Bassuras

Bassuras is a town in the Hellcatch Valley of Marquet.

Description
The city is sited on a large plateau rising from the valley floor, surrounded by a sprawling exterior city of small tents, hovels, and stone buildings, and also by a tall stone wall rising 30 to 70 feet high. A metallic tower in its center, the Tahdiq Glow, is topped by a green-ish spotlight that can be centered on approaching skyships.

Ashton Greymoore described Bassuras as "kind of a shithole," and Lord Eshteross advised the party to wear shabby cloaks while there and keep an eye on their coin purses, saying that the local military "likes to keep things fluid when it comes to law" and that it is a dangerous place. Bassuras, however, is one of the largest trade centers in the Hellcatch Valley, acting as a nexus for commerce between various regions of Marquet. Many factions there vie for power, including Paragon's Call, although the Call's recent activities elsewhere have diminished their influence within Bassuras.

Bassuras is around 900 miles away from Jrusar along the roads or 700 miles by air. It takes a skyship four to five days to traverse this distance. However, because of the frequently dangerous weather in the Hellcatch Valley, Bassuras does not have a skyport. When Bells Hells arrived on the Silver Sun, it was the first skyship visit in at least fifteen years.

Carmine Skids
A slum of huts and hovels surrounding the city.

Salmagunda Strip

 * The Raha Den, a caravanserai

South Dregs

 * A Taste of Tal'Dorei, a theme restaurant and inn

Points of interest

 * Greymoore State Home: An orphanage where Ashton Greymoore and the Nobodies were raised.
 * Tahdiq Glow: A tall tower in the center of the city with a green-tinted spotlight used on approaching aircraft after dark.

Factions

 * Division of Public Benefit: a group of adventurers working out of Bassuras. F.C.G worked with them on their last mission in a silver mine near Evishi.
 * Nobodies: a crew of small-time criminals raised with Ashton in Bassuras.

Trivia

 * The word "basura", typically pronounced differently from "Bassuras", has the meaning of garbage, trash, or junk in Filipino, borrowed from the Spanish "basura" meaning the same thing.