Ruente
Ruente lies on a natural harbor on the south shore of Iber Bay. Its port’s configuration means that it can dock 40 to 50 vessels while still having room for no fewer than three shipbuilding companies along the water. The facilities are almost entirely given over to the manufacture of ships for Alcaldar’s Imperial Navy, with any extra capacity taken up by building merchant vessels for the great trading houses. However, one of the companies has some dry docks it uses primarily for repairs and maintenance. It keeps a waiting list of clients, but a ship that needs urgent repairs can usually be worked into the schedule for an appropriate fee.
The extensive space for docking large ships means Ruente is the port of choice for landing large cargoes intended for Mhalta, or embarking those from the eastern part of Alcaldar. Specifically, this means horses from the estancias or from Alicantato are shipped out from Ruente, and any group of people arriving with their own mounts is very likely to disembark at Ruente and then travel overland to the capital city.
East of Ruente and south of the Navarre Mountains lie the large plains estancias of such nobles as the duque of Pinilla, the marquesa of Sorueno, the marqués of Tamora, the marqués of Vellone, the conde of Galdames, and the condesa of Urrimi. Their primary products are the long-horned cattle for which the Grasslands of Wahm are famous, as well as many types of leather goods, and of course the excellent plains’ horses.
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Ruente, City of
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