Port Nyanzaru/Old City

The Old City of Port Nyanzaru was a run-down ward located on the outside of the settlement's outer walls. Unlike the slum of Tiryki Anchorage, it was rather safe from crime.

Features
The ward comprised three, crumbling old ziggurats surrounded by ramshackle huts and longhouses constructed of bamboo and thatch.

Inhabitants
The Old City was home to many of Port Nyanzaru's laborers or other poorer citizens.

Government
In contrast to the merchant princes of the city proper, Port Nyanzaru's Old City was run by a number of "beggar princes". These criminal leaders held sway over local residents by means of financial debts, blackmail, and enforcers that collected on favors. They operated in anonymity and their actual ranks changed repeatedly.

Locations

 * Beggar's Palaces:
 * The ward's two larger ziggurats served as the palaces of Old City's beggar princes.


 * Executioner's Run:
 * This stone-covered pit was used for capital punishment and entertainment. Criminals were thrown into the pit with dangerous beasts, such as panthers or velociraptors, and forced to run across its length to stay alive. Crowds gathered along the sides of the pit and gambled on the fate of those that were being punished.


 * Refuse Pit:
 * A few otyughs at the bottom of this sinkhole, along with vermin and undead that wandered by, consumed the garbage, rancid waste and corpses that were dumped within.