Dragon Hill

Dragon Hill is a merchant city-state in the middle of the South Eastern Block. The central city is an industrial area with small refineries and smelteries, which are part of its success as a trade hub. The merchants of the area have built a strong series of trade relations with the Circle, the Family Hearth , The Broken Kingdoms, and the smaller trade powers of the area, and, with effective techniques, have managed to reliably turn profits for centuries.
Being caught between several major trade powers can impose a strain the city's economy. The city's relations with the Technocracy and the Family Hearth have been spurious over the years, dependent upon the political climates of each government involved. At times, the merchants of Dragon Hill will favor one faction over the other. Sometimes, a more aggressive political faction will take control of the Family Hearth or the Technocracy, and impose tougher trade agreements on the city. However, in these cases, the laws of supply and demand will usually allow them to weather whatever happens. After all, there's always a willing buyer at a fair price.
Many of the more prominent merchants of Dragon Hill were educated at Kallipolis University, while many tourists, travelers, merchants, and connoisseurs visit from the Circle. Encircled missionaries help run a rather large school in the central city.
== History ==
=== Founding ===
Dragon Hill was founded as a mining town at some point during the Second Goran War, and quickly became popular as a waypoint for caravans heading for the supply-hungry Circle of Friends. They rose to prominence when location and standing put them in the perfect position to ride the wave of development during the Golden Age.
=== Great War ===
Dragon Hill saw much prosperity in the decades right before and after the Great War began, as troop movements into Cattailia and the Syndicate passed through on their way to respond to Tallet incursions. During this time, an active military camp was set up within the defended area, bringing in business daily.
Near the end of the war, however, Dragon Hill was periodically sieged by the Goran. During the middle stages of the Goran-Friendly Genocide Campaigns, the city lay in the western reach of the Goran who'd overshot the Circle's borders. Infrastructure was wrecked, towns were burned, and lives were destroyed. Because of this, the merchants have a few sayings about the problem of the Family Hearth, and, while they still trade with them out of mutual economic interest, some of them tend to take their better deals elsewhere first.
Category:Eastern Block