Freecrossing
A city spanning the whole crevice between two huge mountains. The only other way around would take additional weeks of dangerous travel. A very diverse and colourful place with a worry less feeling to it. The city sits as a neutral zone between Cirabaen and Rhondam. A bridge separates the two sections, one mostly elven and the other mostly human, which clearly wows in the different style and materials used in building their districts. The bridge opens on every Threeday to allow people to cross and trade.
Culture
Festival of Peace, where the bridge stays open for a whole week to celebrate the alliance between the two nations.Government
Nirila Farcan and Konmir Farcan, an half-elven couple which has strong interests in the best for both sides.
Defences
Surrounded by mountains and walls with guard towers. Huge bridge with gates on both sides. People stationed on the outer walls.
Industry & Trade
Taxes on the bridge (fastest way by far between Rhondam and Cirabaen) are a stable source of income for the city, together with the trading of knowledge in the shared library and university. Tourism brings in some good coin with the various taverns, inns and cultural buildings in Freecrossing, which offer a lot to see.
Infrastructure
University, library, a market that spans both sides of the bridge with various shops alongside it. The tavern which has a line spanned over the crevice to share parts of the order from both cuisines.
History
In the year 163 the people of Rhondam
established a small settlement on one side of the ravine, which is acting as a natural border between Rhondam and the swamps behind it. Its original purpose was to act as a defensive wall against the orcs and other unknown creatures living in the unexplored lands afar.
A little under 200 years later, in the year 341, the first Ciraen elves arrived at the town of Freecrossing. After an initial warming up between the elves and humans, a non-attack pact was signed and the elves started to settle on the far side of the ravine.
On the 10 years anniversary a peace treaty was signed, which lead into the first elvish-human shared building project with a connected bridge to later enable trading, the exchange of knowledge and resources and a peaceful together. The first free half-elven children were born.
The two sides were finally completely allied after the marriage of both districts leaders
in the year 388 , making it a full half-elven lead metropolis. Since that day both sides fly flags of both races on their walls.
Alternative Name(s)
Not so free crossing
Type
Metropolis
Population
91.426
Demographics
39% Humans
37% Elves
19% Half-Elves
4% Orcs
1% Dwarves
Demographics
39% Humans
37% Elves
19% Half-Elves
4% Orcs
1% Dwarves
Location under
Owner/Ruler
Owning Organization
Related Tradition (Primary)
Characters in Location
One of the shopping streets
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