

The Bonfire (狼煙の丘 or 'smoke signal hill' in Japanese) is the encampment of the goblin alchemist Mutamix Bubblypots and his crew. After the Calamity, refugees seem to have moved out, as the outpost is now characterized by a waystation for the newly built railway. Its ideal location at the crossroads of the Royal Allagan Starway and Sunway saw many refugees drawn to it, safe from the strict laws of Ul'dah for anyone who could not pay their keep. The Black Brush Station (ブラックブラッシュ停留所 or 'black brush station' in Japanese) started its life as an aetheryte camp that offered its meager shelter for travelers. In place of the canyon that channeled the traffic in pre-Calamity times, there now stands an entrance to Cutter's Cry. Since the Calamity, any traffic north to Bluefog must pass through the mines as the original road appears to have been destroyed. In the very northern tip are the Nanawa Mines. After the Calamity, the tavern Coffer & Coffin also relocated to the area.

Aside from the aetheryte camp slash railway station, the refugee settlement Lost Hope can be found to the north, a qiqirn encampment Rat's Net to the west, and an encampment for materia researchers known as the Bonfire. The Soot Creek runs through Black Brush as its much-needed source of water.īeing a central location in Thanalan right outside the city, Black Brush features a lot of habitation. Other traffic uses the Allagan ways, Sunway east through the Clutch to Drybone and west to Hammerlea, Horizon's Edge and finally the Rhotano Sea, while Starway leads north to Bluefog. The local Aetheryte camp has stayed exactly where it is, at the crossing of the Royal Allagan Sunway and Starway, although these days it also functions as a railway station to the new cargo trains owned by Amajina & Sons Mineral Concern. The gates to the city of Ul'dah used to give out directly to Black Brush in version 1.x, but since 2.0 they are found within the bounds of Spineless Basin instead. Its exact bounds have changed a little bit over the years, most notably the border between it and Spineless Basin (which used to be called Cactus Basin) to the south-east has creeped northward quite considerably. Black Brush (ブラックブラッシュ in Japanese) forms the majority of the central Thanalan region.
