Biltscrough

Biltscrough is a cathedral city of the High Church of Foere and, despite being located at the border of the Duchy of Mains and the Duchy of Saxe, is independent of both. Situated in the middle of these two great Foerdewaith demesnes, the city sits in the center of trade and information within the southern Kingdoms of Foere. Though the principal business of Biltscrough is service to the gods, a vibrant community has grown up around the cathedral and temples, and many commercial interests set up shop in their shadows. The roads in and out of the city gates are bustling from sunrise to sunset. Traveling merchants, loggers, miners, adventurers, and pilgrims arrive with a plethora of tales and stories ranging from the mundane to the ridiculous.
In the center of the city is the magnificent Cathedral of St. Flail, dedicated to Archeillus. Constructed of stone clad in golden sheeting, the cathedral boasts a main central tower that rises almost 300 feet into the air and dwarfs seven smaller surrounding towers. Outside of the cathedral on the holy grounds are other temples to Foerdewaith gods, including Mithras and Dre’uain the Lame. The ecclesiastical compound is surrounded by high, white stone walls. Outside these walls is the rest of the city, itself now surrounded by a further set of walls.
The Cathedral of St. Flail is the seat of Archdeacon Peridor, who oversees the cathedral and the administration of the city and its nearby environs with the assistance of the ecclesiastical magnates under his supervision. As an independent city, issues of royal interest (such as taxation, defense, and the lay courts) are overseen by the mayor of the palace in the name of the overking. Representatives of both Mains and Saxe live in the city and are happy to provide advice to the archdeacon, but Peridor is an excellent diplomat as well as a cleric, and runs Biltscrough in the manner in which he sees fit.

Settlement

Biltscrough, Cathedral City of

Ruler

Archdeacon Peridor

Government

ecclesiastical

Population

48,662 (46,561 Foerdewaith, 1,020 human mixed ethnicity, 671 Halfling, 399 half-elf, 11 other)

--Humanoid: halflings (some), half-elves (few)--

Languages

Common, Gasquen, Halfling

Religion

Archeillus, Mithras, Dre’uain the Lame

Resources

pilgrimage, trade

Technology Level

High Middle Ages

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Type

City

Owning Organization

Kingdom of Foere