Difference between revisions of "Coup of Urteau"

Urteau is the historical home of the [[Venture|House Venture]], and the capital city of the [[Northern Dominance]] of the Final empire.{{book ref|mb2|3}}{{map ref|Urteau}} It was the location of one of the [[Lord Ruler]]'s [[storage cavern]]s.{{book ref|mb3|14}} The city used to have canals crossing the city until, unbeknownst to most of the city's residents, the Lord Ruler had the water drained into an underground lake in the storage cavern.{{book ref|mb3|29}} Most of the former canals were left unfilled and the city's residents began calling them "streetslots" and using them in the place of ordinary streets and sidewalks, with ladders and even a few ramps or stairs in place for people to climb in and out of them.{{book ref|mb3|14}} In wealthier parts of the city, however, the canals were filled in and paved with cobblestones.{{book ref|mb3|16}}