Korus Landing is a city in the Antaran Empire in Betrayal in Antara. It is first visited in Chapter 4.
Geography
Korus Landing is the northernmost city south of the Glassrock Mountains. A river to the east separates it from Ticor, with Varnesse being the nearest town beyond two Imperial bridges. Also across the river is the Ciaran Pass, leading through the mountains into the Empire's northwest territories. Southwest of Korus Landing lies the Empire's capital, Antara.
A coach runs to Teal for 270 burlas.
Commerce
Inn: The Guilded Trader
- Amenities: Ale, Rations, Roast Chicken; rooms are available.
- Music: Senaedrin's verse of I Guess I'll Be Drinking Their Share.
- Free: a Pendant on the floor under the table.
Shop: Germaine's Outfitters
- Sells: Banded Shield, Herbal Powder, Senwater, Shovel, Beeswax, Torches
- Buys: Lockpicks, Torches, small goods.
- Cheese Quest: see below.
Residents
- Jaeger Forest Meister, a "short, fat, balding, pompous noble," is eagerly awaiting a shipment of cheese for his upcoming wine-and-cheese party, the occasion being the unveiling of a rare Chunese "tree idol" for his art collection. He rants that the shopkeeper, Sylvie Ashwood, has "thrown herself at him for years" and that he may have to succumb to her "wanton desires" in exchange for her next shipment of cheese, but insists several times that he is a happily married man. His wife is small and round, with a wig as tall as herself and "a voice like nails on a slate." The back door of his house is locked; after obtaining the Green Key in Eastbend, the party can retrieve the stolen idol and return it to its roots. Meanwhile, the closest cheese sources are in Levosche and Durst. The Jaeger is willing to pay 2 burlas for it -- far less than the shopkeeper.
- At the Shop, proprietor Sylvie Ashwood, whose trade has been hit hard by the shipmasters' strike, drought, and blockage of the Varnesse bridge, wishes she could obtain some cheese in order to charge Jaeger Meister ("that fat old buffoon") ten times the cost. She will pay 50 burlas if the party brings her cheese so she can "stick it to that imbecile." In Chapter 7, Kaelyn Usher and Raal can learn Sylvie's adventurous life story.
- In Chapter 4, the party can visit a newlywed couple, Andy and Arielle, who have just moved in. Andy is fascinated by tales of distant cities, but Arielle is upset at having adventurers for guests. If the party chooses to Stay, Aren Cordelaine talks up their epic adventures over dinner. Staying or Leaving seems to make no stats difference. In Chapter 7, Kaelyn and Raal can meet Arielle, who turns them away to avoid Andy being riled up with more adventure stories.
- In Chapter 7, a man invites Kaelyn and Raal to spend a day working at the docks now that the shipmasters' strike is over, and mentions the Imperial soldiers searching for the escaped kidnappers. If they choose "Work" over "Shirk," they get a Banded Shield.
- In Chapter 7, a lascivious soldier gives Kaelyn some information but flees when, to get rid of him, she introduces Raal as her boyfriend.