Hometowns - Minsc and Boo's Journal of Villainy

Hometowns. The following four cities and towns can be used for the starting point of a campaign. These cities and towns also work well as locations for adventures or another place to spend all the gold that player characters will likely accumulate. These locations also work well as the lair for the campaign villain. Athkatla Population: 122,000 (90% humans, 8% halflings, 2% other) Government: Oligarchy, led by the Council of Six Defense: Amn army Commerce: Ale, armor, grain, horses, iron, jewelry, weapons Organizations: Cowled Wizards, Shadow Thieves Religions: Waukeen (dominant), Helm, Sune, Milil, Selûne, Lathander, Cyric Athkatla, the City of Coin, is one of the wealthiest cities in all of Faerûn. The capital of the mercantile nation of Amn, nearly every aspect of life in Athkatla revolves money and commerce. Its wealth and affluence are so well known that legends in foreign lands contend the city's streets are literally paved with gold... though if this were true, some enterprising citizens would long ago have found some way to extract the treasures from the cobblestones. The City of Coin never sleeps-it is constantly abuzz with the haggling and machinations of ruthlessly competitive merchants, peddlers, hustlers, con artists and criminals... though in Amn the lines between these groups is often blurred. In Athkatla, money is power, and there is a stark contrast between those who possess it and those who do not. The influential organizations that run the city's economy-such as the oppressive Cowled Wizards, the enigmatic Shadow Thieves, or the obscenely wealthy mercantile houses-act with unfettered impunity, answering only to themselves. Those who fall on the lower rungs of the social ladder-like the poor who dwell in the slums of the River District-have no recourse to the authorities or the law. For them, life in the City of Coin is a daily struggle to survive where danger lurks around every corner. Officially, Athkatla is ruled by the Council of Six. Althou...