Einacques

Settlement Type: Town

Terraine: Island

Population: 4784

Description:

The island-town of Einacques is the capital of the Eastward Isles, a collection of islands claimed by the Kingdom of Anesina.  Einacques is a busteling harbor town, with the majority of seagoing traffic using the deep bay on the northern side of the island. The aptly named Foulwater Bay sees dozens of ships of all sizes come and go on a daily basis, and also serves as the main runoff for the island-city's sewers. Experienced sailors claim they can tell they're close to Einacques by the distinctive stench of Foulwater Bay on the wind.

The majority of Einacques's commerce and industry is focused on trade, but a significant employer of locals is the government. As the capital of the Eastward Isles, Einacques serves as the administrative center for the Kingdom. The courts are situated there, as well as the headquarters of the Third Fleet, charged with keeping the seas around the islands safe for travel and trade. 

The island-town is crowded, the population consisting predominantly of elves and humans, who live in very close proximity to one another. The streets of the town are winding, the houses and buildings on some parts of the community built so close together that they eclipse the sun, throwing some lanes into perpetual darkness.

Einacques particular claim to fame is that it was the site of the last battle Anesina's Annexation Wars, 448 years ago.  The waters around the island were the site of a vicious seabattle with no quarter given on either side.  The local fleet was decimated by the Anesinaen Navy, consolidating their reputation as the dominant sea power in Hura.  The leader of the holdouts, a man known simply as Garion the Black was executed and his remains burned and buried in an unmarked grave somewhere on the northern side of the island.  

There are persistant legends that Garion the Black had hidden his war chest of gold and jewels somewhere on Einacques, and every few years some harebrained group of adventurers will arrive on the island and start poking around for it.  To date no one has found so much as a copper piece. Scholars and local loremasters deny the existence of such a treasure, but the rumors continue to persist.