Saint Germaine
Saint Germaine, the southern-most city of Drannor, that loose league of regional dukedoms, always gets a first look at southern goods headed north -- spices, alloys, wine & rum, fine leather, dried fruits, nuts, honey, wax, jewelry, olive oil, quality weapons and armor, grains, art, fine items of wood, musical instruments, ceramics, Elven artisan creations, and all manner of expensive Eastern goods (carpets, glasswork, exotic spices, gems).
As a place of riches in motion, property crime is rampant, and a battalion of freelance bodyguards switches sides constantly among the scores of merchants whose fortunes rise and fall like the sea.
The city resides along a shallow bay surrounded by low hills populated by family-owned farms and ranches.
An eight-foot wall surrounds the oldest part of the city, which contains Duke Ferdinand Magellan's small castle, numerous administrative buildings, barracks, and armoury, and a neighborhood of row houses owned by wealthier citizens and the amenities they require.
Within the wall, the streets are clean and orderly. Outside, less so, and the city sprawls for a mile in all directions but the sea.
Saint Germaine is patrolled by a modestly corrupt legion of black-cloaked guards. They're well equipped with broadswords or halberds, batons, and decent armor. Folks know they're not to be messed with, but that well-placed coin can buy their temporary absence.
The Thieves Guild is one of the most prominent non-governmental institutions in Saint Germaine -- society has simply accepted thievery, large and small, as a part of the culture of the city. Its leaders meet regularly with high-level officials to negotiate the return of precious cargo -- or transact other business.
To the south along the coast is a perilous 200-mile stretch of roadway called Gambler's Reach. It is the best overland route from the southern realms into Drannor, and yet plagued by marauding bandits, including orc raiders and worse. (Seafaring merchants deal with well-armed pirates, and debate continues about which is the more dangerous mode of transport.)
The great merchant road splits at Saint Germaine, with one branch following the coast north to Songvar and [[Saint Norbert, and the other carved northeast through Ravenwood to the grand city of Luxor.
To the south, Gambler's Reach.
Notable Locals
Khazka lived and worked here a while, before joining the Infiltrators.
The Ignoble Assets campaign began here.
Duke Ferdinand Magellan.
From Infiltrators campaign notes: "... a portly middle-aged man who you eventually came to know as sane but a bit barbaric, diplomatic when necessary, coldly calculating, and in rather open collusion with the Thieves Guild to ensure that southern goods passing north were well 'taxed'."
Location: Map #1
