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| The oldest and most developed district of Flint is | The oldest and most developed district of Flint is | ||
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| - | Flint’s oldest surviving building is the Navras | + | Flint’s oldest surviving building is the Navras\\ |
| - | in the central district. Navras, an eladrin who fled Elfaivar | + | Opera House in the central district. Navras, an\\ |
| - | after the Great Malice, designed the opera house and laid the \\ | + | eladrin who fled Elfaivar after the Great Malice,\\ |
| - | cornerstone | + | designed the opera house and laid the cornerstone\\ |
| - | He spent nearly two hundred years personally | + | with a brick he had brought from his homeland.\\ |
| - | construction, | + | He spent nearly two hundred years personally\\ |
| - | When he completed the building, incongruously huge for what \\ | + | overseeing its construction, |
| - | was at the time just a small river fort city, Navras gave the \\ | + | no less than eight Risuri kings. When he completed\\ |
| - | first performance by singing the dirge of Vekesh. As the audience | + | the building, incongruously huge for what was at\\ |
| - | cheered and wept at his performance, | + | the time just a small river fort city, Navras gave\\ |
| - | and disappeared forever.\\ | + | the first performance by singing the dirge of\\ |
| - | The acoustic design of the performance hall somehow captures\\ | + | Vekesh. As the audience cheered and wept at his\\ |
| - | magical power from song, or from the emotional reactions of\\ | + | performance, |
| - | the audience. Impresarios who coordinate performance almost\\ | + | disappeared forever.\\ |
| - | always hire spellcasting bards to harness this energy and\\ | + | The acoustic design of the performance hall\\ |
| - | craft a magic item as a memento of the show. In the three\\ | + | somehow captures |
| - | hundred years since the Navras Opera House opened, most of\\ | + | or from the emotional reactions of the audience.\\ |
| - | these items have found their ways into private collections, | + | Impresarios who coordinate performance almost\\ |
| - | but a rare few have become famous, such as the Hurricane\\ | + | always hire spellcasting bards to harness this\\ |
| - | Violin, which commemorated the Fable of Seaquen and later\\ | + | energy and craft a magic item as a memento of\\ |
| - | banished a sea monster that threatened Flint Harbor in 417 a.o.v. | + | the show. In the three hundred years since the\\ |
| + | Navras Opera House opened, most of these items\\ | ||
| + | have found their ways into private collections, | ||
| + | but a rare few have become famous, such as the\\ | ||
| + | Hurricane | ||
| + | of Seaquen and later banished a sea monster\\ | ||
| + | that threatened Flint Harbor in 417 a.o.v. | ||
| </ | </ | ||
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| === Subrail Construction === | === Subrail Construction === | ||
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| the aquatic pine trees that anchor the bits of dry land throughout | the aquatic pine trees that anchor the bits of dry land throughout | ||
| the bayou, though the hills are mostly grassy ranchland. Not as well | the bayou, though the hills are mostly grassy ranchland. Not as well | ||
| - | known or developed as the bustling east coast, this district nevertheless plays a significant role in the city’s business. | + | known or developed as the bustling east coast, this district nevertheless plays a significant role in the city’s business.\\ |
| While Bosum Strand handles industrial and textile trade, Pine | While Bosum Strand handles industrial and textile trade, Pine | ||
| Island services hundreds of plantations in its soggy lowlands and | Island services hundreds of plantations in its soggy lowlands and | ||
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| serve deep-water merchant ships. Further inland, complicated | serve deep-water merchant ships. Further inland, complicated | ||
| streets, connected by ferries and bridges, weave between islands | streets, connected by ferries and bridges, weave between islands | ||
| - | ranging from the size of a single house to a small neighborhood. | + | ranging from the size of a single house to a small neighborhood.\\ |
| Criminals ply the waters of the bayous in shallow boats, often | Criminals ply the waters of the bayous in shallow boats, often | ||
| parking ships of smuggled drugs, magic, or women just off shore, | parking ships of smuggled drugs, magic, or women just off shore, | ||
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| and fey pepper dens. Pacts with local fey who are angry with the | and fey pepper dens. Pacts with local fey who are angry with the | ||
| spinning gears on the other side of the bay help these criminal establishments hide from law enforcement, | spinning gears on the other side of the bay help these criminal establishments hide from law enforcement, | ||
| - | a few newborns a year. | + | a few newborns a year.\\ |
| Farther west, where there are no longer even occasional hills, | Farther west, where there are no longer even occasional hills, | ||
| the Battalion academy trains elite soldiers and martial scientists in | the Battalion academy trains elite soldiers and martial scientists in | ||
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| two-story brick houses, and enjoys easy prosperity as the place most | two-story brick houses, and enjoys easy prosperity as the place most | ||
| visitors to the city stay. The district is also home of some of the oldest mills in Risur, powered by small canals that loop off the main | visitors to the city stay. The district is also home of some of the oldest mills in Risur, powered by small canals that loop off the main | ||
| - | river to avoid disrupting water traffic. | + | river to avoid disrupting water traffic.\\ |
| One strange attraction of the district is the Penny Pyre. Originally it was a small blackened pit, where a mage’s accident caused | One strange attraction of the district is the Penny Pyre. Originally it was a small blackened pit, where a mage’s accident caused | ||
| copper to burn as easily as wood, but last far longer. When the | copper to burn as easily as wood, but last far longer. When the | ||
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| Nobles hold many family estates here, though one island is owned | Nobles hold many family estates here, though one island is owned | ||
| by a man new to his money: Guy Goodson, who swindled his initial | by a man new to his money: Guy Goodson, who swindled his initial | ||
| - | wealth from a dozen naïve villages, and invested early in Flint’s | + | wealth from a dozen naïve villages, and invested early in Flint’s |
| + | and regularly dines with his noble neighbors, who delight in the | ||
| + | small steamboat he uses to visit them.\\ | ||
| + | Since technically The Ayres is considered part of North Shore, it | ||
| + | does not have its own district mayor. In practice, law and govern- | ||
| + | ment officials never bothers the nobles on their islands unless an | ||
| + | equally wealthy or powerful individual lodges a complaint. | ||
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| + | ===== The Military ===== | ||
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| + | The Battalion school of war in the bayous of Pine Island trains | ||
| + | hundreds of future officers every year, and works in connection | ||
| + | with various district forts throughout the city, as well as naval bases | ||
| + | on an island near the mouth of Flint Harbor. Flint still remembers | ||
| + | a few naval skirmishes that threatened shipping eight years ago, | ||
| + | and so the military maintains a constant watch for possible threats. | ||
| + | Normally, though, they will not respond unless a district mayor or | ||
| + | the city governor himself calls on them.\\ | ||
| + | While few individual soldiers have magical training, the military | ||
| + | has acquired over the years a wide variety of enchanted weapons | ||
| + | and defenses. Perhaps foremost among these, every soldier sta- | ||
| + | tioned in The Nettles district fort is given an amulet to ward them | ||
| + | against supernatural influence, should they be called upon to face | ||
| + | a reawakening of the eldritch horrors that reigned over Cauldron | ||
| + | Hill during the time of the witches.\\ | ||
| + | The local commander of Flint land forces is Colonel Greg Mas- | ||
| + | terson, while the naval defenses are overseen by Rear Admiral | ||
| + | Morris Dawkins. | ||
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