Shentreau is known as the Center of All Culture. For centuries it has been the home of high art. The Moutron, Kelpsierse, and Vodonford, the three greatest art galleries in the world, all call Shentreau home, as well as dozens of other, smaller galleries catering to every taste and whim imaginable.

The only true industry in Shentreau is the manufacture of wine. Most of the vintners belong to one of four competing cartels; all told there are around twenty vineyards which produce approximately seventy different varieties of wine. The wonderful variety of wines is what originally attracted the wealthy and cultured to Shentreau, and the arts followed.

The central district of Shentreau is densely packed with upscale buildings. Inns, restaurants, brothels and more all cater to the fabulously wealthy. Most of the inns provide modest servants quarters adjoined to their guest quarters. The city’s workers mostly live in a shantytown along the western edge of the city.

Of all Shentreau’s many attractions, the greatest by far is the Grand Art Show held each month at the Vodonford. Here, artists from all over the world compete to have their paintings, sculptures, and even songs recognized. Those who win acclaim at the art show are showered with money, gifts, consorts and even land and noble titles.

Encounters in Shentreau

The PCs could be hired by one of the wine cartels to sabotage the vineyards of the other, or to stop such sabotage.

One of the many aspiring artists with which Shentreau is overflowing might try to get a PC to pose for a picture. Imagine the PCs surprise if the painting wins a prize in the Grand Art Show, and she becomes a celebrity overnight!

Shentreau would be a great place to locate The Slums.

See also The Plagiarist.