Tarnir

Population: 27,000 (approx.)

Tarnir is a city of tall forbidding buildings and dark alleyways. Regarded with suspicion in the rest of the empire, it is nevertheless the most important place in all of Voronia, acting as both its governmental hub and its largest trade post. It is said that if you cannot find a thing in Tarnir, it does not exist. The retort is usually that the man from Tarnir must have stolen it.

Tarnir is built on a hill that rises steeply out of the surrounding forest. It has a two-tiered structure, with an outer and inner set of sturdy stone walls. Anyone may enter the outer wall freely, but to carry goods to the markets in the inner circle requires a tax to be paid. Selling goods in the outer circle is prohibited, but all this means is that Tarnir has the most extensive and comprehensive black market in the Empire. Unlike most of the rest of Voronia, Tarnir is quite metropolitan and diverse, playing host to all manner of elves, dwarves, halflings and even stranger folk, for all have something to offer and something to gain.