Editing Mad Season: Geographical Setting (section)

===Bar Kesh: City of Swords===
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Bar Kesh is the Capitol of the Empire. A great trade city on the coast at the mouth of the Blood River, the City of Swords is perhaps the most cosmopolitan city north of the Tiefling Confederacy, with races from all over the Empire, the Confederacy, and the Reach represented.

In Bar Kesh, the '''Labyrinth''' is the largest quarter in the city and is an ever shifting maze of streets and buildings. A road that might be open one day, might be a new towering townhouse the next.

The '''Labyrinth''' is the poorest district and the bulk of Bar Kesh's criminal element may be found here or in '''Rattown'''. The '''Warrens''' (not shown on the map) are a second labyrinth beneath the whole city and the primary way criminals traverse the city.

'''Rattown''' is the wharf district and it gets slummier and more treacherous to the south and west and more upscale to the north and east.

The '''Iron Quarter''' is almost exclusively dwarven and houses the smiths and soldiers of the empire in the city.

The '''Hammerwall''', on the wharf side, serves as a defense against rising tides, but the entire inland side is dotted with smithies, over two thirds of which are sword smiths.

The '''Bazaar''' is the trade district, with shops along the walls and a great open market at its center.

The '''Gold Quarter''' is where you will find the domains of the '''Five High Houses''' and their representatives, while the '''Keep''' serves as both fortress and formal negotiating space with foreign dignitaries.

No one really knows what is in the '''Jade Tower''', but it is said to be the palace for the King of the Dwarves when she visits the City of Swords.

The '''Menhir''' is the ruins of the Old City and is mostly an ancient graveyard at this point.