Pahmey

Pahmey is a large city in western Qaelin, Eloria. Home to half a million people, Pahmey is the second largest city in Qaelin (following the capital of Yintao). Bailey Berin described the city as "a jumbled hive--a place of rickety workshops, soaring towers, dirty alleyways, and magnificent pagodas of gold and silver" and a city that "celebrates color and life".

Located north of the Inaro River, Pahmey's most distinguishable features are its many towers of crystals and glass, each glowing with inner lights. Once ruled by the Chanku warriors, Pahmey was later governed by a council of wise old elders.

Some locations in Pahmey include:

Minlao Palace:  The palace from which the city elders govern. The tallest tower in Pahmey, it rises in the center of the city, topped with a glass dome.

The Green Geode:  A pleasure house owned by Nukari. There he sells both hintan, an intoxicating spice, and the pleasures of the yezyani -- female entertainers trained to sing, dance, and flirt.

The Temple: a great temple with a glass dome where philosophers worship the stars.

The Night Castle: A great pagoda with five tiers of blue-tiled roofs. The main barracks of the citys' defenders.

The Fat Philospher:  A rickety old tavern renowned for its mushroom stew.

Bluefeather Corner:  A square in the dregs. Surrounding the square are the Fat Philosopher, an old soothsayer, a seashell shop, and a corral of bluefeathers-for-hire.

Soot Valley:  The industrial neighborhood of the city. Smiths, masons, tanners, weavers, cobblers, and dozens of other masters labor here in squat shops.

The Market:  A sprawling labyrinth of streets and alleyways lined with peddler stalls.

The Boardwalk:  A bustling hub of fishermen and traders located outside the city walls along the Inaro river.

The Library:  A towering dome full of books and scrolls.