Enalzar

Enalzar is a fictional city-state frequently encountered in fantasy literature and tabletop role-playing games. It is typically depicted as a coastal urban center with a long mercantile tradition and a cosmopolitan population. In most portrayals, the city sits along a sheltered harbor near a river delta, featuring an old walled core and a sprawling market district connected by canals and causeways.

Governance in Enalzar is commonly described as a mercantile oligarchy or republic where guilds, merchant houses, and public offices influence policy. The central authority may take the form of a magistrate’s council, a guild senate, or a rotating leadership drawn from the mayoral and mercantile elite. The legal framework emphasizes trade law, property rights, and arbitration.

The economy centers on shipping, warehousing, crafts, and markets for spices, fish, textiles, and metals. Enalzar is often portrayed as a hub that links inland towns with distant ports, making it a crossroads for goods and ideas and contributing to a lively cultural exchange. Cultural life reflects its mercantile base, with multiple languages heard in markets, religious coexistence, and annual harbor festivals.

Architectural and urban features commonly described include fortified walls, merchant houses, tea houses, and libraries or observatories that reflect scholarly or bureaucratic interests. Notable landmarks appearing across works include a ceremonial Arc Gate, the Silver Docks, and the Library of Winds, though details vary by author or game setting.

Enalzar’s portrayals are intentionally flexible to accommodate different fantasy worlds, timelines, and narratives.