Spine City

Spine City is a large non-district settlement within Earthrym built within the rubble of the enormous ruin of the Broken Spine. It is largely a shanty town with few attempts made to rebuild or reuse the dilapidated Gaulmar architecture, and is not recognized by the Earthrym Urban Allegiance. It still remains bustling with activity due to its prolific black market, especially that of Gaulmar artifacts and other archaeological contraband.

First Settling
Into the early Third Era the resettling of Earthrym was a slow process, with most disparate populations existing in small numbers spread throughout the urban sprawl. Some generations later, populations comprised mostly of former slaves begin to congregate in larger sections of ruin, though many avoided the Broken Spine for its treacherous and unstable structure. Only after several years of societal organization did rising levels of crime require Earthrym criminals to organize outside of District borders, and substantial but dangerous ruin such as the Broken Spine proved useful for such. As a sanctuary for smugglers, thieves, and other asylum-seeking convicts, the newly dubbed "Spine City" became infamous as a lawless and dangerous place that still looked to be in relative ruin, never properly rebuilt as the Districts were.