K'saret

K'saret is a city in the Western area of the continent. It is immensely prosperous as the meat capital of the known world, an innovator in alchemy, as well as being known for producing high-quality building materials and armor. In short, it is a metropolis where one can find anything they seek... Just don't drink the water.

Common Knowledge
Pollution fills the nearby lands, making them almost as corrupt as K'saret's nobility, staining everything a reddish-brown, the rivers included. The city has recently begun using alchemy to enhace its militia, making the other cities nearby a bit uncomfortable. Also, a strange plague has fallen upon the lower class of the city. Lastly, mysterious earthquakes have begun to shake the area.

Symbols
K'saret's architecture- especially that of government-run facilities- frequently incorporates curved columns, similar to the artistic spires built on either side of the governor's castle. These sybolize the city's origins.

History
Main Article: The Fall of the Demon Sarat

Meat
K'saret is known as the meat cpitol of the world, processing a large amount of it. The Butcher's Guild is highly prosperous, and most any cut of meat can be found here. Some products, such as Richard Johnson's Massive Meat Sausage cannot be found anywhere else in the world.

Alchemical Reagents and Formulae
Dulkinex, a material that goes up the residents butts and makes their poop white. Dulkinex has been banned in Ksaret because many believe its a sin to alter their bodies in such a way. This has not stopped a dedicated few from producing the material illegally.

Smithed Goods
Some of the world's finest blacksmiths reside in K'saret, producing arms and armor of the highest quality. A locally-invented material known as blood-tempered steel (named for the red alchemical substance the hot metal is cooled with) is produced here and shipped all over the continent. The material is always forged with the utmost care, being produced with pride.

Blood-Tempered Steel
Items made of this material are always masterwork quality (thereby increasing the item's price). Blood-tempered steel is considered Evil for the purposes of overcoming damage reduction, but is not magical and has no evil aura. Besides the cost of making an item masterwork, Blood-Tempered Steel adds 200 gp to the base price.

Building Materials
Alchemists of K'saret have developed a synthetic material known as False Ivory, which is stronger than wood but about as easy to work with. While the method of production is kept a trade-secret, the material is used in much of the architecture of the city, and it is occasionally shipped to other cities for sale or by special order.