Nesvizh

Nesvizh Settlement Information Type Village Kingdom Polish Commonwealth Fortification Vilna World Map With Fire & SwordNesvizhVilnaTemplate:World Map/With Fire & Sword Nesvizh is a village of the Polish Commonwealth, subordinate to Vilna. Its starting ruler is randomly drawn each game. Nesvizh is involved in the Cossack main quest The Secret of the Black Mace. Layout[] Player Elder Fugitive Nesvizh is built on hilly terrain, as a Swedish-style village with six houses. The player starts on a path leading to the village, with fences on both sides. The fences are short enough for a horse to jump over, but jumping is blocked by invisible barriers. Before one enters the village, one finds a water well, two carts and three bathtubs. Once inside the village, the path splits: to the left is a house with a pile of wood in front, and behind the house there is a fireplace. The right branch leads to the center of the village marked by a bonfire, and next to that is an empty stable, complete with a trough. Turning right from there leads to the highest point of the village, where one finds another bonfire. Behind a small fence is a cabbage field, but that small fence has an invisible barrier. Access to the cabbage field is behind the house on the right. Behind the cabbage field are some fences, along with invisible barriers to prevent the player from falling off. The Village Elder stands beside the pile of wood on the left side of the village from the player's entrance. If sent here during a Hunt Down Fugitive quest, the Nervous Man will be standing in front of the small fence in front of the cabbage field. Trivia[] This place is called in Polish Nieśwież, in Lithuanian Nesvyžius, in Russian Несвиж Nesviž, and in Belarusian Нясвіж Niasviž. This is one of the villages with a special interaction with the Village Elder. Here, the player can ask the elder "Why would your village bear such a name?" He replies with a story about how Janusz Radziwill shot a bear on a hunt, but there was no room on the boat for it,"and so they resolved to return for the bear another time. The servants they sent for the bear somehow lost their way, and found the giant only after a few days had passed. By this time, the carcass was no longer fresh – in Lithuanian, that would be 'Nesvizh'..."This might be a folk etymology, but regardless of whether it is true, it is important to note that the "Lithuanian" language the elder refers to is not modern Lithuanian—the official language of today's Republic of Lithuania—nor its ancestor, rather, it is Ruthenian, an East Slavic language that was the official language of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania[note 1], which later evolved into today's Belarusian and Ukrainian languages. Compare "not fresh" or "stale" in modern East Slavic languages: Russian несвежий nesvežij, Ukrainian несвіжий nesvižyj, Belarusian нясвежы niasviežy. In Polish, a West Slavic language, it would be nieświeży. Notes[] ↑ By the time of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Ruthenian was no longer official, but was still widely spoken in East Slavic parts of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. For comparison, Lithuanian was only spoken in the Baltic region, and literacy in it was low up to and through the 18th century. It only grew in popularity through nationalism in the late 19th century as a response to Russification policies of the Russian Empire. Wikipedia has an article on this subject at:Nesvizh Territory of the Polish Commonwealth TownsKrakov Lviv Smolensk Vilna Warsaw FortressesBar Fortress Berestye Fortress Dubensk Castle Kovno Fortress Lida Castle Lodz CastleLublin Minsk Myadzelsk Castle Polotsk Slutsk Zbarazh Fortress VillagesAmere Babice Baranovichi Chenstokhova Dobrush Ilyintsy Krivichi LudinovoMolodechno Nesvizh Ostroleka Ostrovets Ovruch Plotsk Ponyri Radzilow RudnyaSambir Slavuta Snechko Sofronovo Solechniki Staronowice Stryi Trakai VendauVydzy Wadowice Widawa Yartsy Zamoshye