Duskvol

The city was established over 1000 years ago as a coal mining settlement on the cold north coast of Akaros. It has withstood the breaking of the world, an attack by a titanic leviathan, massive fires, a plague, a civil war, and legions of angry ghosts. It is a community of survivors.

Demographics

Duskvol is a mix of many cultures and traditions. The most common is Akorosi. They claim the same heritage as the Emperor himself, and the base titles of nobility on this heritage. Second most common is the Skovlanders, the original indigenous people of the north. Most were refugees. Building a large population of labourers, skilled craftspeople and other trades of the working class. Some Akorosi looks down on them and thinks of them as traitors. Third are the Iruvians, a powerful and wealthy dominion in the south. Iruvians claim nobility via an ancient pact with the Emperor. They maintain an influential consulate in Duskwall and keep a close eye on their portion of the leviathan hunter fleet.

Government

The government of Doskvol presides over four institutions:

• The Lord Governor oversees Imperial interests in the city. Enforces edicts from the Emperor, commands the Imperial Military garrison and warships in the city and breaks ties when needed on the City Council's measures. The Emperor appoints the Lord Governor.
• The City Council consists of six members of the nobility who drafts and approves legislation, city ordinances, and public works; determine the disbursements of the city treasury, and issue taxation orders. Council seats are traditionally appointed by vote of the sitting council when a member dies or retires.
• The Ministry of Preservation manages the provisions from the Imperium, ensuring that food and supplies are transported where they're needed across the electro-rail lines and within the cities. They also oversee the Sparkweigths who design and maintain the lightning barriers. The Emperor appoints them.
• The Magistrates issue warrants, prosecute trials, asses evidence, and pronounces judgements. The City Council appoints Magistrates.

Defences

In the city there are three factions that keep order:

• The City Watch (aka Bluecoats) patrols the streets, "encourage compliance with the law", capture offenders, and operate Ironhook Prison. Watch-guards are hired by the Commander of the Watch, who is appointed by the CC.
• The Inspectors (aka Constables) investagate crimes and present evidence for warrent and trails. Inspectors are often foreigners, with no close ties to Duskwall.
• Spirit Wardens serve the Emperor directly and therefore are not an official part of Duskwall's law. However, they are important. They are the ones who come and destroys the spirits of the dead. When someone is dead they send out their deathseeker crows to find the dead. Once they find them they take them away and destroyes them so the spirit can not escape into the city.

Industry & Trade

The most important trade of Doskvol is leviathan blood. This is where the fleets stay afloat. They are the main city for nautical education. The most important import is the provisions from the Imperium. For some Iruvian silk are more important.

Infrastructure

It's industrial in its development. Imagine a world like ours during the second industrial revolution of the 1870s - there are trains, steam-boats, printing presses, simple electrical technology, carriages, and the black smog of chimney smoke everywhere. Duskvol is something like a mashup of Venice, London and Prague. It's crowded with row-houses, twisting streets, and crisscrossed with hundreds of little waterways and bridges.

Guilds and Factions

There are 48 factions/guilds in Doskvol. They are the following:
Underworld

• The Hive
• The Unseen
• The Circle of Flame
• Lord Surlock
• The Silver Nails
• The Billhooks
• The Crows
• The Dimmer Sisters
• The Gray Cloaks
• The Grinders
• The Lampblacks 
• The Red Sashes 
• The Wraiths
• The Fog Hounds
• The Lost
• Ulf Ironborn

The Fringe

• The Church of Ecstasy
• The Forgotten Gods
• The Horde
• The Path of Echoes
• The Reconciled
• Skovlander Refugees
• Deathlands Scavengers
• The Weeping Lady

Institutions

• Imperial Military
• The City Council
• Levithan Hunters
• Ministry of Preservation
• Ironhook Prison
• Sparkwrights
• Spirit Wardens
• Bluecoats
• Inspectors
• Iruvian Consulate
• Skovlan Consulate
• The Brigade
• Dagger Isle Consulate
• Severosi Consulate

Labor & Trade

• The Foundation
• Dockers
• Gondoliers
• Labourers
• Sailors
• Cabbies
• Cyphers
• Ink Rakes
• Rail Jacks
• Servants

Natural Resources

Coal, Eel and mushroom.

Founding Date

~ 160 PC

Alternative Name(s)

The Dark Jewel of Akoros, North Hook, Duskwall and The Dusk.

Type

Metropolis

Location under

Akoros

Included Locations

• Barrowcleft
• Brightstone
• Charhollow
• Charterhall
• Coalridge
• Crow's foot
• Dunslough
• Nightmarket
• Silkshore
• Six Towers
• The Docks
• Whitecrown

Owner/Ruler

The Immortal Emperor

Owning Organization

The City Council