Stone

Stone boasts the most skillful architects and masons in the Wide World. The district is their workshop and their showroom. Each architect displays their masterpieces in the district’s squares, forums, and thoroughfares. The bridges of Stone are colossal statues providing egress; the public fountains are instruments that play music as they burble; the apartment buildings rise as high as cathedrals.

Sensations:

Massive monoliths tower around you. Triumphal arches detail conquests of human noble houses. The white marble flagstones kick up the sun’s light and heat, but long shadows of towering statues provide islands of cool air. Cathedral-like skyscrapers grow up from busy public squares. Grotesque faces poke out from the sides of the building, leering down at you.

Rumor:

The gargoyles are not what they seem. Some of them are devils with stone skin that hide amongst the statuary during the day but creep out to do wickedness at night. Adventurers brought them up from the Underworld, they did.

Special City Action:

• Commission gargoyle: For 50g, you can commission a gargoyle of anything you want. This might be a comical bust of your rival to lampoon him or a flattering portrayal of yourself. These gargoyles will thereafter be much loved and admired by the folk of Stone.