Conan the Barbarian - City of Keshatta

In the scorched lands of Stygia rises Keshatta, a city feared across the known world, a jewel of dark knowledge and forbidden power. It is not ruled by kings or armies, but by the Black Ring, an ancient order whose influence coils through every street, every market, and every whisper in the shadows.

Power in Keshatta is held by a divided council, formed by the most powerful merchant lords and the archmages of the great temple. Wealth and sorcery exist in uneasy balance, each watching the other, each plotting in silence. The city itself mirrors this tension split into districts dominated by rival circles of magicians or powerful trading houses.

The leaders of Keshatta dwell within massive palace-fortresses, towering bastions of stone, magic, and paranoia. These strongholds are not only meant to repel invaders, but to withstand the far more dangerous threats that come from within conspiracies, betrayals, and the endless intrigues of the Black Ring.