Sheerstone
This moderately-sized mining town also serves as an easily accessible port of trade for sea-faring travelers and traders. Due to its many ports, one can easily find ships or crews for hire as long as one has the coin to afford these services.
Demographics
Occupations: The majority of the people residing in this town make their livings as miners, sailors, fishers, farmers, and hunters. The wealthiest few families act as traders with ties to either Orizon or the intercontinental Merchants' Guild.
Racial Makeup: Majority human and hill dwarf with small Mountain Dwarf and shallows merfolk (triton) populations.
Government
Although Sheerstone is part of the Protectorate of Orizon, many of the laws in this settlement are enforced through community policing. The Orizon City Garde supports the Sheerstone Hunters in protecting the town from external threats. Crimes that negatively impact trade or that are considered treasonous are dealt with by Orizon authorities; due to this, dissidence against Orizon is often kept to the shadows.
History
The town of Sheerstone was founded as a mining colony in AB 1527 in order to support other settlements within the Protectorate of Orizon and to promote a wider degree of trade with the outside world. In recent decades, there has been a split between supporting the Protectorate of Orizon or splitting from the parent goverment with the support and influence of trade partners within the Intercontinental Merchants Guild; however, the hightened presence of Orizon Protectorate Gaurds within the protectorate's borders keep the status quo in check.
Founding Date
AB 1527
Alternative Name(s)
The Iron Coast
Type
Town
Population
6,500
Location under
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