Karelia Province

Karelia, City of Cats
As your battered junk-ship pulls into port, the calls of gulls and dinging of ship bells ring in your ears - a welcome sound after your horrific sea battle. The sun is warm on your faces and the soft breeze carries with it the smells of a city - chimney smoke, fresh fish, damp weathered wood.

Branching docks and boat-yards line the coast and shouts from fishermen can be heard as your boat draws closer. You can't help but notice an enormous chain, half submerged, stretched taught across the entire harbor, preventing entry from larger craft. Your small boat can easily sail through one of the gargantuan links.

Upon entering the port, you begin make out details of the city. Most of the city is colored in sandy brick. The skyline is a collage of whimsical rooftops punctuated by elaborate spires, many of which are ornamented with bronze colored fish. Upon docking the ship, you notice that each set of docks are flanked by a pair of large, sandstone cat statues, standing sentinel before the city. The port is bustling with salty-looking sailors, merchants in turbans with well-manicured beards and cats. The cats mill about with the people; stealthily stalking clumsy fishermen

Prominent Features:


 * University of Karelia                                                                                                                        University.JPG
 * Languages spoken: common primarily
 * Cat sanctuary
 * The Sun Basilica, Temple to The Light of Kiltia
 * Castle Raminas, Home of House Karelia
 * Theives Guild
 * Thurmaturgy Syndicate
 * Maurader's Guild (aka the Freeblades)
 * Architecture Guild
 * Finecraftian Guild (goldsmiths, weavers, culinarian)
 * Barheim Restaurant

The Queensyard
Farmland has never been so sweet. The lands surrounding Karelia City are nutrient-rich and bountiful. Fruit and olive orchards, root-fields, and vineyards dot the landscape and provide the Karelian people with ripe produce and vibrant preserves year-round. Muscmaloi flowers dominate any uncultivated land, adding a beautiful buttery yellow glow and a sweet mellow perfume to the countryside in spring and early summer.