Duchy of Bycrest
Government
The Duchy of Bycrest is ran by the Dostil house and use the Dostil Academy of Excellence as the main focus point for the duchy and governance. All commerce and villages send their proceeds and taxes to Knovine. All leaders of villages have some connection to the Academy, from attending some classes to having children who have had classes at the academy. This innately leads to the leadership in the duchy to be of a higher intelligence versus other duchies in the Southern Aristocratic Alliance, and while not all inhabitants or peasantry are educated as most do not have time to devote themselves to the betterment of their mind, the local decisions are informed and logical.
Defences
The natural mountain barrier to the north leaves the Dostillian duchy secure as they do not need to worry about defenses. They do have a large barracks however, that is part of the Academy in Knovine and used to simulate leadership for privileged members of the Southern Aristocratic Alliance military.
Industry & Trade
The Dostil Academy is the main export of Bycrest as knowledge is power to Dostil and gives them the power to rule the land. Those who are not directly related with the academy tend to the land, and attempt to create a self sustaining land, resorting to interesting and unorthodox ways of cultivation and are able to sustain their population without having to import very much from the land barons in terms of food.
Infrastructure
As the need for education became apparent during the War of Ages, the Dostil Academy of Excellence was created in Knovine. With the Academy, came the Scribes of Excellency, who tend to the academy and work under the Dostil family in order to promote knowledge.
Assets
- The knowledge held in the Dostil Academy
- Mountain flowers that have been deemed endangered by the Scribes of Excellency. These mountain flowers were a main ingredient to pre war Godder Wine and have since the rise of the Dostil has become very rare and very expensive.
Guilds and Factions
- House Dostil
- Scribes of Excellency
- Knovine local Nobility
- Kinovites
History
The duchy of Bycrest was originally owned by House Godders and an extension of their land. In Knovine, originally named Kinovin after one of the Godders prominent sons, stood one of the most successful vineyards in the land. A true testimony of architecture and beauty, the Vineyard of Kinovin was one of the wonders of Ealira. As the War of Ages began, it became evident that the south did not have the military teachings of the Northern soldiers, and in an event to even the playing field and ensure that the South had a fighting chance to fight the North off, the Southern Aristocratic Alliance created the Duchy of Bycrest to be led by House Dostil, who promised the alliance that they would lead the confederacy out of darkness with knowledge. This duchy would include the land surrounding Kinovin, as the Vineyard would be the ideal location for a massive institution of knowledge. The Godders felt a serious resentment not only to the Southern Aristocratic Alliance for taking their prized land away but a deep seated angered towards house Dostil, as they were the ones who did the deed and took their land. House Dostil made true to their promise, creating the Dostil Academy of Excellence and slowly educating the nobility in the ways of all things, from war to irrigation.
Tourism
As it is one of the most prestigious places in the south, the Academy brings many to the lands of Dostil, particularly nobility. Graduating with an education from the academy brings honor to yourself and to your house, and lesser nobles will spend their family fortunes for the chance to learn in the halls of the greats of southern past. All major factions of the south have connections to this building of knowledge and are better for it.
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