The True City, the Magic City

The City of Brass is populated with a multitude of jinn. During the centuries since the original expedition, these jinn have grown stronger and become bolder. The characters discover a thriving cosmopolitan city, inhabited by 'afarit and other jinn, as well as those closely associated with them (sahirs, sorcerers, mortals with jinni blood, and other sorts of magical beings).

The city has several political factions which are deadlocked in a static and unchanging state of affairs. The wiser jinn realize the unique potential that humans possess, and seek to involve them in their affairs.

Depending on whether you wish the original tale to be true or not, the jinn of the city either chose to remain invisible out of fear when Musa's original expedition arrived, covered the city with illusions to mask their presence or were able to divert the original explorers into a Faerie reflection of their home.