The Pearl Cities were a group of wealthy Zakharan seaports found in west Zakhara.
Geography
The Cities of the Pearl hugged the coast of the Crowded Sea and the western shores of the Golden Gulf in the shadows of the High Desert.
Activities
These cities–Ajayib, Gana, Jumlat, Sikak, and Tajar–focused on a lucrative trade mainly in luxury goods, with Jumlat's and Gana's production of pearls providing the name for the whole group. Haggling and money-making were as important to the inhabitants as the Law of the Loregiver. While all Cities of the Pearl featured richly decorated manors of the wealthy, the poor inhabitants were an even more common sight in their streets.
Inhabitants
Successful merchants here amassed wealth beyond even that of the Caliphs of the Free Cities of Zakhara or elsewhere in the Land of Fate. The small population of wealthy merchants was vastly outnumbered by a population of exploited Zakharans living in poverty. Wealthy Zakharans in the Pearl Cities enjoyed flaunting their success, often holding lavish parties for insignificant reasons. As a whole the people here were said to rival genies in their cunning.
Notable Locations
Appendix
Further reading
- Jeff Grubb (August 1992). Land of Fate (Adventurer's Guide to Zakhara). (TSR, Inc), p. 27. ISBN 978-1560763291.