city, after the [[Blackbottom#Fall of Blackbottom|fall]], it became more diverse, [[Goblin|goblins]], [[Kobold|kobolds]], [[Radenwight|radenwights]], and other folk could be seen walking the streets in broad daylight. {{Cite web/fob august 2024|2-3}} | |||
== Government == | == Government == | ||
Blackbottom despite being in [[Aendrim]], | Blackbottom, despite being in [[Aendrim]], fell outside of the feudal structure of [[Vasloria]] since even before the coming of the [[Caelian Empire]]. {{Cite web/fob august 2024|2-3}} | ||
The city council was made of a small coalition of local nobles and merchant leaders. The head of which was the lord mayor. {{Cite web/fob august 2024|2-3}} | The city council was made of a small coalition of local nobles and merchant leaders. The head of which was the lord mayor. {{Cite web/fob august 2024|2-3}} | ||
After the [[Blackbottom#Fall of Blackbottom|fall of Blackbottom]], the heads of senior thieves' guilds became the ''de facto'' lords of Blackbottom, because, due to the destruction caused by the [[Hawklords]], thieves' guilds were the only organizations with enough discipline and infrastructure left to get anything done. {{Cite web/fob august 2024|2-3}} | |||
=== Law Enforcement === | === Law Enforcement === | ||
The city's ranking law enforcement officer was the lord marshal, also known locally as the chief thieftaker. | The city's ranking law enforcement officer was the lord marshal, also known locally as the chief thieftaker. {{Cite web/fob august 2024|2-3}} | ||
After the [[Blackbottom#Fall of Blackbottom|fall of the city]], the city became more dangerous, more sinister and sorcerous, with its law being little more than a unique concoction of revenge and retaliation. {{Cite web/fob august 2024|2-3}} | |||
== Trade == | == Trade == | ||
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The closest trading neighbor of Blackbottom was the city of [[Capital]]. {{Cite web/fob august 2024|2-3}} | The closest trading neighbor of Blackbottom was the city of [[Capital]]. {{Cite web/fob august 2024|2-3}} | ||
After the [[Blackbottom#Fall of Blackbottom|bombing of the city]], trade continued to work, with the city now working with even fewer rules and regulations. However, the risks involved in mounting any operation in the city, mercantile or otherwise, became wildly greater, but the rewards had seen a similar inflation. | |||
== History == | |||
=== Fall of Blackbottom === | |||
{{Timescale}}The [[Chain of Acheron]] shaped a plan to assassinate [[Mortum]] in Blackbottom. When [[Ajax]] learned of this plot, he teleported the [[Chrysopolis]] there and summoned the [[demon]] lord [[Relg]]. After first slaying [[Red]], the commander of the Chain, Relg lead a fiendish invasion through the city, whilst Ajax's [[Hawklords]] bombed it from above. {{Cite web/fob august 2024|1-2}} | |||
After this event, great part of the city was destroyed, however, the city continued to function. | |||
== Origin of the name == | == 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 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 them [[Human|human]]. {{Cite web/fob august 2024|2-3}} | ||
The name "City of Smugglers" had its origins in the fact that people could do business in Blackbottom without the [[Blackbottom#Trade|fear of taxation or regulation]]. {{Cite web/fob august 2024|2-3}} | |||
The name "City of Thieves" came from the fact that the city's rulers were heads of thieves guilds, after [[Blackbottom#Fall of Blackbottom|it was bombed]] by [[Ajax]]'s troops. {{Cite web/fob august 2024|2-3}} | |||
== Known Buildings == | |||
=== Drunken Fool === | |||
One of the city's many inns, so named for the time when the local baron's jesters could drink for free. It was known for its luxurious wooded bathtubs which were refilled constantly with hot water heated over large fires. The inn collapses during the [[Blackbottom#Fall of Blackbottom|fall of Blackbottom]]. {{Cite web/fob august 2024|2-3}} | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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