Rel Astra
Population:
Exports: precious gems, silver, gold, precious metals,
gems, iron, metals, textiles, wood, herbs, spices, livestock, grain, unique
metals for swordcraft, marble, alabaster, horses,
paper, fine pottery, silk, jungle spices, jungle gems, fish, seafood, boats, Gibbil'swood, flintstone, Girru'soil, weapons, bows, glass, hourglasses, maps,
printed materials
Imports: precious gems, silver, gold, precious metals,
gems, iron, metals, textiles, wood, herbs, spices, livestock, grain, unique
metals for swordcraft, marble, alabaster, horses,
paper, fine pottery, silk, jungle spices, jungle gems, fish, seafood, boats, Gibbil'swood, flintstone, Girru'soil, weapons, bows, glass, hourglasses, maps,
printed materials
Ruler:
Religious Leader:
Description
Locations: walls, markets, trade, buildings, surrounding
lands, people, government, rulers, militia, coins, prosperity
Encounters:
Guilds:
REL ASTRA (City of)
His Most Lordly Nobility, the Constable Mayor of Rel Astra (Assassin/Magic user, 6th//9th level)
Capital: Rel Astra
(pop. 58,700)
Population; 90,000+
Demi-humans: Very few
Humanoids: Some
The city and constabular fief of Rel Astra extends from the
precincts of the city northwards to the Lone Heath south of the Mikar, including the town of Ountsy, whose mayor is subject to Rel Astra. This trading and mercantile port city is held in hereditary fief by a rival noble house of the Aerdi who are secretly conspiring against the royal house
of Naelex, although they are careful to allow no
proof of this to fall into their enemies' hands. They desperately seek close
ties with Medegia and the Sea Barons to balance the
weight of the Overking's kinsmen
in North and South Province. It is reported that the Overking
views these machinations with ill-concealed delight, for they are seen as check
and balance, as the monarch fears his own at least as much as he distrusts
others. In any case, the lord of Rel Astra at the same time desires to check the growth of the
Censor's lands and holdings, and secret plots with the freefolk
of Grandwood Forest and the Herzog of the South Province are rumored. The Constable Mayor fields a strong force of cavalry and foot, as well as a
squadron of warships. His horse has a nucleus of nobles and knights numbering
about 100, and their esquires and sergeants add some 400 medium cavalry; light
horse contingents round the number to a full 1, 000. There are an equal number
of men-at-arms, about half of whom are crossbowmen. Levies and militia
numbering 1,000 horse and 6,000 foot can be called up
from Rel Astra, Ountsy, and the surrounding lands on short notice. Recently
the Rel Astrans have
employed mixed human and orcish scouting bands as
light troops in the Grandwood and similar groups on
the Lone Heath.