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	Dras-Leona Dras-Leona is located by Leona Lake and is in close proximity to Helgrind. The citizens there are said to engage in a bloody religion involving the worship of Helgrind and the ritual sacrifice of body parts. At the time of Eragon, Dras-Leona is ruled by a noble named Marcus Tábor, who serves Galbatorix and the Ra'zac. It is a sprawling tangle of buildings, strewn with disfigured beggars and desperately impoverished citizens. Almost all of the Empires trade passes through the city at one point or another. The center of Dras-Leona is encircled by a dirty yellow mud wall. Moderator: Moderators	0	0
	Gil'ead Gil'ead is a city in Alagaësia, located close to Du Weldenvarden on Isenstar Lake. It is heavily fortified and home to a base for Galbatorix's soldiers. Moderator: Moderators	0	0
	Carvahall Carvahall is a small village where Eragon and his family grew up. It is located in the northwestern corner of Alagaësia on the fringe of a mountain range called the Spine. Located in the Palancar Valley, it sits on the bank of the Anora River, not far from the town of Therinsford. The village is small enough that the inhabitants are able to create most of the items needed in everyday life and rely upon nomadic traders for most of their small amenities. Moderator: Moderators	0	0
	Therinsford Therinsford is a small town in the Palancar Valley, southwest of Carvahall. It is larger and more poorly organized than Carvahall, and is located on the same river. Roran receives a job in Therinsford as a miller's assistant, but it is cut short with the death of his father, Garrow. It is also the place where Brom purchases the stallions Snowfire and Cadoc. Moderator: Moderators	0	0
	Teirm Teirm is a large trading city in Alagaësia. It is a coastal port isolated from the rest of the Empire by the Spine, and is located on the Toark Rivers that flow out of the latter. It has a defense system like no other city in Alagaësia: after an attack by pirates in which the city nearly burned down, it was rebuilt in a tiered structure so that in case of attack, archers could be posted on the roofs of the houses they would have a clear line of sight to shoot down the invaders. The defenses were centered around a citadel, in which the merchants were required to house their administrative offices so that Imperial officials could track shipments to the Varden. Moderator: Moderators	0	0
	Urû'baen Formerly known as the elf city of Illirea, Urû'baen is a large city near the middle of Alagaësia. It is the capital of the Broddring Kingdom which King Galbatorix has forcibly taken over. Before his rule, many Riders lived there and were tutored there, and it was called Ilirea. The King and his army of thirteen fallen Riders, called the Forsworn, resided together in the capital until one by one the Forsworn were killed, mostly by the Varden. The King, a Dragon Rider who destroyed the original order of Riders, now resides in his palace with his powerful black dragon Shruikan. Moderator: Moderators	0	0
	Hadarac Desert The Empire effectively ends at the Hadarac Desert; without the Dragon Riders, it is simply too difficult to maintain a government over the vast tract of desolate earth. In fact, the desert is one of the few things that prevents the king from expanding the Empire to include all of eastern Alagaësia. The Hadarac Desert is the ancestral land of the dragons. Currently, no human lives in the desert besides nomads, a few roaming slavers, and bandits who prey on weary travelers in the area. Moderator: Moderators	0	0