New City

The New City, as the name suggests, has only been around for a few decades. With the treaty signed with the Avandarians and the presence of the Swamplight School, this area of the city has seen some modernization and attempts to civilize it. Many Grippli of Bogbrook embrace the future and the new gadgets that they can play with, but there are some that rail against what they consider the poisoning of the Grippli way.
Situated further west, towards Avandar, New City’s roads are cobblestone, the buildings are more permanent structures, some of the swampland has been drained to make room for the non-Grippli to live, and there are even some lamplights that illuminate the city streets. While New City is smaller in size than True City, it has great importance for the success of Bogbrook on the world stage of Starhelm.
The Swamplight School is the most prominent structure in New City, and it rises higher than the Matriarch’s Hut, which is distasteful to many Grippli. Melanor does not have any ego about this and encourages her people to be understanding about the need for others to express themselves differently. She reminds them that Grippli do not need to rise their structures to the sky, they have what they need with their families and friends on the ground or in the trees.
Presided over by the Most Learned Talon Milquist Turnbuckle, the Swamplight School serves as a library, school, and temple to Gnurich. It is the first of its kind in this type of environment, and it specializes in alchemy, botany, healing elixirs, and the natural world. Turnbuckle would like to see his influence on the Grippli extend to their whole city, but he is content now to see New City flourish. There is talk of other schools or businesses opening up in New City but for now it is only the Swamplight School.
Most visiting dignitaries, which are relatively few, will stay in New City and there are huts set aside for them. Some also stay at the school, which can have a more ‘civilized’ feel. Visitor huts are stacked close together, but there are some Grippli that have embraced the new way and build or live in sturdier huts in New City.

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District

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Bogbrook