* Exploring Vrontok

* This is our second go at this topic

* Located in the shadow of Sky Point

* Desperate, lawless, crowded town built on the slave trade

* Not a vacation spot!

* Like Bartertown... but darker

* Combination of town, slave market, and military base.

* Stealing slaves is the most serious crime.

* Only punishments for crime are enslavement or death.

* Fortified by a high wall and dry moat with sharpened stakes.

* Three gates: Empire Gate (SE), Vivane Gate (NE), Outlaw Gate (NW)

* Theran citizens are not subject to laws in Vrontok

* Mayor T'rask, former slaver with large force of thugs.

* Taxes: House Tax, Guest Tax, Exit Tax

* T'rask focused on keeping the Therans from getting upset.

* Lots of business that serve the slave merchants: taverns, gambling halls, brothels.

* Result of imperialism; empires thrive on exploited labor.

* Reflections on Thera and Vrontok in light of present-day economic and political systems.

* "Keep politics out of rpgs!" is a crock.

* Contrast of Sky Point's wealth and power to Vrontok's "wretched hive"

* Fourth Edition changes and updates

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