Калимпорт

|caption = |Название = Калимпорт |Местность = Калимшан |Размер = Метрополис |Правитель = Султан Везера |Форма правления = Монархия |Численность населения = 192,795 |Расы = Шаблон:Percentage table |religions = |imports = |exports = |alignment = |inhabitants = yes |locations = yes |source = FRCS |page = 155 }} Калимпорт - это огромная столица страны под названием Калимшан. Этот город расположен на стыке моря и пустыни, так что к нему можно добраться обоими путями. Города Мемнон и Маншака - его ближайшие торговые партнеры; с Маншака торговля идет по морю, а с Мемноном - караванами. Иногда местные торговцы добираются даже до Лускана.

Султан Везера номинально правит городом, но улицы держат под контролем преступные Гильдии. Впрочем, здесь все так хорошо организовано, что пришелец даже не заметит разницы с законной властью. Торговые лотки, гаремы и таверны теснятся по краям улиц, но у всех у них есть свои "теневые" хозяева. Среди прочих заведений примечательны Тайная таверна, где имеется потайной опиумный притон, и Блистательный Гарем с его великолепными банями.

Также Калимпорт - родина знаменитого убийцы Артемиса Энтрери, который известен длительным противостоянием с Дриззтом До'Урденом.

История

Калимшан это древнейшая империя с историей, простирающейся более чем на 9 тысячелетий, разделенной мудрецами на 15 периодов.

Все началось с Империи Калим, основанной джинном Правителем Калимом и его рабами - людьми и хафлингами. Вскоре Калим вступил с ифритом Правителем Мемноном в длительную войну, растянувшуюся на пять веков, пока эльфы Келтормира не связали их обоих при помощи Высокой Магии - создав тем самым Пустыню Калим. Люди и дварфы объединились для того чтобы расправиться с оставшимися джиннами, но союз вскоре распался и начались Войны Шанатара. Серия конфликтов продолжалась около трех тысячелетий, после чего дварфы были побеждены.

Позже Калимпортом по очереди правили Красный дракон Илвераасахлисар, созерцатели, а потом человеческие священники. Множества раз город уничтожался пожарами и эпидемиями. Кроме того Ночные войны с дроу Гваллидурфа были просто чудовищны, и Сил-Паша в итоге вынужден был подписать перемирие с Матерью дроу, после того как Дворец Калифов был уничтожен - вместе с находившейся там царской семьей. After the strife, Calimport was known as the City of Rogues during a chaotic period provoked by the Imperial Plague.

The Shoon Empire saw the peak of calishite civilization, more than a thousand years ago. The capital was moved to Shoonach, and Calimport became an almost-deserted city. The undercity (nicknamed Muzad)generated by dozens of fires and collapses, became more powerful than ever during this time. After three centuries, the Qysar burned most of the Muzad before moving back to Calimport.

It was time for revolution against the cruel Shoon family. The Murabirs took control of the Empire, abolishing slavery and moving the capital to Manshaka. Unfortunately, the Moon Plague came and created hundreds of lycanthropes. During this age, a group of liches and dark powers founded the Twisted Rune and began manipulating the Murabirs.

This millenium witnessed several conflicts as well. The Rage of Dragons in 1018 DR brought Sapphiraktar the Blue to Calimport, who destroyed many wards. In 1235 DR, the Black Horde of orcs overran the Sword Coast and slew the Syl-Pasha. Forty years ago, an army of goblins and wizards attacked Calimport - backed by the Twisted Rune.

Organization

Calimport was built using the drudach system, an interlocking series of small brick-walled neighborhoods. All drudachs are organized into groups of two to five, called sabbans, which in turn are grouped into wards. The metropolis is a huge place, measuring almost 6 miles from east to west and 3 miles from the coastline to the northern drudachs, and it is subdivided into 17 wards, 53 sabbans and 166 drudachs.

Daunting as it may seem for a foreigner, most locals rarely abandon their home sabbans. Each sabban is a walled zone averaging 215 acres and 3600 inhabitants, and works as an auto sufficient town - it has its own water supplies, guards, markets, residences, and so on.

Government

Calimshan is ruled by Syl-Pasha Ralan el Pesarkhal, who resides in Calimport. The Syl-Pasha responds to no religion or council, he is the supreme ruler. Immediately below the Syl-Pasha we can find the Sultans, the princes who rule over the wards. The ruler of a sabban is called a Sabbalad, and each drudach is directed by a Druzir - the bottom of Calimport's pyramidal administration.

Calimport's domestic security forces are the amlakkars, the city watch, who are entitled to arrest any individual who breaks the law or interrogate suspects. A typical amlakkar carries a scimitar and a buckler, wearing studded leather armor. Given the rich local tradition in arcane magic, it is not surprising to find wizards among the ranks of the amlakkars. Most wield scimitars as well as standard guards, and use scrolls of dispel magic and web, sleep bolts, and even wands of ray of enfeeblement.

Система правосудия

The city owes its legal system to the church of Tyr and its judges. There are two levels in the legal system: Viziers, whose jurisdictions cover entire wards, and the Magistrates, who work inside the sabbans. Tyr's influence is obvious, given the presence of at least one acolyte of the Just God in each courthouse.

Общество

Nine out of ten inhabitants of the capital are humans. Other common races are halflings and half-orcs. The remaining 2% of the populace is a mixture of dwarves, elves, gnomes and exotic races.

Most humans have calishite blood, descendants of the slaves brought from another realm by the Djinni Lord Calim during the foundation of the empire. A typical calishite human is shorter and slimmer than northern humans, with darker skin, hair and eyes. Corrupt and lazy to the eyes of northern people, the calishites only strive for a luxurious life. Other ethnicities include tethyrian and chultan humans. The tethyrians are more open to other groups than calishites. Regrettably, most chultans are cheap slaves kidnapped from the jungles of the south.

Local halflings are worldly and prone to laziness, gathering in like-minded groups and absorbing some of the local calishite values. The highest concentration of halflings can be found in the Dock Ward, surrounding the Copper Ante - a gaming house/inn.

Half-orcs enjoy a better treatment here than in other realms - they are considered low class, nothing more, nothing less. Few half-orcs have adopted the calishite way of life, instead focusing on physical jobs or criminal activities.

Религия

Calimport is truly a polytheistic society. There are temples to gods of light and darkness, life and murder, freedom and tyranny, magic and war - just ask directions from the right people. The most prominent religions are those of Azuth, Bhaelros (Talos), Ilmater, Savras, Shar, Sharess, Siamorphe, Tyr, Umberlee and Waukeen.