Kintargo

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Kintargo

(City)

Titles

Silver City

Nation

Ravounel

Region

Archduchy of Ravounel

Level

7

Size

Large city

Population

4719 AR: Nearly 12,000

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4715 AR: 12,500

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Demographics

4715 AR: 10,115 humans, 476 halflings, 357 cambions, 119 aiuvarins, 833 others

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Government

4719 AR: Council

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4715 AR: Overlord (formerly autocracy)

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Alignment

Chaotic good

Demonym

Kintargan

Adjective

Kintargan

Ruler

4719 AR: Silver Council

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4715 AR: Domina Jilia Bainilus

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Leader

4715 AR: Corinstian Grivenner, High Priest of Asmodeus; Court of Coin (former)

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Images of Kintargo

Source: In Hell's Bright Shadow, pg(s). 58-73 (1E)
Tomorrow Must Burn, pg(s). 62–63 (2E)

Kintargo, also known as the Silver City, is the capital of Ravounel and is situated on Nisroch Bay at the mouth of the Yolubilis River. It is the main harbor for ships heading north to Varisia and west to Anchor's End.

Geography

The skyline of Kintargo, showing Castle Kintargo in the left foreground on Argo Isle, and the spires of Alabaster Academy in the distance across the mouth of the Yolubilis River. The domed People's Temple (formerly the Temple of Asmodeus) is visible in the right foreground.

Kintargo sprawls from the Yolubilis River's northeastern shore onto part of Argo Isle in the river's mouth. As is true in much of Ravounel, summers are warm and humid and winters are long, cold, and rainy winters heavy with fog.

Districts

The city is divided into north and south ends by the Yolubilis River, with the two halves connected by Bleakbridge, over which the city publicly and sternly prohibits the collection of any tolls. It is further divided into eight districts, three in the north and five in the south:

North Kintargo

• The Greens, its dual-walled noble district at the city's northeast border. The Silver Road leads out of this district's eastern gates. Under Ravounel, the Silver Council meets here in the Counting House pending the completion of renovations to the People's Temple.
• Schools make up much of the Villegre District in northwestern Kintargo, including the famed Alabaster Academy. As of 4719 AR, admissions to these institutions had recently fallen alongside rents, making it viable for newcomers to the city.
• The deep waters of Yolubilis Harbor make it Kintargo's primary river port. The southern shore is lined with merchants with Bleakbridge itself doubling as the city's main marketplace. The northern Nightways Gate is rarely used except to welcome visitors from Nidal on the Night Road; under Ravounel, it connects Kintargo to Cypress Point three days' travel to the east.

South Kintargo

• The Castle District fills the northwestern point of southern Kintargo. Castle Kintargo hosted the city's seat of government under Cheliax and has become the city's administrative, military, and prison base under Ravounel.
• Jarvis End, just west of the city's southern center, hosts its vibrant arts scene and nightlife, and the Kintargo Opera House is its centerpiece. Under Chelaxian rule, Barzillai Thrune occupied the opera house as his residence; under Ravounel, the Silver Ravens use the space as their headquarters. Aria Park, immediately south of the opera house, is the city's largest public meeting space.
• Old Kintargo, which served as the main river port before moving to Yolubilis Harbor, is located on the west end of the south side and borders the river's western fork. Much of the city's salt and fishing trades operate from this district, including the Sallix Salt Works. Ravounel Road leads out of this district's broken southern gate, also known as the Salt Gate.
• The southeastern Redroof district features residential and commercial buildings, including Kintargo's lower- and middle-class housing. Under Cheliax, the district was known for its cambion slums.
• Temple Hill, located east of the southern city center, is anchored by the People's Temple that serves as the current seat of government under the rule of Ravounel and was previously the Temple of Asmodeus under House Thrune and the Temple to Aroden under old Cheliax.

Government

Since the Kintargan Rebellion, Kintargo is led by the Silver Council, which was originally formed to coordinate the rebellion. It now consists of Ravounel's noble houses and Kintargan citizens of wealth and influence, replacing the Court of Coin that advised leadership during the Chelaxian era. As of 4719 AR, Kintargo was engaged in active diplomacy with representatives from Nidal toward establishing a formal relationship and trade.

Barzillai Thrune shuttered the House of Truth and Clarity courthouse during the Kintargan Rebellion and converted it into a political prison and execution site. One of the Silver Council's first acts after the rebellion was to reopen it.

History

Lord-Mayor Barzillai Thrune taunts Kintargans before the Kintargan Rebellion.

Much of Kintargo's distant past is unknown, in part due to suspected tampering with historical documents and records by agents of House Thrune. Records date the city's official recognition to 3213 AR, when Cheliax was a province of Taldor and the Taldan "Red General" Cherletra Andos named herself Kintargo's first lord-mayor. However, by this point Kintargo was already a small fishing town and evidence existed of older settlements on Argo Isle.

Under Cheliax, Kintargo was part of the Archduchy of Ravounel. In 4337–4338 AR, Cheliax used the city as its forward staging point for its successful invasion of Nidal, after which the Chelish Navy retained a larger presence in part due to its proximity to the vices of Vyre. However, the relatively cosmopolitan city gained a reputation for harboring Chelaxian dissidents, particularly after House Thrune ascended to rule Cheliax over Ravounel's protestations for independence in 4606 AR.

When House Thrune attempted to install loyalists in power over the Archduchy and rein in its rebellious tendencies during Cheliax's conflict with the Glorious Reclamation in 4715 AR, it set into motion the Kintargan Rebellion, which began with the violent Night of Ashes in Arodus of that year. The conflict escalated into the secession of Ravounel from Cheliax by way of a loophole discovered in the Kintargo Contract that had bound the region to House Thrune's rule.

The rebellion was led by a modern incarnation of the Silver Ravens and coordinated by the Silver Council, both based in Kintargo and which remained active in the affairs of both Kintargo and Ravounel after their forces drove Cheliax into a non-aggression pact. Kintargo was briefly a fully indepndent city led by Lord-Mayor Jilia Bainilus in 4716 AR, then became capital of newly independent Ravounel in 4717 AR with Bainilus as the nation's leader as Domina.

Culture

Laria Longroad, proprietor of the Long Roads Coffeehouse in Kintargo.

Kintargo has long been a cultural capital famed for its art and entertainment, particularly the Kintargo Opera House and the more raucous Little Miss Drurie's dance hall in Jarvis End. It is also a meeting point for rebels and dissidents across the Inner Sea region, particularly the Opera House that remains the Silver Ravens' headquarters as well as the Long Roads Coffeehouse owned by prominent Silver Raven and Bellflower Network tiller Laria Longroad.

Religion

For details on religion in Kintargo under Chelaxian rule, see History of Kintargo.

After Ravounel's independence Kintargo reconsecrated temples to deities previously prohibited under Cheliax, and damaged or destroyed under Barzillai Thrune.

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Economy

Kintargo's bustling riverside docks export salt, seafood, and silver. It trades with the other cities along Conqueror's Bay. The Vashnarstill Shipyard is the region's most prominent, and is known for its long history, good wages, and quality craftmanship.

Its nickname of Silver City comes from its trade in silver as well as the silver salmon who annually run the Yolubilis River and the white stone streaked with silver from which much of the city's buildings are built.

Much of Kintargo's food supply comes from farmers of Ravounel's North Plains. Some of the granite used in Kintargan construction was quarried in Whiterock, located about 40–45 miles south of the city upstream along the Yolubilis River on the Silver Road. However, as of 4719 AR its quarries had been closed for nearly a decade.

Prominent places of business in Kintargo include the Newt Market of rare goods in Villegre; the War Cage weapons shop; and Sunset Imports, which was more prosperous under the rule of House Thrune.

Organizations

Shensen, Kintargan opera diva and prominent leader of the Silver Ravens.

For details about organizations active under Chelaxian rule, see History of Kintargo.

Silver Ravens

The Silver Ravens were among the dissidents to House Thrune's ascension to the throne of Cheliax in 4606 AR and subsequently forced to concede Ravounel's rule. A new band of Silver Ravens inspired by their predecessors began organizing in 4715 AR.

Order of the Torrent

The Order of the Torrent is a small sect of historically nomadic Hellknights. During the Kintargan Rebellion, then-Lord-Mayor Barzillai Thrune outlawed the order, looted its Citadel Vaull, and replaced them with the Order of the Rack. After the rebellion, the Kintargan government evicted the Order of the Rack as loyalists of House Thrune, and the Order of the Torrent was granted a new home in Castle Kintargo.

Other factions

• The Bellflower Network operates out of Kintargo and was targeted during the Night of Ashes.
• The Red Jills and River Talons are Kintargo's most organized criminal gangs.
• The Lacunafex is a network of spies secretly trained in Lady Docur's School for Girls.

References

Paizo set the Hell's Rebels Pathfinder Adventure Path largely in Kintargo and the surrounding lands, and published a map and details about Kintargo in pages 17–19 of the Hell's Rebels Player's Guide; a major article and map in In Hell's Bright Shadow on pages 58-73; and two poster maps, including a bird's-eye view depiction of the city, in the Hell's Rebels Poster Map Folio. Paizo also set the Age of Ashes Adventure Path issue Tomorrow Must Burn in Kintargo, including a gazetteer of the city post-revolution.

For additional as-yet unincorporated sources about this subject, see the Meta page.