Meshesham



Dragon Overlord: Jaerux - Blue Dragon

Founding
High upon cliffs that look over the western ocean, sits the mighty port city of Meshesham. The Blue City began as a small fishing village whose fishermen would climb stone steps down the nearly one-hundred foot cliffs to reach their boats. Legend has it that there was a terrible shortage of fish before the city had its dragon overlord. For nine months, not a single fish could be caught. Worried, the local wise men and clerics began a ritual to request aid from Bahamut. After 9 days of continuous prayer, the sky thundered and a blue dragon fly towards the village. As the dragon soared towards the famished Dragonbord, a train of storm clouds followed and soon covered the horizon as far as the eye could see. This mighty storm caused the fish to surface and ended the famine the town had been suffering. From that day on, the village of Meshesham had its protector and continued to grow tremendously throughout the many years since its famine.

Architecture
The people of the Blue City are a seafaring bunch; their homes are not wood or stone buildings, but the open sea. Because of this, Meshesham is devoid of the many statues and giant murals that decorate many other Arkoshian cities as the citizens are never around to see them. Homes and other buildings are built, destroyed and rebuilt (in order keep up with the ever-changing styles) seemingly as quickly as the tides change for the people of the Blue City are constantly exposed to many cultures and fashions in this diverse city. Due to this, it is not uncommon to see a house of dwarvish design next to one of halfling design both bordered by a garden of vegetation found only in the Feywild.

Culture
Because of the constant movement of the inhabitants of the Blue City, the strict class hierarchy that plagues Arkoshians everywhere is far less pronounced. Everyone is either just returning from a long voyage with goods to trade or just about to leave for an even longer voyage; there is simply no time for ordering the different groups of dragon-kin that inhabit Meshesham. Here, kobolds have more freedom than any other part of the empire and many of which have gained sizeable fortunes and respect among their Dragonborn cousins.

Current Events
The Blue City is perhaps the least touched city by the current war with Bael Turath. Not that the Dragonborn of the Blue City lack patriotism, they are simply too busy trading cargo from city to city to be involved in the politics of the day.

Local Color
Population: 65,000 Dragonborn, 10,000 kobolds

Ruling Clan: Truescale Clan

Districts: Lower Docks, Upper Docks, Stone-stairs Market, Central Meshesham, Dragonhome

Taverns: Captain Rhogar’s, The Scaled Mermaid, Chateau Kobold, Human’s Folly