Location from The Wandering Inn by pirateaba
The Walled City of War — the most militaristic Drake city, where every citizen serves, every strategy is a weapon, and the old hatred of non-Drakes runs deepest.
Manus is a fortress that happens to contain a city. The City of War is the most militaristic of the Walled Cities, and it operates on the principle that peace is just the interval between wars you're preparing for. Every citizen trains. Every [General] plans. Every resource is measured in terms of military utility. Manus produces the finest Drake soldiers, the most ruthless [Strategists], and the most aggressive foreign policy on Izril. The city's military doctrine includes covert operations, assassination, and the kind of information warfare that makes other Walled Cities nervous. Manus has spies in every major city, agents provocateurs stirring up conflict between Humans and Drakes, and a deep institutional belief that Drake supremacy is not an ideology but a fact. They view the Antinium as an existential threat, Humans as invaders, and other species as problems to be managed. The Wandering Inn — with its magic door connecting Drake and Human cities — is exactly the kind of uncontrolled variable that Manus wants to eliminate.
Also known as: Manus, the City of War, Walled City of Manus