Arabelle

Region/City Proposal

Arabelle (Fresia) / East Arabelle (Hakan/smaller)

History

• Arabelle region (and city) is in a larger area known as "The Pinch" which covers the border between Fresia, Hakan, and Ulan.
• It used to be just one larger city, Arabelle and was solely Fresian. At the end of the Fourth Interregnum, part of it (East Arabelle) was effectively awarded to Hakan for their support to Dakt. That part of the city was already fairly gnomish. Through some political trickery and indirect pressure on Hakan, those neighborhoods were taxed pretty heavily to fund Fresian troops during the war, creating a lot of displeasure among the gnomes who wished to keep their support with Hakan.
• The region and city gained its name as the locals believe Mythrian Arabelle's family/relatives hailed from there.
  • This is all entwined in Fresia's (quite strong) claim that Tragidore is from central/southern Fresia. Since Sterros was from central Fresia, and he eventually was the ward of Mythrian from Tragidore, everyone in these parts believe the Tragidore holy site is (wherever people say it is in Fresia).
  • Many people claimed lineage to the Arabelle family in this region (rightly or opportunistically) and they renamed the town to reflect that supposed heritage. All the locals believe that heritage to be true as there are no local teachings otherwise.
  • The temple in the city is reasonably well-visited because it claims to have two of Mythrian's saddles. The greater church doesn't recognize them as religious relics even though priests claim that divination has shown the preserved saddles to have been used by Mythrian at some point.
• There are honorific gravesites here for Tedor and Lucanna (Mythrian's parents), which receive many offerings.
  • Down the hill from the gravesites is a location known as Vendetta Wall. Bards tell of many different stories of who made the wall, but anyone taking an Oath of Vendetta before this wall, will see their name and their target's name etched in stone. Whichever of the two dies first will magically have their name crossed-through.
  • Near those gravesites and Wall is a dueling ground, where many local vendettas have been played-out.

Location

Roughly in this area:

Politics / Government

• TODO: Need to figure out how the local duchy is structured on Fresian side
• TODO: Need to figure out how the local area is governed on Hakan side
• TODO: Need to figure out tribes/powerbrokers/etc in the Ulan areas

Economy

• TODO: Figure out economy