Artume
Plagued by assassinations and treachery, Artume is a kingdom without a king. Only unexpected luck or the aid of a powerful new patron can save this realm from becoming the River Kingdoms’ most recent failure.
By far the kingdom’s largest settlement, Artume bears its founder’s name and still stands as a testament to his martial spirit. The defensible white walls and towers of Gildtmede Keep rise from feldspar cliffs overlooking the Sellen River and surrounding plains. Below the city, gnomes maintain a warren of tunnels and excavated caverns leading to waterwheels whose gears power hoists capable of raising and lowering cargo for arriving barges. As a result, many view the otherwise unreachable vaults within the connecting caverns as the most secure storehouse for trade goods along the entire river valley.