Antoma

Introduction

The city of Antoma sits to the north and west of the river Nemus which begins up in the mountains to the east and flows through Icallany nestled in the mountains to the west while it is still young. The river is deep and narrow where is passes to the south-east of the city, and it is crossed by a broad, ornate stone bridge just before the city gate on the road from Purnastus along the coast to the south.

To the north roads lead out of to the north to Obsecum and to the west into the mountains and to the city of Gollotta. Mid-way along the Gollotta road is the town of Ferrenus, which fronts the logging and charcoal activities of the Berrecha forest to the south of the town. Antoma provides the main export point for this logging, the city's port is well suited for these heavy exports, although it can only support smaller ships.

The city also supports a strong farming community across the rolling hills to the north, and winemaking from the vineyards of the rolling slopes to the south. Towards the sea to the east, wetlands provide peat marshes which have traditionally provided fuel supplies for the local inhabitants. These peat marshes still provide the farms to the north, but these are being overtaken by the charcoal supplies from the west in modern times. These natural resources make the city a strong manufacturing base, particularly for farm implements and tools, which it also exports by road and sea.

Demographics

The city population is around 75,000, which is smaller than many cities of ["Arthea"]. The main population is human, but there are around about 5000 elves living among the humans. Halflings also make up around 2000 of the inhabitants. There is no gnomish population, and only around 150 dwarves live in the city.

Halflings tend to be farmers, or tend to work in the farming support industries. Elves seem to gather to the south-west and are often employed as craftsmen or providing magical services to the nobility. Dwarfs in the city are mostly brought in on contract to work as architectural consultants (a role they've played since the earliest days of Empire), miners or guards.

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