The Fortress Salzinwuun
Even the most strident critics of the Tarrasque’s binding—those who preach endlessly about how the creature must be released or slain—must admit that Salzinwuun is a wonder. The modern day fortress walls are over a hundred feet high, constructed of smooth black granite. The skill and craft of the stone giant builders has left barely an inch of space between the seer-mortared blocks; only the most skilled climbers could hope to find toe or finger holds. A faint discoloration betrays where the east facing wall was repaired following the 12th Meridian crisis and otherwise its magnificence is unblemished.Still referred to as a fortress, Salzinwuun dwarfs most of the continent’s castles. Where one would normally expect a keep lays the living, howling Tarrasque. Whereas most similar structures have defensive options aimed outward, Salzinwuun has numerous offensive emplacements aimed both in as well as out: arrow slits and parapets to keep the rest of the city and any would be invad-ers out, massive ballistas (their bolts affxed to massive chains sunk into the foundation) pointedtowards the Tarrasque to keep it in. First time visitors often confuse the emergency weaponry (of which the wall mounted ballistas are the most prominent) with the weapon-like cutting tools—bel-ly lifts, extraction screws, scalpel-rams—that the God-Butchers and Marrow Miners utilize to run their operations.Besides the gates, extraction tools, and last ditch weaponry the interior of Salzinwuun also sports first stage processing infrastructure from house sized vats and kettles for rendering fat or the boiling of piss and other liquids, to sieves and sifters the size of alleyways for doing rough sorting before export to the various member establishments of the Process Guild. Salzinwuun also features numerous roof stacks (covered, elevated platforms) where large scale exports are held for up to two days while awaiting sale or contracted pickup—usually, anything extracted from the Tarrasque not claimed and transported out the fortress gets dumped into the drains which lead to the Red River.The largest structure inside Salzinwuun is the God-Butcher’s mess hall, a looming if simple building usually echoing with the sounds of rough, raucous laughter and filled with endless tables and kitchen facilities to feed workers (though this is off limits to Marrow Miners).