Pallivan Hills

Named for the hills that fill the horizon in almost every direction, Pallivan Hills sits at the mile and a half diameter mesa in a river-spattered valley that is marred with a massive horseshoe shaped gash in the earth. Massive walls seem to extend the height of the inner cliffs, only a few scaffold-supported huts and ramps making up treacherous slums outside the walls along the cliffside itself. Above the twenty foot walls carved from the surrounding cliffsides and transported up the steep Citygate district ramp, only a few towers and extravagant buildings towering five to six stories can be seen, and above that all, the Skyhook, a towering structure created by a team of gnomish engineers and purposed for multiple applications.

The Gash

The pit that surrounds Pallivan hills is filled with the waterfall-mist of several rivers that dump into the endless chasm. Researchers occasionally will set up cranes and other devices attempting to gauge the depth of the pit or the properties of it.

The Skyhook

Thin and towering, this spire has a number of glowing attachments that slowly rotate and pulse with energy. Originally designed for docking the few airships that passed by Pallivan Hills and provide transport to the ground and back up for both passengers and cargo, the Skyhook has since become a power distribution center and housing for a number of technologies. Considered a danger by many due to the haphazard manner in which it is altered, the Skyhook is an imitation of Daigate engineering using remnants of first-city technology to keep the gossimer structure aloft. In truth, despite the hazard it seems to pose, it remains a marvel of engineering that not even the gnomes that created it fully understand.

Organizations of Note

The Gnomish Revenue System, the regional guild of gnomish craftspeople, organized by the proprietor of the Violet Vial, Wilstrum Forlenginghillshireville. The Violet Vial acts as the primary peddler of magical goods and services in Pallivan Hills and swiftly puts other practices out of business through cutthroat business practices.

The Grand Unknowing Inquisitorial Order of the Iron March, the oldest order of the Unknowing Inquisition, a militaristic order born of the soldiers who lost their identities after the battle of Eastfield at the end of The Oblivion War.

The House of Deference, a group of inexplicably wealthy individuals of questionable raising who have no known holdings, income, patrons, or family ties. They hold a large estate in which they enjoy a nearly noble lifestyle in complete silence save for a few soundproof meeting rooms where choice business is discussed. PUT IN PAGE(Outsiders are welcome if they have business and significant coin to contribute to a House chosen charity. The group practices a unique hand-sign language known as the Tongue of Deference.)