Hrothton, home the Nexus of Conjuration, was the first nexus to appear on Inzeladun.  Indeed, Hrothton was, at one time, the gleaming capital of Pre-First Age Inzeladun, home to the vile Samat and their sub-human servants.

Although now just a small city, Hrothton was once the high-built, marble and granite crown of all the Vulanpan Empire.  Her walls looked mountainously down upon the primordial jungles of primitive Inzeladun, and her heaven reaching spires were an alabastine multitude.  She was opulent among cities, superb and magisterial, paramount over all.  Its original name was Tscho Vulanpanmu  (it was renamed by an Indorian during the Fifth Age).  Proud and Lordly was Tscho Vulanpanmu, and her humblest dwellings were more than the palaces of other cities, and they worshipped a strange deity whose only presence was that of a hand.  It is said the area is still holy to this Power.

The ruins of this city are said to exist still, buried deep in the swamps that surround Hrothton, but this is unconfirmed.  It is said that the dragons of the swamp have horded the beyond-ancient relics of ancient Tsho Vulanpanmu.  It is also said that the ancient snake people, now interbred with man and called Yuan-Ti, still have remnants that survive still, deep in the swamp or under the ground.  

No one knows what brought about the end of the Vulanpan Empire nor what force laid Tscho Vulanpanmu low.  It died aeons before the first elf took her tentative step onto the soil of Inzeladun and nothing living remembers.   However, there is an Undead who knows.  Merandius, the Guardian of Time, knows.  And he has forbidden all chronomancers to go back that far into history... and he slays anyone who challenges that law.  This city guarded by Merandius more fiercely than any other on Inzeladun, for it is rumored that here the truth may be found about History.

Currently, the oldest building in Hrothton is the Library.  It is a mystical building that dates to the Dark Age betwixt the First and Second Ages.  No one living knows who built it or what it was originally built for, but some theorize that it was originally a temple to the strange Samat deity of Tscho Vulanpanmu.  Others believe it was built by a dragon, either as a testimony to his own power, where he was worshipped by early man, or as a shrine to Tiamat.  All that is known for certain is the name "Kalmal", which is carved into a cornerstone of the building in a forgotten language.  Did he, or it, build it?  Was Kalmal a dragon, or a Samat?  Or was he a powerful early human?

The powers around Hrothton seem to enhance the necromantic as well as the conjuratic.  The huge graveyard to the north of present-day Hrothton dates back to the Third Age, although most of the burials there are from the Fifth Age, when a massive battle was fought there.  A tower stands in the center of this colossal graveyard.  This tower is the second oldest building in the area.  Again, the word "Kalmal" is carved into its cornerstone.  Most recently it was used as a lair by the lich Xanthor.  Currently it is against the law for anyone to enter that tower without the express permission of Lady Kia.  Thus far, anyone who has entered it without her permission has never come back out.  What secrets do those ancient walls hold?  Perhaps Lady Kia and her associates are the only living souls who know.   And they ain't talking. 

Population: 10,000 population small city, with a GP limit of 15,000 gp.

Ready Cash = 7,500,000 gold pieces.

Prevailing Alignment:  Hrothton is a diverse group.  Its inhabitants tend toward Chaotic Good, but the soldiers tend toward Neutral Evil.

Power Centers

Conventional – Yam ibn Saud, Demi-god of War, Ruler of the Saudian Empire.  Neutral Evil.  Degree of Authority: Tense, Coercive.  Exercises military power through his envoy.  33% of the power.

Conventional – Lady Kia, Chaotic Good Degree of Authority: Assured, Popular; opposed to all the other power centers, but diplomatically hides this opposition.  She is the Queen of Hrothton and enjoys the popular support of the people of Hrothton. 59% of the power.

Monstrous – Merandius, Neutral Degree of Authority: Assured, Coercive 4% of the power.  He watches over the place, defending its relics and its clues to the past.  He supports Lady Kia in all matters.

Authorities

Militia Constable : Highest Level Gamba Fighter – 14^th level. General Ngiphikelago ("Lago"), Chaotic Good.  2 seventh level and 4 third level gamba fighters serve as his highest ranking deputies, and are ranked as Captains (Ayize and Mpumelele) and Commanders (Sigidi, Sipho, Thandiwe, and Vusimuzi) respectively.  The militia are all Zulu-like warriors from Waniki's Isle, a large semi-continent on the other side of the Sea of Storms.   They serve Lady Kia and her designs.

Soldier Constable: Highest Level Warrior - 14th level.  General Al-Siddiq, Neutral Evil.  2 seventh level and 4 third level warriors serve as his highest ranking deputies, and are ranked as Captains (Al-Kassim and Jaspar) and Commanders (Imaad, Jameal, Nazmil ibn Udeen, and Rachard).  These are Saudian soldiers and enforce the will of Yam ibn Saud.

Guards/Soldiers: 100 full time guards/soldiers (Saudians), 500 militia (Gamba Fighters).

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Community Descriptions:

Visual: Most of the town is very orderly and laid out, with noble and wealthy estates on the northern outskirts of town.  To the south is the beginning of the Great Swamp.  The southern portion of Hrothton is far newer than the northern section, although both sections are built on top of ancient ruins.  Graveyards and swamplands dominate the landscape around Hrothton, lending it quite a foreboding air.

Behavior: Citizens are on edge, pushed by Yam ibn Saud's men, yet wanting to be loyal to their beloved leader, Lady Kia. Lady Kia's black warriors from across the Sea of Storms are accorded respect by the population, but the Saudians are reviled (in secret). Still, the population greets strangers with smiles and volunteer whatever information they may have, once the stranger has shown himself to be non-Saudian.  They are outwardly emotional, and judge people instinctively.

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