In the outcast city of Kaer Maga, your business is your own, and no ware is too dangerous or taboo to find a buyer. Within the walls of the ancient, ruined fortress, refugees and criminals from every nation disappear into the swirling crowds of gangs and monsters. Here leech-covered bloatmages haggle with religious zealots who sew their own lips shut, while naga crime lords squeeze self-mutilating troll prophets for protection money. And these are just the city’s anarchic residents, not the fearsome beasts barely contained in the mysterious dungeons beneath the streets, held at bay by the elite rangers known as the Duskwardens. Welcome to the City of Strangers, a haven of freedom and independence—assuming you survive.

Inside this book, you’ll find:

• Detailed gazetteers for all 11 of the city’s districts, from the fabled Balconies of Bis to the necromantic paradise of Ankar-Te.
  
• A history of the city and the bizarre, ruined monument that houses it.
  
• Thorough briefings on the most important gangs and factions within the city, such as the golem-crafting Ardoc family and the abolitionist Freemen, as well as how they interact with each other.
  
• The bloatmage prestige class, in which spellcasters use their own blood to empower their spells—but at a terrible price.
  
• Statistics for the caulborn, a mysterious new race of telepathic, memory-eating monsters.
  
• A layer-by-layer guide to the dungeons beneath the city, and the echoes of lost races and magic that still guard them.
  
• New magic items, random encounter tables, and more.