Jrusar

Jrusar
Official art of Jrusar, by Clara. From left to right: the Lucent Spire, the Smolder Spire, the Core Spire, the Aerie Spire, and the Lantern Spire.
General Information
Full name	Jrusar
Leader	Chandei Quorum
Guard unit	Wardens of Jrusar
Location Information
Plane	Material Plane (Exandria)
Continent	Marquet
Region	Oderan Wilds
Districts	Aerie Spire Core Spire Lantern Spire Lucent Spire Smolder Spire
Points of interest	Starpoint Conservatory Ascension's Rise Fownsee Hollow Prakash Pyre Elder's Post
Societal Information
Affiliation	Chandei Quorum

Jrusar (pronounced /ˌdʒruːˈsɑr/) is the capital city of the Oderan Wilds in northwestern Marquet.

Description

Fan made map of Jrusar, by Son of Joxer.

Jrusar is marked by five reddish rocky spires rising hundreds of feet above the jungle around and between them. The spires are connected, in part, by wire gondolas, which are available for public use for a small fee (1 sp) and which are controlled in part by stone automatons. The only rigid bridge connecting any of the spires is the Fatewalk, a wide stone bridge hundreds of feet long that connects the Core Spire and the Lantern Spire.

Near the steps at the base of Jrusar live outcasts and people who wish to be free of the city's business structure.

Aerie Spire

The Aerie Spire is the tallest of the five spires but is thinner than the Core Spire, and most of the construction on it is toward its top.

• Starpoint Conservatory: One of the two famous universities in the city.
• Ascension's Rise: The other famous university.
• A skyport for skyships.

Core Spire

Fan art of Fownsee Hollow, by Cers @Cersonality.

The Core Spire is the largest, but not the tallest, of the spires.

• The Chandei Chambers: The the well-guarded meeting place of the Chandei Quorum atop the Core Spire.
• The Dayal Hall: A private school serving people of all economic backgrounds.
• Fownsee Hollow: In the center of the Spire, hundreds of feet of climbable space with a network of ladders, walkways, cables, ropes, and rafters; numerous tunnels lead out from the unsupervised, ramshackle hovels to the streets. It is "where people go to disappear."
  • The Krook House: Where Ashton and FCG live in the Fownsee Hollow.
• The Mirror Towers: A guild district of four towers located near the top of the spire. The Mirror Towers can be seen in the official art, at the top of the central Core Spire.
  • Moon Tower
• The Windowed Wall (Viduun-Devaar): A residential neighborhood on the outside of the Spire near the base, with hundreds of homes featuring porches that offer a view. Home of Laudna, Imogen, and Dugger.
  • Dugger's house
  • Madam Zhudanna's house
  • The Vertical Gardens: A garden within the Windowed Wall.
• Eshteross Manor (formerly the Prudaj Estate): Home of the reclusive Lord Ariks Eshteross.
• The Prism Emporium: A general store on the main road high on the Spire. Owned and operated by Tuyen Otwana.
• The Spire by Fire Inn: A six-story tavern built into the rock on the edge of the Spire.
• Dreamscape Theater: An ostentatious theater owned by Stuvan Idrio.

Lantern Spire

Official art of the streets of Jrusar, by Clara.

Those entering the city on foot do so through the Lantern Spire, which has a thriving market in travel and tourist goods.

• The Dawnfather Temple: A temple of Pelor.
  • The Prakash Pyre: The namesake of the Lantern Spire, within the Dawnfather Temple.
• Elder's Post: A large cavern and grey market in the interior of the spire reached by a network of subterranean residential tunnels.
  • Advik's Wandering Curiosities and Collections: A curio shop operated by Advik.
  • The Root Trader: An apothecary and secret safehouse of the Hubatt Corsairs.
  • The Trove of Marwa: A general goods shop run by Marwa Endalia.
  • Yohaurag Smithy
• Prudaj Textiles: A warehouse operated by Lord Eshteross and formerly by Mistress Prudaj.
• The Weary Way Tavern: A tavern on the spire.

Lucent Spire

The Lucent Spire is home to many wealthy denizens of Jrusar.

• The Diamond Horizon: A high-end bathhouse.
• Hexum Manor: Home of Jiana Hexum.
• Lumas Manor: Home of House Lumas.

Smolder Spire

To the northwest of the Core Spire, the smallest spire serves as the industrial area of the city. It is full of factories belching colored smoke, and there is a lot of mining of metal, fuel, and gems. There are also some residential portions.

• Factories
• The Granite Hold: A prison
• Gurge Kisgregg's house
• The Soot and Swill Tavern: A drinking establishment
• The Take It or Leave It: Possibly a drinking establishment

Society

Demographics

Because Jrusar's skyship port, like Ank'Harel's, is considered "open" instead of the more closed-off ones elsewhere on the continent, Jrusar is a cultural mixing pot, borrowing rites from many traditions.

People of many races commingle in Jrusar, to a greater degree than typically seen in Exandria: humans, dark elves, dragonborn, dwarves, eisfuura, elves, gnomes, goblins, goliaths, halflings, katari, ogres, orcs, pachydans, half-elves, and half-orcs, among others. The city is also home to uniya, people who are both half-orc and half-elf.

Notable people

Name	Type	Associated Spire	Description
Anni Aughta	NPC	Core Spire	An uniya performer planning to audition for the Dreamscape Theater.
Ariks Eshteross	NPC	Core Spire	A wealthy elderly orc who carries around a cane and has notable status within the city.
Dugger	NPC	Core Spire	A dwarven member of the Hubatt Corsairs.
Effid	NPC	Core Spire	An eisfuura who lives in the Fownsee Hollow.
Evelyn Wress	NPC	Core Spire	A middle-aged elven woman who helps Lord Eshteross run his estate.
Ishir	NPC	Core Spire	A katari who operates the Spire by Fire Inn.
Milo Krook	NPC	Core Spire	A human who runs the Krook House, a kind of almshouse in the Fownsee Hollow.
Mistress Prudaj	NPC	Core Spire	Now-deceased wealthy benefactress of Jrusar who left her estate to Lord Eshteross.
Stuvan Idrio	NPC	Core Spire	A half-elven man who owns the Dreamscape Theater.
Tefta	NPC	Core Spire	A gnomish woman who manages finances at the Dreamscape Theater.
Vali Dertrana	NPC	Core Spire	The elven or half-elven business commissioner of the Mirror Towers.
Zhudanna	NPC	Core Spire	A human who runs a guest house in the Viduun-Devaar.
Advik	NPC	Lantern Spire	A human merchant who owns Advik's Wandering Curiosities and Collections in Elder's Post.
Ephred	NPC	Lantern Spire	An elven baker who sells his wares in Elder's Post.
Kamala the Maven	NPC	Lantern Spire	A half-orc woman who runs the Weary Way Tavern.
Ovalia	NPC	Lantern Spire	The dragonborn owner of the Root Trader.
Yash Mangal	NPC	Lantern Spire	A half-elf who serves as a de facto leader of the Hubatt Corsairs.
Ela Lumas	NPC	Lucent Spire	A human woman who is the ginang (head) of House Lumas.
Jiana Hexum	NPC	Lucent Spire	An elven woman who Ashton Greymoore once tried to rob and now works for.
Oshad "The Anger" Breshio	NPC	Lucent Spire	A renowned bodyguard, who had done work for the Lumas Twins before he was badly injured.
Artana Voe	NPC	Smolder Spire	An uniya bounty hunter.
Preio Madali	NPC	Smolder Spire	An uniya co-owner of the Soot and Swill Tavern.
Pretty	NPC	Smolder Spire	An ogre cook who works at the Soot and Swill Tavern.

Nobility

There are several noble houses in the Oderan Wilds, known as the Mahaan houses, and many of them live in Jrusar, benefiting from their position. However, others are genuinely benign and try their best to improve the city.

Some of the noble houses are the following:

• House Lumas
• House Treshi: as of 843 PD, overseers official constructions in the part of the Core Spire.

Factions

• Guro Coterie
• The Chandei Quorum oversees and controls the larger populace of the region.
  • The Wardens of Jrusar, colloquially known as "Wilders", are the guards and law enforcement of the city working for the Quorum. Some of them are simurgh riders, called Sky Wardens.
• The Ivory Syndicate, a criminal organization which seems to operate unchecked in Jrusar and across the Honored Trails.
• The Hubatt Corsairs, an up-and-coming criminal organization that robs the corrupt rich and gives their takings to the poor. They are in frequent conflict with the Syndicate.

Trivia

• Sillgoats are used as draft animals in the city.
• Jrusar doesn't have conventional sewers, instead relying on downward-draining holes that empty directly at the base of each spire.

Gallery

Fan art of Jrusar, by Son of Joxer.

Fan art of Jrusar, by BlackSalander.

Fan art of Jrusar, by Sam "Qelric" Spencer.

Fan art of Jrusar, by Cers @Cersonality.

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