The Emerald Diamond

The Emerald Diamond is an exclusive club for high rollers in Aristonia's entertainment district. By word on the street, it is where the Fixer can be found these days.

Inside

The club is a casino done up in gold and green, with an ornate chandelier hung low over the main floor. Roulette, blackjack, and mechanical slot machines dot the room; servers move among the tables with trays of drinks, a house band plays, and there is space to dance. It draws a well-to-do crowd of nobles and off-duty city folk.

Entry costs a couple of gold at the door, and — house rules — all weapons must be checked at an armament station on the way in, held until a guest leaves. A tuxedoed maître d', Silas Kren, works the floor and welcomes guests.

Upstairs is a VIP area of private rooms, reached by a velvet-roped stairway watched by a bouncer named Dask; access costs a further sum in gold. Long-established patrons, however, can skip the door fees entirely by using a private back entrance: one knocks and says that "Giovanna sent you." The back entrance is a heavy steel door; beyond it, a stairwell climbs to a false wall that swings open directly into the upstairs VIP hallway.