High in the mountains the town of Mashu is a recently founded town which was established by miners who discovered gold in the riverbed several decades ago. Since then there has been a large influx of prospectors all looking for easy riches. Although the loose gold dried up quite soon there are several excellent mines to be found here and many of Nagareas finest weapons are created with steel forged here. It is rumoured that there is a secret prison here for high ranking members of the Nagarea hierarchy although none has ever been found.