Landisport
Brounthia’s main seaport, Landisport sits at the mouth of the Silver River where it flows into the Great Ocean. While a great deal of trade leaves Hesten Down, most of its imports come through Landisport, up the Silver River to Craghold, and then overland to Cymilsport. This might seem an awkward and laborious route, but it has the twin advantages of saving days or weeks at sea and avoiding the worst of the Northlander raiders.
The World’s End Mountains create dangerous weather conditions in the northern parts of the Norwold Gulf. When a storm blows in, ships can be driven off course, or worse, lost entirely. The mountains run down to the sea in a series of tablelands that do not permit any easy landing and certainly no harbors. To run goods north to Hesten Down can be a dangerous undertaking; sending those same goods up the river and overland is safer, but slower.
The city itself is a bustling hive of activity. Products of the estates along the Silver and Ruby Rivers come from upriver. Goods from such faraway lands such as the Ammuyad Caliphate arrive at the harbor. This great wealth is used to support the Royal Galleys as one-fifth of all commerce goes into the royal treasury. This steep tax keeps most foreign goods out of the hands of the common folk, something the nobles are more than happy to support. After all, how will you know who is common if not by their dress?
The Royal Galleys are six warships crewed by trained sailors and commanded by nobles holding hereditary rights to the position. While this does allow for a great deal of nepotism, to the Brounthians this is right and proper. A noble first learns war at the feet of their parents, and to the largely land-focused people of the kingdom, naval warfare is such a rare specialization that only those who grew up with it can be trusted to serve as officers.
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Landisport, City of
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