#cryxia lore

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If you want to go to the slums, make sure to set aside at least a few weeks for exploration, and let people know that you're going in. If you don't live there, you will get lost. The slums form a ring around the inner part of the city and extend for at least half a mlan both up and down. The entire place is akin to a maze, and some frequent Venturers swear that the layout changes slightly every time they come back.

However, the people who live in the slums are some of the kindest, most hard-working kobolds you'll ever meet. If you're lucky, you can line up for a yearlong stew for the anniversary of some special event! More commonly, though, are chopped meats and small breads. Almost all families in the area cook way too much for them to eat themselves, and they'd gladly sell what's left over to a hungry Venturer. You can't beat the price, and the taste has a simple robustness that's really hard to find elsewhere.

While the slums should normally be avoided at all costs, they're a great spot for a break when you're free for a few weeks. One could even build a house or shack there, but that's some lore for later.

Until then, pack your Venture bag and get ready to tackle the Slums!

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About Cryxia

The city, that is. I'm thinking about changing the names of other parts of the setting to something that's not "Cryxia".

While I haven't drawn it this way, I swear this is the way that it is: Cryxia is a very crowded and jumbled-together mess of a city on the edge of the mountains. It is actually one of the most recently inhabited cities in the setting, but was built and abandoned long ago.

The center and slums of the city are impossible to navigate to any but those who live in them. Anyone else is likely to find themselves turned around or lost in them for quite a while. However, people that live in the slums can do amazing things with food, making the slums a perpetual tourist trap.

Cryxia is ruled by Kery, the young monarch. He isn't the most effective leader, but he has enthusiasm. Most people in town know him personally, and he considers them his friends. He's been known to shirk his responsibilities at times to go visit the town or his best friend.

In charge of the technological, scientific, and educational aspects of Cryxia is Draco. She's still not sure how she got the job, but she does something ingenious by accident every few months or so, so she stays. She still seems more inclined to go adventuring than stay in her office all day, as she sometimes disappears for weeks on end before reappearing with some new "invention" (read: some repurposed ancient artifact) and a couple battle scars.

Water is gained in Cryxia from a seemingly endless supply of fresh, pure water underneath the city. It seems as though a large crystal is its source.

There are very spacious catacombs underneath the city. Much of it has been reintegrated into the city, as storage or housing, but many remains unexplored. A system of elevators takes excited prospectors down to explore and up to the surface.

Sandstorms are rough in Cryxia's outskirts, but the city is well-built and never sways under the winds. It takes a while to sweep all of the sand off of the roads and rooftops, though.

Cryxia is close enough to the mountains for psychic storms to not be an issue.

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Do Kobolds go on vacation? If so, where?

Kobolds rarely go on vacation, but when they do it's to go see another city. The cities are all radically different from one another, and they all have their own especially delicious food.

Cryxia has new tech, the slums (with a vast undercity), and spicy street food.

Garden has big, tall buildings, with a large portion of the city touching the clouds. They make wonderful tea and coffee there.

There are other cities too but we'll deal with them later.