Eberron

Most of the communities of the Shadow Marches are extremely small, either thorps or hamlets. Tharashk has one city, three strongholds (small towns), and four small villages. The Tharashk strongholds host Sivis agents to help maintain communication with the other settlements, but otherwise the services of the dragonmarked houses are limited to the city of Zarash’ak.

Zarash’ak (Small City, 5,960): Because overland travel through Droaam or the Eldeen Reaches can be extremely dangerous, most people who need to do business in the Marches travel by ship to the port city of Zarash’ak, sometimes called the City of Stilts due to the supports that keep it above water. Known for its exotic cuisine and music, Zarash’ak offers the rare exports of the land without the difficulty of navigating the marshes. House Tharashk oversees the city, but clans and tribes often come here to sell crafts and other goods, or to celebrate religious rituals such as the Great Feast of Baaldra.