Segura
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== Overview == | |||
Segura was once a centre of trade for the Freeborn. Like southern Kahraman, it is a land of rolling grass plains where herds once grazed; however, on the south-western border stood the town of Anduz, a settlement built on the ruins of a much older city. In Anduz, the Freeborn rubbed shoulders with foreigners of three other nations, and there they acted as a trade gateway for the Empire. Unfortunately in 363 YE a great force of barbarians moved in from the west and took Anduz, scattering the foreigners and the Freeborn and burning much of the grassland. Now Segura is a battleground; every year the Freeborn will try to reclaim ground and be fought back. | Segura was once a centre of trade for the Freeborn. Like southern Kahraman, it is a land of rolling grass plains where herds once grazed; however, on the south-western border stood the town of Anduz, a settlement built on the ruins of a much older city. In Anduz, the Freeborn rubbed shoulders with foreigners of three other nations, and there they acted as a trade gateway for the Empire. Unfortunately in 363 YE a great force of barbarians moved in from the west and took Anduz, scattering the foreigners and the Freeborn and burning much of the grassland. Now Segura is a battleground; every year the Freeborn will try to reclaim ground and be fought back. | ||
Revision as of 00:50, 17 January 2013
Overview
Segura was once a centre of trade for the Freeborn. Like southern Kahraman, it is a land of rolling grass plains where herds once grazed; however, on the south-western border stood the town of Anduz, a settlement built on the ruins of a much older city. In Anduz, the Freeborn rubbed shoulders with foreigners of three other nations, and there they acted as a trade gateway for the Empire. Unfortunately in 363 YE a great force of barbarians moved in from the west and took Anduz, scattering the foreigners and the Freeborn and burning much of the grassland. Now Segura is a battleground; every year the Freeborn will try to reclaim ground and be fought back.
The lament Lost Segura is sung to remember its loss.
Major Settlements
Anduz
A settlement built on the ruins of a much older city. In Anduz, the Freeborn rubbed shoulders with foreigners of three other nations, and there they acted as a trade gateway for the Empire, until the barbarians overran it.
Anozel
Once the economic centre of Segura, but since the invasion of 363, its hinterland is lost and its Prosperity gone. Once-busy markets are quiet, or given over to tented military encampments.
Minor Settlements
Cerevado
Sited at a particularly difficult set of rapids on the Scorrero. Some captains will un-ship their cargo, and push their boats along a league of rollers set into the rocky bank. The more Courageous will pilot the foaming water and risk the rapids - and who amongst the Brass Coast would admit to anything other than daring of the highest order? The wreckage of those who failed is for sale in the Cerevado market.
Sobral
Keeps Anozel alive, but perhaps not for much longer. Contracts to supply it with grain at a fixed price for a fixed time will not last forever, and its people will have to bargain for their town’s existence. Sobral is a gathering point for those who roam the grass plains, when they bring their herbs in for the slaughter.
Places of Interest
Old Anduz
An ancient settlement in three concentric stone rings, which Anduz is now built upon.