Bliski
Bliski is the second-largest city in the Buntesveldt. Much trade passes through its large and well-managed harbor, which hosts vessels from nations around the Gulf of Akados and the Sinnar Ocean. Bliski is also a convenient trading location for merchants from Morborg and Stavropol in the north, whether they wish to sell in the city’s markets or to the ships at port.
The city’s herzog (equivalent to a duke) is a hereditary ruler, though new laws require the advice and consent of a council of landed nobles that meets quarterly in the grand hall of the palace. Herzog Volger Werbrüten is the 11th of his family to hold the title, and in many ways sees Bliski as he might a child: to be nurtured, protected, and promoted. He is relentless in his efforts to make the city not just the finest in all of the Buntesveldt, but also a leading city on the whole of the Sinnar Ocean. He anxiously seeks out travelers from afar who can tell him of other lands, and of the sights and sounds of other cities and realms. Much more so than his conservative peers, Volger is prepared to adopt foreign ideas that might enhance his city and its prosperity and reputation.
The towns of Shinyi and Capra are vassals of Bliski.
The Veldtrada meets in Bliski, and by tradition the herzog serves as the council’s speaker. Meetings have been increasingly tense of late as friction between Bliski and Ustran Pazeel grows. Fortunately, the Veldtrada decides few issues of import, and those that are within its purview are those where the interests of the two cities tend to align.
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Bliski, City of
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