Port Minthalaj

Port Minthalaj is a Jinni port in the Arctosphere of the Elemental Plane of Air, and a part of the Court of Ice and Steel.

Geography
Port Minthalaj exists as a fortified canal between a rift to the Plane of Earth and a Jinni settlement in Abqaria by the same name. The city is comprised of a one-kilometer long canal made of ice and fortified by iron and steel that ferries barges from one planar portal to the other, and is surrounded in all directions by fortified housing compounds of Jinn made primarily from ice, with some steel, iron, stone and bronze, and small amounts of other precious materials such as marble, wood, gold, or glass.

There is no gravity in Minthalaj, and gravity spells and other magic items that might disrupt day-to-day life are forbidden. Humans are not encouraged to move about the city, and many passageways are obstructed in ways that are easy for the Jinn to pass but difficult or impossible for humans, such as cracks only one inch wide, or extremely slick black ice. Heat is also forbidden in the city, including body heat, so humans who do venture out of their ships must bundle up not only to stay warm, but to prevent melting anything.

Economy
The city of Minthalaj Eesaar (that is the city on the Plane of Air, not its twin in Abqaria) earns almost all of its money by controlling access to its four primaries; the portal to the Plane of Earth, that to Abqaria, the port and the canal. Each of these extracts a tax for anyone who passes through, and the entire settlement is supported by these tarrifs and nothing more.

Politics
One tribe of Jinn holds complete dominion over the rift to Glaciare, the portal to Abqaria, the Canal, and the Port. If these four families are ever stuck in a stalemate over any issue, word is sent to the Court of Ice and Steel, and the Grand Caliph breaks the tie.

In exchange for military protection from other planes and races, each of the four noble families of Minthalaj are required to rear and support a flight of white dragons to offer to the Caliph if they are ever needed. These dragons are ridden by powerful human sorcerers.

Parallel Locations

 * Port Minthalaj is parallel to the Elemental Plane of Earth's Glaciare region, with a rift open between the two planes.

Links to Other Locations

 * Port Minthalaj also hosts the primary portal to Abqaria of the Court of Ice and Steel. The city on the Plane of Air is Minthalaj Eesaar, as opposed to Minthalaj Abqaria, its sister city.
 * There is a Jetstream between Minthalaj and the Citadel of Ice and Steel.
 * Minthalaj is near Jumada and Jazeera
 * Minthalaj is near Odaynget