Schendi
This is the infamous port of the black slavers of Schendi, the League of Black
Slavers. They are pirates and known for their cruelty on shipping. The city
is an equatorial free port and ships going to and from Schendi are safe. The
slaving is commonly restricted to the high seas and coastal towns well north
and south of Schendi. Schendi has a population of about a million, most being
black. Its waters are open to shipping year round. Many goods pass in and
out of Schendi, as would be the case in any major port, such as precious metals,
jewels, tapestries, rugs, silks, horn and horn products, medicines, sugars
and salts, scrolls, papers, inks, lumber, stone, cloth, ointments, perfumes,
dried fruit, some dried fish, many root vegetables, chains, craft tools, agricultural
implements, such as hoe heads and metal flail blades, wines and pagas, colorful
birds and slaves. Schendi's most significant exports are doubtless spice and
hides, with kailiauk horn and horn products also being of great importance.
One of her most delicious exports is palm wine. One of her most famous and
precious exports are the small carved sapphires of Schendi. These are generally
a deep blue, but some are purple and others, interestingly, white or yellow.
They are usually carved in the shape of tiny panthers, but sometimes other
animals are found as well, usually small animals or birds. Sometimes however
the stone is carved to resemble a tiny kailiauk or kailiauk head. Slaves,
interestingly, do not count as one of the major products in Schendi, in spite
of the fact that the port is the headquarters of the League of Black Slavers.
The black slavers usually sell their catches nearer the markets, both to the
north and south. One of the major markets, to which they generally arrange
for the shipment of girls overland, is the Sardar Fairs, in particular that
of En'Kara, which is the most extensive and finest. This is not to say of
course that Schendi does not have excellent slave markets. It is a major Gorean
port. The population of Schendi is probably about a million people. The great
majority of these are black. Individuals of all races, however, Schendi being
a cosmopolitan port, frequent the city.
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