Splinterport

Splinterport, The Great Rope And Gutter Sprawl
Splinterport is a city, or maybe a series of cities, laying along a good portion of the east coast. As its name may suggest, it's difficult to tell just where Splinterport's boundaries are; it started as a series of different port towns that have gradually grown into a whole, like planks of rotting wood roughly lashed together with wet rope. A large part of Splinterport is practically on the ocean itself, built onto crude boardwalks and wharfs.

There is government there, but a lot of Splinterport is lawless or gang-controlled, and rumors abound of a particularly virulent strain of thieves' guild festering somewhere within it. Like its appearance, the living conditions of the city are wildly fragmented, the paint being sealed against the harsh sea winds on the bulging houses of rich merchants and lords even as it peels off the shanties of desperate sea-scavengers.

Despite its haphazard existence, Splinterport is an important center of civilization. It's a massive trade center, both land and sea, and there are plenty of livelihoods to be found there- if not a few illicit ones. Practically everything that comes into the Gird from far away lands comes in through Splinterport, for better or for ill.