City of Alushinyrra

City of Alushinyrra

ALUSHINYRRA, THE PORPHYRY CITY CE metropolis
Corruption +7; Crime +6; Economy +9; Law –3; Lore +4; Society +2
Abyssal Capital, Demonic, Holy Site, Notorious, Planar Metropolis, Prosperous, Danger +40

DEMOGRAPHICS
Government overlord
Population 6,500,000 (5,000,000 demons, tieflings, and halffiends; 1,000,000 humanoids; 500,000 other)
Notable NPC
Nocticula (demon lord of assassins, darkness, and lust)
Shamira (nascent demon lord of dreams and seduction)

MARKETPLACE Base Value 30,400 gp; Purchase Limit 300,000 gp;
Spellcasting 9th Minor Items all available; Medium Items 4d4; Major Items 3d4
     
NOTES
Abyssal Capital Alushinyrra is corrupt, crime-ridden, and especially lawless.
(Corruption +2, Crime +2, Law –8)
Demonic Demons and demonic creatures are the primary denizens of the Porphyry City. (Increase Danger by+20. Demonic characters treat the city’s Danger as 0.

Non-demonic characters can blend in as demons with successful DC 30 Disguise checks. Such disguises may not hold up under individual scrutiny, but while in effect, the party treats the city’s Danger as 0 when rolling for encounter results.)

Governor Shamira

Although dozens of major cities and countless smaller towns can be found on Alinythia, the sprawling metropolis of Alushinyrra dwarfs them all. It covers an entire island at Alinythia’s heart, an urban sprawl of towers, domes, spires, canals, twisting alleys, and maze-like streets. The bulk of
the buildings of this immense city are made of porphyry, from regal purples to deep crimson, with highlights of black and white marble and gray basalt in places. The city’s size usually overwhelms visitors from the Material Plane,
for it’s built on a scale in which only creatures capable of teleportation at will can truly ever feel at home.

By Nocticula’s decree, Alushinyrra is open to all visitors. The Lady in Shadow knows and understands that with a vibrant mercantile economy comes power, and as one of the largest cities in the Abyss, Alushinyrra draws an astounding amount of trade. The city’s greatest export is slaves—the mistresses and trainers of the Porphyry City (named for the city’s reddish-purple appearance) travel the Great Beyond gathering all manner of creatures for those seeking new experiences or specialized attentions from slaves serving as guardians, meals, lovers, or all three. Magical items, rare spells, fine jewelry, and exquisite clothing are also in great supply, but the largest of these secondary markets are Alushinyrra’s burgeoning shipyards.

The city’s canals are thick with ship traffic. Travelers from the Abyssal realms of Malvyrea, Mephism, the Slithering Pools, and Vantian come here daily. Some of the canals flow with the waters of the River Styx, allowing travelers from other planes direct access to certain districts—provided they can navigate the deadly dark waters. Thanadaemons patrol these canals, for Nocticula has arranged these skiff-piloting daemons free access to all of the city’s waterways. They eagerly take her up on her generosity, plying their trade in return for souls, and are constantly on the lookout for escaped prisoners to capture and drain of life. These creatures are the closest thing Alushinyrra has to an organized police force, yet even they avoid venturing below into the city’s multilevel sewers—a
tangled warren of sumps and reservoirs said to connect to the Abyssal Undersump itself. Whispers persist that the demon lord Jubilex maintains a den somewhere in the deepest parts of the city, as do even softer-spoken rumors that Nocticula sometimes visits the odious lord of slime for pleasures better left not imagined.

Demons are the most numerous denizens of Alushinyrra, yet they are far from its only inhabitants. The city swells with millions of their kind, but millions of visitors from throughout the Great Beyond can be found walking the streets or lurking in its alleys. Nocticula has little concern for the fights that often break out in the city, provided no significant damage is dealt to the city itself.

Special note should be made of the city’s two most powerful denizens—Nocticula and Shamira. While Nocticula is the realm’s ruler, she is rarely seen traveling within her realm or her city, and instead spends much of her time within the sprawling expanse of her palace—the House of Silken Shadows—or otherwise tending to her countless plots throughout the Great Beyond. She’s never
more than a breath away from Alushinyrra, and depends on her steward, Shamira, to inform her of any significant developments that requires her direct intervention.

Shamira personally enjoys a special position in the city as its governor, answering only to Nocticula. She is known for her ability to seduce through dream alone, and prefers to maintain an obvious presence in the Porphyry City, proudly and openly walking its streets. Some believe that Shamira maintains her high visibility because she hopes that it will aid her in one day being regarded as the true mistress of Alushinyrra.

                                                                 

Nocticula Demon Lord of Assassins