Itau

Currently, Itau is a rogue city on the coast, just west of the realm of Caerwyn on the western island on the continent of Dwilight. It is known for being a pirate haven and is ruled by several bandit warlords, who conduct various dealings on in the interior of the ancient city fortifications. The stone walls have all but fallen down, and few peasants live in the city proper - though some do live in a shanty-town by the crude pier, where many pirate schooners and skiffs are anchored. The majority of the populace lives in the hills and valleys surrounding Itau, and most villages pay hefty sums to the bandits and pirates of the area for "protection" against pillaging, looting and murder.

The locals of the hills, mostly to avoid working in the middle of the day, have adopted the curious custom of sleeping in the middle of the afternoon, and conducting most of their usual business - eating, farming, herding, socializing - in either the early hours of the morning, or late at night. These "hill-folk" as they are often called live in mudbrick huts, or stone cottages, or wooden cabins - they are freemen, traders, farmers and herders.

A native may be determined by how they look: they have a particular, sunburned tinge, and are not a tall people, but rather slender and lean and made hard by the elements, their skin and faces wind-weathered and ravaged by time and toil. They are often a very simple, sparse people and do not favour ornament, but yet will also tattoo themselves in wild, tribal-marked ways, in bright ink.