Kotumi

Location Summary
Kotumi is a small city at the crossroads of the two main trading routes through Kartvelia, and is also home to the Kartvelia Bardic Colleges. The bardic colleges were originally built on the bluffs above the city, but as the area has grown more popular, the area has grown into the city below. This effectively means that there are two levels to the city - the more traditional markets below, and the domed music halls and performance spaces on the bluffs above. While there are plenty of travelers and non-Kartvelians on both levels, the lower level is considered the more 'local' level, with most of the trade and basic artisinal needs being met there. The lower level also has a wrestling and fighting pits, if you feel like either fighting or gambling.

The bardic college in Kotumi mostly focuses on tales of valor, though bards from other colleges do visit from time to time. There are also a few master artificers there to help create magical instruments and to teach basic enchantments and magical theory. The public (ie, tourists and hopefuls) is encouraged to purchase items enchanted by students (think the shop at the andrew boss school of meat science). Official lessons at the college happen either by invitation or with money; other hopefuls clog the cliffsides in various taverns and makeshift performance spaces, hoping to get noticed. There is an inn and a few random goods stores up here, but most locals consider them to be overpriced.

Passage from the upper to the lower levels can happen three ways: by walking up a steep set of stairs carved into the mountain, by paying to take the scenic funicular (one silver per person), or by taking one of the teleportation circles that leads right outside of the inn, the gift shops, or the entrance to the bardic college.

Temples:
Waukeen: on the lower level, god of trade. Offers a badge that gives you a discount at every store in Kotumi

Lugh: on the lower level, the halfing god of Travel. Has maps available.

Millil: on the upper level, god of inspiration and song, which hosts daily auditions for their performance space.

Taverns and Inns:
The Merchants Cross: Lower Level, mostly caters to traveling merchants

The Drunken Dragon: Upper level, mostly caters to the Bard College

Unnamed Tavern: A front for the Divine Right

Shops:
Trina's shop: Odds and ends and 'art pieces', on the lower level

Lilli Lugash's Lovely Lucre: On the upper level, run by Lili Lugash, purchases random pieces of art

The Bard College's Official Magical Item Shop: Items enchanted by students

Armorer: On the lower level, run by a halfling.

Other Locations:
The Bard College: The Bard College dominates Kotumi, literally built into the side of the mountain. On the upper level.

Stables: On the lower level, near the temple of Lugh. Also has some animals for purchase.

Fighting Pit: A pit that runs wrestling and bare-knuckle fighting matches. Bets are allowed.