The Slums

Atalan "Slums" aka "Docks District"

The "slums" as they were once called, are located within a semi-natural cavern beneath Atalan that was formed before the arrival of the humans from Halmoria. The only entry or exit from this cavern is connected to the Trade District, unless one was traveling by ship and entered through the cave in the cliff sides outside of the stone city.

Many multi-story wooden shacks can still be found within this district, or what is left that is still safe to explore, and the first Halmorian settlers were said to have made their original encampment here, before beginning to search the new continent of Eramere. All structures within the cavern were built by the Halmorians and their counterparts, upon their arrival to Eramere, and the docks themselves were constructed by the new arrivals. Due to the size of the cavern, extremely large ships could not travel directly into the cavern and therefore a pulley system had been devised to unload such ships directly into the Trade District.

The population once residing within the cavern known as the slums are common people of lower income and lower social standing. There are no significant strongholds or merchants within this district and the street-savvy traveler knew generally to avoid the dark alleys and lane ways.

A strange network of sewer-like tunnels can still be accessed from the slums, though it is said that it continues to be at your own risk, with many more powerful manifestations taking up residence within.