Spiral City

Spiral City
An oddity in the modern world, Spiral City has maintained its early roots as a city built upon the hard work of enslaved peoples. Shortly after the Period of Ruination, a band of warriors under the command of Lieutenant Black began capturing the survivors from nearby settlements. Within a couple of years, what had begun as a small military and trading camp had become a large town. Dozens of people flocked to the early settlement in the hope that by joining it, they would not be enslaved. All the while, the captured slaves continued to build the houses, tills the fields, and - in some cases - capture more slaves.

By the collapse of the Rommulite Empire in 698PR, Spiral City had reached its maximum capacity. The natural defences of the mountain into which it is built meant that the city could not expand its walls, while hostile neighbours meant that its people could not venture far outside of its walls. As such, the city has remained much the same in terms of population ever since. To ensure that overcrowding does not become an issue, every year a purge is performed in which one hundred citizens are enslaved.

Owing to its close proximity to the Grand Imperium Arcarnum, Spiral City is often the first point of call for wealthy Grand Imperium Arcarnum nobles when an item or act of dubious nature is required. Additionally, Spiral City has previously provided the empire with slave soldiers.