For long time players of D&D, specifically third edition, the City of the Tarrasque is a particularly evocative setting. Originally created and explored in this thread, and expanded upon here, the City of the Tarrasque has grown around a massive, captured god-like beast, the Tarrasque. The monster is contained in a fortress where the canyon narrows, where, to keep it from regenerating, it is hacked at every day. A river of blood and water flows through the fortress, and the city feeds on the abundant meat. The city first grew up around the fortress to house the various wizards, scholars and alchemists that came to exploit the tarrasque's bounty. Eventually, it was almost as if the neverending stream of tarrasque blood, flesh and bone was more important than imprisoning the beast itself.

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