ADVENTURES IN, AROUND AND UNDER THE CITY OF CAULDRON!
As of 10-15-2008, Kevin S.  has taken over DM responsibilities. The campaign continues; I am looking forward to seeing what happens next!  To keep up to date, check out our Yahoo Group Message Board.  Visit our old campaign pages: Swords of the Northlands


Welcome to Cauldron, a city where the barbarians and the civilized rub elbows in the heart of Barbarian Altanis.  To the east lies The Winedark Sea and the Ebony Coast.  The rugged Castellan mountains run far to the south and the Carnelian Plains, with Bisgen and Renth, lie to the West.  The dangerous Lagoldurna Jungles grows right up to the foothills on the west side of the mountains while the Eyestones Jungles lie to the East.
Cauldron itself is a well defended city built into the caldera of a long inactive volcano.  The buildings, built mostly of stone and wood, line cobblestone streets that run in concentric circles around the small lake in the center of town.  The land slopes down sharply from the walls built upon the rim of the volcano to the lake in the center; buildings and streets run along terraces and ledges inside the bowl of the caldera.  The lake is usually fouled from waste and the most desireable areas to live are up, near the walls, where one can catch an occassional cool breeze in this warm tropical area.
Cauldron itself is a rich trading city --- the gems, obsidian, gold and silver of the surrounding mountains attract traders from all over the Pazidan Peninsula, Ebony Coast and Carnellian plains. 
Cauldron Mountain is surrounded by plantations and mines and four roads, one for each point of the compass, wind out from the city's four gates to the communities beyond.  Humans, dwarves, gnomes and a few elves in the surrounding community live as farmers, herdsmen or prospectors but the jungle soil is thin and easily exhausted; Cauldron must import the majority of her food from the villages of the Carnellian Plains to the East.