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'''Chammur '''''([[Pronunciation|pronounced]] chah-MOOR)'', also known as '''Fabled Chammur''', '''Chammur of the Flaming Heights''', and '''Mighty Chammur''', is a city located on the eastern border of [[Sotat]]. The city is ancient, and has existed for 1200 years<ref name="sm6_112">''[[Street Magic]]'', Cp. 6 (p. 112; Scholastic paperback)</ref>, which means it was standing during the time of the [[Kurchal Empire]].
   
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==Geography==
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'''Chammur''', in the past also called "fabled Chammur", "Chammur of the Flaming Heights" and "Mighty Chammur", is on the eastern border of [[Sotat]]. Even though it is nominally ruled by the King in the capital [[Hajra]], the town is ruled by the ''Amir'' (prince), a king in all but name. The city is ancient, having existed for twelve hundred years<ref name=sm6_112>''[[Street Magic]]'', Cp. 6 (p. 112; Scholastic paperback)</ref>. The city also straddles the trade routes from [[Capchen]] to [[Yanjing]]. This has enabled it to grow wealthy. The [[Living Circle]] is a foreign religion here, with most people following the Chammuran gods like [[Mohun]] or [[Shaihun]].
  
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===Climate===
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Being on the edge of Sotat, Chammur is practically in the middle of a desert. It is very hot and dry.
   
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===Landforms and bodies of water===
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The city is the setting of ''[[Street Magic]]''.
  
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The [[Qarwan River]] runs by the city to the west. To the north and east, there are cliffs that the [[Chammuran Oldtown]] was built upon<ref name="sm1">''[[Street Magic]]'', Cp. 1</ref>.
   
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==Politics==
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[[Tamora Pierce]] may have based Chammur on the ancient city of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persepolis Persepolis].
  
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===Government===
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Chammur is technically under the rule of the King of Sotat, who has palaces in [[Hajra]], the capital. The ''amir'', or prince, is king of Chammur in all but name, and is a kinsman of the King of Sotat. They have aristocracy in the city, and nobles are styled as ''Name X doa/doen Family name''. The nobles wield a considerable amount of power in the city.
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==Government==
  
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The city is a monarchical state, and defers to the King of Hajra. It is a princely city, and has an ''amir'' to rule it. The ''amir'' wields an incredible amount of power, along with the other nobility. The common folk have little rights and power in comparison.
  
   
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In Chammur, women are of lesser standing than men. Noblewomen, however, are given some amount of power, if only through their powerful male relatives—in the case of [[Zenadia doa Attaneh]].
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In Chammur, women are of lesser standing than men. Noblewomen, however, are given some amount of power, if only through their powerful male relatives.
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The city is looked after by the Watch, headed by the [[mutabir|''mutabir'']].
  
   
 
==Economy==
  
==Economy==
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Chammur is a wealthy city-state. As a trade epicenter, it garners quite a lot of money. They presumably have mines, and have gotten wealthy through gemcutting and masonry.
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Chammur is a wealthy city-state, as it is a trade epicenter. They presumably have mines, and have gotten wealthy through gemcutting and masonry. The city straddles the trade routes between [[Capchen]] and [[Yanjing]].
   
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==Layout==
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===Currency===
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Chammur has its own currency consisting of copper and silver ''davs'' and silver and gold ''chams''. The smallest coin is a copper ''dav'' and three copper ''davs'' are one silver ''dav''. Twenty copper ''davs'' make one silver ''cham''. Twenty silver ''chams'' are one gold ''cham'', the largest coin in Chammur<ref>''[[Street Magic]]'', Glossary</ref>.
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To the west is the [[Qarwan river]] and to the north and east are cliffs where the first settlements were.<ref name=sm1>''[[Street Magic]]'', Cp. 1</ref>
  
   
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==Culture==
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The original settlement, now known as [[Oldtown]], was in [[Heartbeat Heights]]. The cliffs were orignally settled by shepherds, miners and goatherds. The rocky mazes made a safe sanctuary, but it was only after the trade route was established that the city became prosperous and merchants and farmers moved nearer. Eventually the cliffs became too crowded and the richest inhabitants moved out and built palaces on the nearby open ground, now called [[Newtown]]. The wealthiest and most powerful became the amirs.<ref name=sm1 />
  
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===Religion===
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The religion of the [[Living Circle]] is foreign in Chammur, and the residents worship a different pantheon of gods.
   
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Known Chammuran gods:
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The Heights are now mainly inhabitated by the poorest residents, such as [[Evvy]] and stink from the centuries of continual habitation.<ref name=sm2_35>''[[Street Magic]]'', Cp. 2 (p. 35; Scholastic paperback)</ref> The amir's palace is located on top of [[Fortress Rock]], whilst capital punishment is administered on [[Justice Rock]]. The city is encircled by walls. The city's markets are known as ''souks'' and the bathhouses as ''hammam''.
  
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*[[Shaihun]]
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*[[Mohun]]
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*[[Lailan]]
   
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===Language===
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By 1039 [[K.F.]] the farms surrounding Chammur experience difficulties because the soil is drained and full of acid from being cultivated for too long and too intensive.<ref name=sm6_112 />
  
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Chammur has its own language, Chammuri, which is very different from the language spoken to the west of it, Imperial. Some terms in Chammuri are:
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==Currency==
  
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Chammur has its own currency consisting of copper and silver ''davs'' and silver and gold ''chams''. The smallest coin is a copper ''dav'' and three copper ''davs'' are one silver ''dav''. Twenty copper ''davs'' make one silver ''cham''. Twenty silver ''chams'' are one gold ''cham'', the largest coin in Chammur.<ref>''[[Street Magic]]'', Glossary</ref>
  
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==Chammuran==
  
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Chammur has its own language, Chammuran, which is very different from the language spoken to the west of it, Imperial. Some terms in Chammuri are:
  
 
*''amir'' - prince, ruler in Chammur
  
*''amir'' - prince, ruler in Chammur
 
*''belbun'' - rat (animal)
  
*''belbun'' - rat (animal)
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*''mutabir'' - head of law enforcement and courts in Chammur
  
*''mutabir'' - head of law enforcement and courts in Chammur
 
*''pahan'' - teacher, mage
  
*''pahan'' - teacher, mage
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*''[[shakkan]]'' - miniature tree form like an elongated S pointing to right of viewer
  
 
*''souk'' - market
  
*''souk'' - market
 
*''takamer'' (m.)/''takameri'' (f.) - rich person
  
*''takamer'' (m.)/''takameri'' (f.) - rich person
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*''zernamus'' - parasite like a tick, one that survives by living off the rich
  
*''zernamus'' - parasite like a tick, one that survives by living off the rich
   
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===Architecture===
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==Notable Citizens==
  
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====City layout====
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*[[Zenadia doa Attaneh]]
  
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[[File:Map of Chammur.png|thumb|400px|right|Map of Chammur<ref>From ''[[Street Magic]]''</ref>]]
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*[[Jebilu Stoneslicer]]
  
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The original settlement, now known as [[Chammuran Oldtown|Oldtown]], was in [[Heartbeat Heights]]. The cliffs were originally settled by shepherds, miners, and goatherds. The rocky mazes made a safe sanctuary for them. Once Chammur became a trade epicenter, other folk began to move in, and joined the others on the cliffs. Once it began to be too crowded, richer people and families built palaces and buildings on the open ground. These areas are all called [[Chammuran Newtown|Newtown]]. The wealthiest and most powerful became the ''amir''<ref name="sm1" />. The entire city is encircled by walls, but there is a wall between Newtown, Oldtown, and near the palace. The ''amir's'' palace is located on [[Fortress Rock]].
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*[[Kemit doen Polumri]]
  
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*[[Turaba Guardsall]]
  
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Because of the surplus in stone, Chammur is completely built in stone. This requires stone [[Ambient magic|mages]] to inspect the buildings in search of signs that it may collapse.
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*[[Ikrum Fazhal]]
  
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*[[Evumeimei Dingzai]]
  
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Wealthier Chammurans build their homes with expensive and ornate stones, and design them [their homes] in such a way to take advantage of any breeze in the hot Chammuran desert. [[Zenadia doa Attaneh|Lady Zenadia's]] large mansion in a very wealthy residential part of the city is spacious and airy. Her gardens are well-placed to take advantage of shade. The plants that need more water are usually placed in the shade, and the plants that need less are placed in the sun, or to give other plants shade. Wealthy Chammurans have colored tiles for their floors, in indoor as well as outdoor areas of the home.
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===Classes===
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The people of Chammur, like many of the countries surrounding the [[Pebbled Sea]], are at the whims of the class system. Nobles, of course, are able to afford the most expensive living in Newtown. Mostly rich and middling class people live in the newer part of the city. Heartbeat Heights is now mainly inhabited by the city's poor folk<ref name="sm2_35">''[[Street Magic]]'', Cp. 2 (p. 35; Scholastic paperback)</ref>.
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===Clothing===
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Wealthy Chammuran women wear airy pants or skirts, leave their stomachs showing, and have long veils. If the woman comes from wealth, these clothes are made in the finest cloth and encrusted with gems. Girls and women from respectable families wear skirts, but those who are from the streets are given more license and usually wear trousers because of the potential dangers.
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==Events==
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In 1039 [[KF]] the farms surrounding Chammur experience difficulties because the soil is drained and full of acid from being cultivated for too long and too intensively<ref name="sm6_112" />. This problem is ameliorated by [[Rosethorn|Dedicate Rosethorn]] of [[Winding Circle]].
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==Known residents==
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A list of all the known residents of Chammur.
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===Nobles & Upper class===
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*The ''[[Amir]]''—the prince of the city, a "king in all but name"
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*[[Zenadia doa Attaneh]], a wealthy noblewoman. The ''amir's'' aunt.
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*[[Jebilu Stoneslicer]], an [[ambient magic|ambient]] stone mage
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===City officials===
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*[[Kemit doen Polumri]], ''mutabir'' (Head) of the Watch
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*[[Turaba Guardsall]], a ''pahan'' for the Watch
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*Unnamed female scribe
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===Merchants & Working class===
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*[[Nahim Zineer]], gem merchant
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*[[Ubayid]], armsmaster for Lady Zenadia
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*[[The Mute]], bodyguard for Lady Zenadia
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===Lower class===
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====Vipers====
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*[[Ikrum Fazhal]], leader of the Vipers
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*[[Orlana]], killed by [[The Mute]]
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*[[Sajiv]], killed by the Mute
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*[[Yoru]]
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====Camelguts====
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All surviving Camelguts became Vipers after a brutal attack.
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*[[Hammit]], killed by Vipers
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*[[Mai]], left Vipers after Douna was killed
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*[[Douna]], killed by [[Gate Lords]]
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*[[Ayasha]], young Camelgut girl, flirts with [[Briar Moss]]
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====Unaligned====
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*[[Evumeimei Dingzai]], former resident of Chammur, former slave
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==Appearances==
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Chammur only appears in ''[[Street Magic]]'', and is mentioned in ''[[Battle Magic]]'' and ''[[Melting Stones]]''.
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==Fun facts and trivia==
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[[Tamora Pierce]] may have based Chammur on the ancient city of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persepolis Persepolis].
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Other elements were based on Indian culture, such as the use of the bindi and the veil known as the saari. The clothing worn by [[Zenadia doa Attaneh]] is also inspired by wealthy Indian women.
   
 
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==See also==
  
==See also==
 
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Revision as of 21:51, 29 July 2020

Template:Location infobox Chammur (pronounced chah-MOOR), also known as Fabled Chammur, Chammur of the Flaming Heights, and Mighty Chammur, is a city located on the eastern border of Sotat. The city is ancient, and has existed for 1200 years[1], which means it was standing during the time of the Kurchal Empire.

Geography

Climate

Being on the edge of Sotat, Chammur is practically in the middle of a desert. It is very hot and dry.

Landforms and bodies of water

The Qarwan River runs by the city to the west. To the north and east, there are cliffs that the Chammuran Oldtown was built upon[2].

Politics

Government

Chammur is technically under the rule of the King of Sotat, who has palaces in Hajra, the capital. The amir, or prince, is king of Chammur in all but name, and is a kinsman of the King of Sotat. They have aristocracy in the city, and nobles are styled as Name X doa/doen Family name. The nobles wield a considerable amount of power in the city.

In Chammur, women are of lesser standing than men. Noblewomen, however, are given some amount of power, if only through their powerful male relatives.

Economy

Chammur is a wealthy city-state, as it is a trade epicenter. They presumably have mines, and have gotten wealthy through gemcutting and masonry. The city straddles the trade routes between Capchen and Yanjing.

Currency

Chammur has its own currency consisting of copper and silver davs and silver and gold chams. The smallest coin is a copper dav and three copper davs are one silver dav. Twenty copper davs make one silver cham. Twenty silver chams are one gold cham, the largest coin in Chammur[3].

Culture

Religion

The religion of the Living Circle is foreign in Chammur, and the residents worship a different pantheon of gods.

Known Chammuran gods:

Language

Chammur has its own language, Chammuri, which is very different from the language spoken to the west of it, Imperial. Some terms in Chammuri are:

  • amir - prince, ruler in Chammur
  • belbun - rat (animal)
  • bindi - paint, metal, or jewel placed between the eyebrows
  • bunjingi - miniature tree form in which trunk is long, with a few branches balanced at the upper end
  • cham - large sum of coin in Chammur
  • dav - smaller coin in Chammur
  • doa - daughter of (noble house)
  • doen - son of (noble house)
  • eknub - foreigner
  • hammam - bathhouse
  • hedax - rank similar to lieutenant
  • mutabir - head of law enforcement and courts in Chammur
  • pahan - teacher, mage
  • souk - market
  • takamer (m.)/takameri (f.) - rich person
  • tesku - leader of a street gang
  • thukdak - Chammuran slang for street rat
  • zernamus - parasite like a tick, one that survives by living off the rich

Architecture

City layout

Map of Chammur

Map of Chammur[4]

The original settlement, now known as Oldtown, was in Heartbeat Heights. The cliffs were originally settled by shepherds, miners, and goatherds. The rocky mazes made a safe sanctuary for them. Once Chammur became a trade epicenter, other folk began to move in, and joined the others on the cliffs. Once it began to be too crowded, richer people and families built palaces and buildings on the open ground. These areas are all called Newtown. The wealthiest and most powerful became the amir[2]. The entire city is encircled by walls, but there is a wall between Newtown, Oldtown, and near the palace. The amir's palace is located on Fortress Rock.

Because of the surplus in stone, Chammur is completely built in stone. This requires stone mages to inspect the buildings in search of signs that it may collapse.

Wealthier Chammurans build their homes with expensive and ornate stones, and design them [their homes] in such a way to take advantage of any breeze in the hot Chammuran desert. Lady Zenadia's large mansion in a very wealthy residential part of the city is spacious and airy. Her gardens are well-placed to take advantage of shade. The plants that need more water are usually placed in the shade, and the plants that need less are placed in the sun, or to give other plants shade. Wealthy Chammurans have colored tiles for their floors, in indoor as well as outdoor areas of the home.

Classes

The people of Chammur, like many of the countries surrounding the Pebbled Sea, are at the whims of the class system. Nobles, of course, are able to afford the most expensive living in Newtown. Mostly rich and middling class people live in the newer part of the city. Heartbeat Heights is now mainly inhabited by the city's poor folk[5].

Clothing

Wealthy Chammuran women wear airy pants or skirts, leave their stomachs showing, and have long veils. If the woman comes from wealth, these clothes are made in the finest cloth and encrusted with gems. Girls and women from respectable families wear skirts, but those who are from the streets are given more license and usually wear trousers because of the potential dangers.

Events

In 1039 KF the farms surrounding Chammur experience difficulties because the soil is drained and full of acid from being cultivated for too long and too intensively[1]. This problem is ameliorated by Dedicate Rosethorn of Winding Circle.

Known residents

A list of all the known residents of Chammur.

Nobles & Upper class

City officials

Merchants & Working class

Lower class

Vipers

Camelguts

All surviving Camelguts became Vipers after a brutal attack.

Unaligned

Appearances

Chammur only appears in Street Magic, and is mentioned in Battle Magic and Melting Stones.

Fun facts and trivia

Tamora Pierce may have based Chammur on the ancient city of Persepolis.

Other elements were based on Indian culture, such as the use of the bindi and the veil known as the saari. The clothing worn by Zenadia doa Attaneh is also inspired by wealthy Indian women.

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Street Magic, Cp. 6 (p. 112; Scholastic paperback)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Street Magic, Cp. 1
  3. ↑ Street Magic, Glossary
  4. ↑ From Street Magic
  5. ↑ Street Magic, Cp. 2 (p. 35; Scholastic paperback)

See also

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