dnd-setting-TheNewWorld/Locations/Western Kingdom/Coral City.txt

				Coral City

	Coral City sits at the southern end of the Arc River's western 
delta, directly on the ocean on the whale coast. Coral City is the 
largest city in the kingdom next to Throne (though Mast is definitely 
the much more recognised city). Coral City is home not only to the 
Royal Navy Headquarters, but also to a booming manufacturing sector. 
Coral City is also known for its extensive civilian waterborne 
industries, to include whaling, saltwater fishing, and others. The 
Coral City Shipyards, alone, between the royal navy and the civilian 
shipmakers, employ almost 15,000 personnel at their sprawling facility 
just south of the Docks. The Royal Navy itself maintains an armada of 
20 war ships, and 40 transport ships, here in the bay south of Coral 
City, as well as the docks proper. Coral City is, also, largely 
unaffected by the Royal Trading Company's corruption. The city, being 
the only city on the coast to the south of Throne and north of the 
southern border, is under military law. Therefore, the commanding 
officer of the Royal Navy is also the commanding officer of the local 
garrisons. And on top of that, the Royal Navy just happens to be 
commanded by Crown Prince Archibald Braddock - the King's younger 
brother, and a decided enemy of government corruption and the Royal 
Trading Company itself. The Prince's loyalty to his brother, and his 
country, are unfailing - but he is in constant disputes with his 
brother over his involvement with the Trading Company.
	Coral City's industrial sector consists, mostly, of shipbuilders, 
textile manufacturers, and horse ranches. Much of the Royal Cavalry's 
horses are born and trained in facilities locate inside, or just 
outside of, Coral City. Much of the cloth that is sold in the kingdom 
is spun or loomed in Coral City (the only supplier bigger than Coral 
City is Mast, because it's closer to the foothills where wool is 
shorn). The ships built in Coral City are made from woods harvested to 
the south, around the gnollwood (a dangerous but profitable business - 
the Gnollwood is home to some very prize varieties of wood), or floated 
south down the Arc Delta from just south of the Elven Protectorate. And 
then, of course, there is the useful and lucrative Whaling industry in 
Coral City; Coral City is the nation's single largest provider of 
animal fats and oils, whether for cooking, lighting, or lubrication.
	Coral City also does not have the large and diverse bazaar that 
Mast hosts, not being as central a point. However Coral City is the 
launching point for all expeditions into parts unknown. Many 
Adventurers come to Coral City clutching some ancient map, charter a 
ship, and head off - some are never seen again, some return with booty 
from some ancient island, others return empty handed and destitute. But 
regardless, Coral City is every bit as much a hub for adventurers as 
Mast, and therefore its marketplace - while smaller than Mast - is no 
less diverse.
	Coral City does, however, have a booming agricultural industry, 
and is the breadbasket of much of the Kingdom. Not counting the seafood 
brought in by its commercial fishermen, farmers around Coral City 
produce a full 35% of the foodstuffs sold in the kingdom, as well as 
those sent to the Army. The Arc River Delta provides many miles for 
rice farmers to place down paddies, and the verdant fields along the 
coast to the south provide mediterranean growing conditions for a 
variety of fruits. The plains that are inland, just before the land 
turns to scrub, are quite healthy. 
	Coral City is also the embarkation/disembarkation point for 
troops heading to and from the Long Watch and South Tower, if they are 
coming from Throne or Northgate (as transfers often do). The Arc 
River's western delta makes movements of troop columns through it 
almost impossible, so they are often moved by ships by the Royal Navy, 
making - again - Coral City a very important hub for military movements 
inside the kingdom.