Svartrau City

The capital itself, the court's seat, and the Cathedral.

Svartrau is the capital of Vale Sangora and the seat of Brencis's court. It contains the district of Silverkreis and the Cathedral, and it is the one place where being a vrakhir after dark is both your best tool and your worst idea.

From Coen's journal

Svartrau is the city at the heart of Vale Sangora – and the place where all roads lead.

It used to be a rich and lively town, but the last two years have taken their toll. Many people died of the plague, others – mostly nobles – were killed by Brencis after his coup.

The new knyaz might have put an end to the plague, but there have been other problems. Today, those debilitated or orphaned by the plague flock to the cathedral steps, hoping for a warm meal. After dusk, they crawl back to the shadows, while vrakhiri blood-addicts and other shady types take over the streets. Despite the guards' best efforts, Svartrau is hardly a safe place.

On the other hand, it's still the liveliest place in the valley. It consists of four districts.

The rich merchants – as well as those few nobles who bent the knee quickly enough for Brencis to spare them – live in Silberstein.

The place where merchants sell their goods is called Altenmarkt, and is by far the most crowded part of the city.

The Middens, on the other hand, are almost abandoned. This is where the plague hit the hardest. Only beggars and shady characters dwell there nowadays.

And then, there's Neustadt – a relatively small, Jewish district. The Jewish community keeps mostly to itself and tries to avoid provoking the knyaz. They understand better than most how precarious our lives are now.

What is marked here

  • Shrine (fast travel)16
  • Enemy camp7
  • Abandoned house6
  • Brencis's banner5
  • House5
  • Gate4
  • Destroyed shrine3
  • Tower3
  • Bandit camp2
  • Man against man2
  • General store1
  • Haunted place1
  • Monster nest1
  • Pillory1
  • Village1

58 marked places in Svartrau City, counted off the game's own map.

What the valley calls its places

  • Almshouse
  • Altenmarkt
  • Blood Guard Training Camp
  • Butcher
  • Cathedral Tower
  • Curious House
  • Dragosti Gate
  • Hidden Shrine
  • Ioana's House
  • Knyaz's Road
  • Manumit Hideout
  • Market Tower
  • Middens
  • Neustadt Tower
  • North East Gate
  • North West Gate
  • Ocha's Hideout
  • Prince's Crossing
  • Sandy Gorge
  • Silberstein
  • South Gate
  • St. Mihai's Road
  • St. Rudel's Cemetery
  • St. Tobias's Bridge
  • Svartrau
  • Svartrau North East
  • Svartrau North West
  • Svartrau Northern Crossroads
  • Svartrau Outskirts
  • Svartrau South
  • Svartrau West
  • The Middens
  • Vedera Shallows
  • Vicho's House
  • West Gate
  • Yawning Burrow

36 names the game gives to places in Svartrau City, read off its own map pins. Names it reuses across the valley, such as Bandit Camp, are counted above instead.

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