Jun 8, 2015 5:28 am
Agartha
Population: 33,000 (90% human, 9% Demihuman, 1% Other)
Government: Plutocracy(Anarcho-Capiltalism) Consortium of Merchant Princes, ruled by a High Prince. Currently 12 Merchant Princes rule the city, as well as command its military forces.
Defense: 2000 guards in service to the Consortium, 400 Dragon Knights sworn to serve the High Prince, 150 ships (50 in harbor, 100 patrolling trade routes)
Commerce: All basic items as well as many rare and illegal goods.
Organizations:
Oroboros. Enclave of secretive spellcasters who harvest life force to distill into Residuum.
The Blackwheel Co. Fighters guild who serve all sides and abhor morality.
Lifters Inc. Labor union of human and demihuman workers.
The Merchant Fleet. Courageous traders who brave pirates and the elements for profitable trade.
Temple of Bahamut. The old, traditional, orthodox religion of the Agartha.
Temple of Garl Glittergold. The new, liberal, heterodox religion of Agartha.
CidCo. Innovative manufacturing syndicate of gnomish families.
Agartha is a wealthy city-state along the border of the country of Montebanc. It is ruled by the Consortium, a group of twelve highly influential Merchant Princes. The number of Princes fluctuates over time, but over the past century it has hovered around 12 such men (and occasionally, women)
The Consortium selects one among their number as High Prince, who assumes the role of chief of state, but this position is highly precarious, as a new High Prince can be selected at any time (preventing the need for frequent assassination plots which have plagued the wealthy city-states history.)
Demihumans are secondary citizens, but occasionally have been known to rise to the station of Merchant Prince within the Consortium. No demihuman prince has ever been elevated to the position of High Prince.
Agartha's ideal placement along a highly trafficked coastline has made it an organically shifting, regional trade nexus. It's primary Imports and Exports change with the season and from year to year, as well as with the City-state’s mercurial political allegiance. Currently reigning High Prince Rhaegar has well known ties to the Archmagi Grigory's government.
The Blackwheel Co. is owned by Prince Dorian. By far the most well-known of Agartha's corporations, the Blackwheel Co also has the most clients. It is, at its core, a Fighter's Guild, hiring out muscle to protect fragile trade routes through dangerous territory, as well as religious pilgrims, and noble houses.
Oroboros is a corporation of spellcasters whose chief executive is Princess Desiree. Oroboros synthesizes Residuum, one of the perennial exports of the City of Agartha. Residuum is a stable, non-volatile form of Quintessence that is refined through ancient alchemical extractions.
Population: 33,000 (90% human, 9% Demihuman, 1% Other)
Government: Plutocracy(Anarcho-Capiltalism) Consortium of Merchant Princes, ruled by a High Prince. Currently 12 Merchant Princes rule the city, as well as command its military forces.
Defense: 2000 guards in service to the Consortium, 400 Dragon Knights sworn to serve the High Prince, 150 ships (50 in harbor, 100 patrolling trade routes)
Commerce: All basic items as well as many rare and illegal goods.
Organizations:
Oroboros. Enclave of secretive spellcasters who harvest life force to distill into Residuum.
The Blackwheel Co. Fighters guild who serve all sides and abhor morality.
Lifters Inc. Labor union of human and demihuman workers.
The Merchant Fleet. Courageous traders who brave pirates and the elements for profitable trade.
Temple of Bahamut. The old, traditional, orthodox religion of the Agartha.
Temple of Garl Glittergold. The new, liberal, heterodox religion of Agartha.
CidCo. Innovative manufacturing syndicate of gnomish families.
Agartha is a wealthy city-state along the border of the country of Montebanc. It is ruled by the Consortium, a group of twelve highly influential Merchant Princes. The number of Princes fluctuates over time, but over the past century it has hovered around 12 such men (and occasionally, women)
The Consortium selects one among their number as High Prince, who assumes the role of chief of state, but this position is highly precarious, as a new High Prince can be selected at any time (preventing the need for frequent assassination plots which have plagued the wealthy city-states history.)
Demihumans are secondary citizens, but occasionally have been known to rise to the station of Merchant Prince within the Consortium. No demihuman prince has ever been elevated to the position of High Prince.
Agartha's ideal placement along a highly trafficked coastline has made it an organically shifting, regional trade nexus. It's primary Imports and Exports change with the season and from year to year, as well as with the City-state’s mercurial political allegiance. Currently reigning High Prince Rhaegar has well known ties to the Archmagi Grigory's government.
The Blackwheel Co. is owned by Prince Dorian. By far the most well-known of Agartha's corporations, the Blackwheel Co also has the most clients. It is, at its core, a Fighter's Guild, hiring out muscle to protect fragile trade routes through dangerous territory, as well as religious pilgrims, and noble houses.
Oroboros is a corporation of spellcasters whose chief executive is Princess Desiree. Oroboros synthesizes Residuum, one of the perennial exports of the City of Agartha. Residuum is a stable, non-volatile form of Quintessence that is refined through ancient alchemical extractions.