Editing Port Blackheart (section)

===Origins===

No records exist of the origins of Port Blackheart but what is certain is that it’s very old. In amidst the tumbledown shacks and alien architecture of its streets can be found run-down decrepit buildings of former majesty, built with now lost techniques. Brave archaeologists are often to be found wandering its streets researching and analysing the buildings they find. Well, until someone decides they might have a silver piece on them and cuts their throat for it anyway. The sprawling districts of the city each have their own style and feel and each have a varied and colourful history. Stories about the history of Port Blackheart are abundant and probably mostly lies.

What is certain is that the metropolis sits on the mouth of the river Andle, a broad waterway that cuts a path through the western half of Tomanda before spilling into the Bay of Daggers in a wide, natural harbour. The ancient port sprung up around here and archaeologists (those with enough wit to survive) have reported that the narrow, twisting, ramshackle streets of the Black Dock are the oldest part of the city. Hardly any of the original architecture remains due to salt corrosion, fire and hundreds of years of political instability and neglect but they say the weight of years of people weight down on you in the docks. 

The Andle is an important waterway, passing through several large communities in Tomanda before reaching the Bay of Daggers and, as such, the port most likely grew out of this. It also has the largest deep water harbour in any of the Three Countries making it the most likely port of call for large trading vessels from foreign lands.