| Haburh | |
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| (City) | |
Metropolis | |
| Titles | City of Metals, Mineral City |
| Nation | Dagrae |
| Region | Dagrae |
| Level | 20 |
| Size | Metropolis |
| Population | 342,450 |
| Demographics | 72% human, 15% dwarf, 4% halfling, 3% half-elf, 2% gnome, 4% other ancestries |
| Government | Conventional (Grand Council) |
| Demonym | Unknown |
| Adjective | Unknown |
| Ruler | George Gillain |
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| Dagrae | |
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| (Nation) | |
| Titles | The land of the Rising Sun |
| Alignment | Neutral |
| Government | Kingdom |
| Demonym | Dagraenian (70% human, 5% halfling, 5% half-elf, 5% gnome, 10% dwarf, 5% other ancestries) |
| Adjective | Dagrae |
| Languages | Common |
| Religions | Zymmyrian |
Haburh has many blacksmiths and mountains for ore extraction. This makes them one of the largest providers of metal goods in the kingdom. Even in years with bad harvests the city of generate a surplus of food. Other goods have to be traded for, usually with ore, finished metal products or hard coin.
Geography
The city is build into the mountain and consists of three city rings, each build on a different plateau. Surrounded by grassland in the north and East. The walls of the city rings are anchored into the walls. There are several entry points into the outer and middle ring. The inner ring can only be reached through a single entryway in the middle city ring.
The houses in the outer city ring are not very big and mostly made with materials that the inhabitants could find or pay for. The houses in the middle and inner city rings consists of various combinations of stone and wood. Almost all houses have a flat roof.
The outer city ring of Haburh is located on the lowest plateau, about the same height of the grasslands outside the wooden palistade.
The middle ring is roughly 20ft higher than the outer ring. The wall is stone and records tell that construction was finished around 1640TC. In front of the wall there is a moat of 16ft wide.
The inner city ring is about 60ft higher than the outer city and the cream of the Haburh Society live here. No records exist of the creation of the dark stone wall surrounding the inner city ring. The moat is roughly 40ft wide. The roads are hardened and well maintained. The architecture of the large houses consists of mostly stone with a wood finish.
The roads in the inner city ring, middle city ring and from the middle ring to the grasslands are hardened, well maintained roads. Many roads in the outer city ring are dirtroads however.
Ruling Class
The city is being managed by the Haburh Assembly under supervision of Duke George Gillain.
History
Not much is known before 1800TC. It does appear that city and province affairs of Haburh has been managed by the Gillain family for longer than 200 years. Ups:
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In the last 200 years the city has not grown explosively like Westshire but it did grow which resulted in the outer ring made available.
Demography
Haburgh has around 347.200 inhabitants of which most are human and dwarves. Most inhabitants in the outer city ring (~65% of all inhabitants) are Serfs which are married to the land and work on the field or in the various workshops owned by freeman. The inhabitants of the the middle ring consists of freemans. The south-west side of the inner city consists mostly of the ruling class & military. The rest are either well known freeman, nobility or students at Hakorth
Cultural
The inhabitants of Haburh show a lot of pride in their metallurgy. The military and mages prides themselves on their protective abilities.
Economy
The Docks can be found in the outer city ring of Haburh near the river Americo. Various temples can be found throughout the city. Various markets can be found throughout the city The River Americo runs past the East side of Haburh.
The middle city ring has less markets but more shops with various luxury products like candle makers, rope makers, jewelers and glassblowers. Most shops however are related to crafting with metal as this is Haburh's primary source of income. This ring also contains various trading companies with the most (in)famous being:
This is also the location of the magical Haburh university of Abjuration called Hakorth, various gold smithies and famous blacksmith shop True as Steel .
Popular Locations
In Haburh there are various points of interests,
- Libraries
- Outer city ring has one library in the triangle.
- Middle city ring has many libraries required for the various academies and more.
- Academies
- Agriculture
- Magic
- Culture
- Military
Universities(Magic, agriculture, culture).
- Magic
- Agriculture
- Culture
The middle city have various guildhalls for the base classes and magic, pleasure, merchants, mercenaries and adventurers. The outer and middle city ring have fighting pits for entertainment. The walls have various holes for sewage.
Other point of interests are the monuments:
Man on Horse - One of the famous knights under the duke of three generations back. Famous for holding back the passage in the Serra Lake Mountains so that the army could retreat to a better position after an onslaught of the Orcs
- Squad of soldiers together
- A smith