User:Zone Descriptions Project/Newport

After the destruction of Freeport in 53 BF, the Humans of Dalaya had no city to call their own. As Kaezul pulled his troops back to Ikisith for unknown reasons, an independent group of soldiers and merchants amongst the surviving refugees began to form a new city on the western edge of the Badlands. In 40 AF (one year after the meeting of the races), the city was proclaimed to be “A new Freeport, for all the races” and was named Newport.

Today, Newport is a thriving hub of commerce and politics. It boasts the most active port in the world and contains many of the most powerful class guilds operating in Dalaya. The merchants and soldiers who originally founded the city were and remain closely tied to the Silver Crown Trading Company which currently rules over the city and its surrounding area.

Over the years, the Newport subterranean aqueduct system has grown tremendously as the city has taken on more and more occupants. The Newport Guard has been on high alert since rumors began springing up that less than scrupulous organizations have taken root in the labyrinthine aqueduct system under the city.

Newport connects to the Centaur Hills to the north and has passenger boats leaving from its harbor daily to Erudin and the ruins of Freeport. All passenger services out of Newport are provided as a free service courtesy of the Silver Crown.