London (Capital City)

• Coat of arms of The City of London
• Status – Settlement
• General Alignment -Neutral
• Settlement size – Metropolis
• Corruption +7; Crime +6; Economy +10; Law +7; Lore +5; Society +1
• Qualities – Financial Center, Royal Accommodations, Tourist Attraction, Racially Intolerant, Trading Post, Gambling
• Danger +10
• Demographics
• Country – Kingdom of England
• Government – Unitary parliamentary monarchy Dynasty
• Legislature – Parliament
• Population – 80,000
• Places of interest – (Place) Bedlam Insane Asylum, (Place) Newgate Prison, The Tower of London
• Current Ruler – Henry VI of England
• Other Notable residents – Amelia Dyer, Jack Dawkins “The Artful Dodger”, Jeremy Bentham, Damaris Page, Detective Frederick Abberline, Dorian Gray, Doctor Fu Manchu, Ebenezer Scrooge, Elizabeth “Old Mother” Cresswell, Mary Frith “Moll Cutpurse”, Doctor Hawley Griffin “The Invisible Man”, Ikey “The Fagin” Solomon , Jacob Marley , Jenny Diver, Jonathan Wild “The Thief Taker General”, Jack the Ripper, Mary Frances Jeffries, Mary Poppins, Rosa Coote, Sarah Rachel Russell “Madame Rachel” , John “Sixteen String Jack” Rann, Sherlock Holmes, Elizabeth Shirland, Timothy “Tiny Tim”Cratchit, William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke, Wilfred of Ivanhoe, Dr. John H. Watson, Abraham Van Helsing
• Marketplace
• Base Value ; 26,880 gp Purchase Limit; 308,000 gp, Spellcasting 8th
  • Increase the Purchase Price of high quality or luxury items, such as jewelry, fine clothes or food, entertainment, weapons and all magical items purchased in the settlement by +10% due to widespread inflation.
  • Members of the unwelcome race or races (Dwarves and fey) must pay 150% of the normal price for goods and services and may face mockery, insult, or even violence
• Minor Items ; * In a metropolis, nearly all minor magic items are available. Medium Items ; 4d4 items, Major Items 3d4 items

London is the capital and most populous city of England. Standing on the River Thames, it’s history goes back to its founding by the Romans. A leading global city, it is one of the world’s leading financial centres and is home to numerous museums, galleries, libraries, sporting events and other cultural institutions.

After winning the Battle of Hastings, William, Duke of Normandy was crowned King of England in the newly completed Westminster Abbey. William constructed the Tower of London, the first of the many Norman castles in England to be rebuilt in stone, in the southeastern corner of the city, to intimidate the native inhabitants. William II began the building of Westminster Hall, close by the abbey of the same name. The hall became the basis of a new Palace of Westminster.

The institutions of central government, which had hitherto accompanied the royal English court as it moved around the country, grew in size and sophistication and became increasingly fixed in one place. For most purposes this was Westminster, although the royal treasury came to rest in the Tower.

London was also a centre of England’s none human populations before their expulsion by Edward I. Violence against took place after it was rumored that the new King had ordered their massacre after they had presented themselves at his coronation. During the Second Barons’ War, Simon de Montfort’s rebels killed 500 dwarfs attempting to seize records of debts