Klaung Song
This is the Faction City of Sword, and the colors of black and orange are seen everywhere. In keeping with its name, weapons of all types are crafted here, and young people or foreigners who think they desire a career as mercenaries for any faction receive their basic training in Klaung Song. The faction arena is an important part of this training regimen, and the locals often find amusement in the fumbling efforts of would-be mercenaries. The largest temple here is to Gonthor, Who Grumbles in the Sky, as he is the god of strength and war as well as the storms.
Although Sword is a political and mercantile organization as much as any of the other factions, people tend to look to it for leadership in times of military need. This annoys the generals of the country’s actual military and has resulted in some spectacularly bad decisions. However, Sword likes to encourage this to a degree, as it increases the faction’s prestige, and they include a little bit of military perspective in their merchants’ training. (They consider questions such as, “How would you defend a caravan traveling through this location?”) Sword does seem to furnish an above-average number of soldiers to the army, though, and it is the largest military supplier overall.
The current ottiark of Sword, Ubon Phrae Savan, has a hobby of studying the history of battles so she is truly knowledgeable in the areas of strategy and tactics. She is also very interested in historical foreign battles and would be happy to hear accounts of those or to acquire new books to study.
Settlement
Klaung Song, City of
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