City-State of Hawkmoon
The city of Hawkmoon is an independent city-state that holds the rest of Hawkmoon as a loose protectorate without considering it to be the territory of the city itself. The current ruler is Burgrave Malva, essentially an administrator of the city’s interests, both urban and in the surrounding domain of the city-state.
Built on the remains of far-more-ancient Yaltic settlements, the modern City-State of Hawkmoon became fully independent with the expulsion of the Heldring in 3282 I.R. Initially led by the legendary Bosworth the Great, Hawkmoon City soon became the leading settlement of the region but never exercised anything beyond general leadership and guidance to the fiercely independent Outfolk. Today, the city-state retains its role as first among equals and provides patrols and military assistance to, but exercises little real authority over, the rest of the domain.
Many consider the city-state a lawless place where a powerful thieves’ guild — led by an individual known as the Lucre King — and other crime networks, such as that run by the Valder family, help make policy and act as the true power in the city. The patriarch Chistoff Valder is considered equal to Administrator Burgrave Malva in the establishment of general policies and laws.
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Hawkmoon, City-State of
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