Bowdare

Capital: BowdarePopulation: 76,000Government: Self-proclaimed king.Allies: Olandra, VenteelRivals: ForinseReligion: Supposedly Divine Circle, Arumelian Pantheon, but Bowdare’s “spiritual leader” has been excommunicated. He apparently worships some corrupt sect of Cintorria.Exports: Gems, mercenariesImports: Liquor, luxury itemsAlignment: Chaotic NeutralLanguage: ForinsanSlavery: Banned as an institution by Bowdare’s thuggish warlords, it is utilized by them as a matter of personal whim.
Bowdare is located on a peninsula in the Bays of Khoren, on the western coast of Ruencia. It borders Forinse.
Bowdare is a rather wild frontier city-state. The current rulership is a gang of adventurers that has taken control, or gone out of control, depending on the point of view. The town is governed through a somewhat inept mix of legalized anarchy and draconian measures. Speaking of draconian, the adventurers seem to have gotten the cooperation of at least ten powerful dragons. Whether the cooperation is compelled or voluntary, nobody outside the country seems to know.The town has become a gathering point for all kinds of thugs, mercenaries, and roughhouses. Dire warnings from Millisymph and other major trading nations in the area compel the adventurers to keep the operations of pirates at a minimum, at least out of the capital city.Many in Forinse to the east would like to overrun and tame the city-state, but the adventurers have made several demonstrations to prove what they are capable of. Plus the illness of the ruling prince of Forinse has sapped the nation’s will. At any rate, just about everyone in the ruling faction has bounties on their heads from at least two other realms in the area.The city-state expands for a couple of hundred square miles beyond the city walls, comprising of mostly gray rocky land that tumbles down into a smattering of islands in the Gulf of Forinse.
People:Malar Beonar:The leader of the adventurers is a renowned fighter that has declared himself “king”, a title recognized by no other power in the area. Malar was famous in his youth for conquering a number of dangerous monsters and goblin tribes, as well as a few notorious criminals. However, he has become just another petty bully on a throne since he took over Bowdare from the den of pirates who had made the place their home.
Padrus Mulane:Apparently a priest of Cintorria who has accompanied Malar for most of his career, the two adventurers have been known to be inseparably close in past years, though the temptations of power seem to have driven a rift between them as of late. Padrus has violated a number of sacred oaths to his sect of Cintorria with his recent acts of cruelty and misuse of divine power, and he has been excommunicated by his order, though after he destroyed the temple of Cintorria in Delgaude in retaliaton, he stated that he was acting on his goddess’ direct and explicit orders. The Shining Star (high priest) of Cintorria sees things differently. There is no relation between Padrus and the legendary Trynsern adventurer Pedrus the Heretic.
Enrico:Known as a rogue in the streets of Masqutase in his youth, Enrico has trod a bloody path to power in Bowdare, becoming affiliated with Malar’s group in the last five years. Enrico is known to have contacts with criminal families in Arumelia and Thissaly, though there are also many criminals that would love to see him perish. Few people would be sad to see him go. Now he serves as Bowdare’s “foreign affairs councilor”, though his counsels usually consist of threats and blackmail. 
D’Arkaine:A powerful and thoroughly wicked wizard, strongly suspected to actually be a “Marty Boogim” from the Trynsern city of Kasteban. D’Arkaine was questioned about this by one hapless individual who was fried on the spot by the raging mad wizard. D’Arkaine has battled the Celebrunt wizard Paranyssus several times, neither getting more than a home field advantage over the other.
Category:Ruencia