Sharn

Sharn, often called The City of Towers, is the iconic fictional metropolis in the Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting world, Eberron.

Sharn is the largest city in the kingdom of Breland and indeed, the continent of Khoirvare. It is a melting pot of all races, with the human population being the largest but still only a third of Sharn's 211,850 souls.

A vertical city, Sharn is linked with the plane of Syrania, granting enhanced power to flight and levitation magic, a feature that the city's residents have used to build towers that rise higher into the sky than any other place on Khoirvare and possibly the world of Eberron. Due to the myriad of cultures that live and have lived in Sharn, examples of architecture from all over Khoirvare can be found. Most of Sharn's wealthiest inhabitants live in the upper regions of the city, enjoying the freshest air and least claustophobic views.

Sharn's Past
Sharn has a long and rich history starting with it's foundation in ancient times by hobgoblin warlords. It was called Ja'shaarat ("Bright Blade") and even then it was one of the greatest cities of the Dhakaani empire. In contrast to modern Sharn's soaring towers, Ja'shaarat was built mostly underground with only it's tallest buildingss inevitably becoming the foundation of Sharn.

When the Dhakaani empire was decimated by the Daelkyr, the city was ruined and never recovered. Goblin tribes who took refuge in the city's bowels renamed it Duur'shaarat ("Blade of Sorrows").

Years later, when a wave of human explorers flooded the coasts of Khoirvare, Malleon the Reaver discovered the fallen city. He would enslave the remaning goblin tribes and rename the city Shaarat. In time Shaarat grew into a wealthy and powerful city only to once again be dstroyed when Malleon's descendants refused to bow down to Breggor, the man who would become the first king of the nation of Breland.

After a long siege, Breggor's wizards finally rained destruction down on the city. Breggor would rename the city Sharn. During the next eight hundred years the towers of sharn would rise and the city flourished. When all of Khoirvare was changed with the War of the Mark, Sharn was once again ruined and abandoned for five hundred years. When Galifar I became king of the five nations he ordered the rebuilding of Sharn. With the funding of noble houses and the help of House Cannith and Dwarven architects from the Mror holds, Sharn's great towers were returned to their former splendor.