Free City of Pyor

Pyor is a free city, situated on a large island in Turokh's Eye, ruled by Count John Brackheart, his coat of arms, a burning lighthouse on a field of blue. It is famous for its university, The Academy of Pyor, and for hosting the Annual Bridge Square Tourney, which has been held for the past 33 years.
It was recognized by the Kingdoms of Magiore and Thyssen and the Principality of Carinthia in the Charter of Eternal Alliance from 1430, on the basis that no country should be allowed to place an army there, or otherwise assert their influence over the island, given its economic and strategic importance for the countries of Turokh's Eye. They also agreed that if Pyor was ever attacked or occupied, they should all three take up arms to defend it. The island has been owned by Carinthia, the Golden Horde, Magiore, and used to belong to the Kingdom of Vichin before the Western War. Vichin is the only country of Turokh's Eye who does not recognize Pyor as a free city.
==Layout==
Pyor is a wooden, colourful town, a bawdy haven for artists, scholars, and freethinkers where the youth reigns supreme. Its streets are narrow, muddy and crowded, and many buildings rise three or four stories, with pointed roofs. Workshops, studios, and stalls, inns and taverns can be found all along every road. In the northern part of town lie the commercial districts, in the southern tip, the important fishing industry slaves away, and at its centre, the wide Bridge Square connects Academy isle to the rest of Pyor via a long bridge. The academy is locked off at night and in times of danger, but most students cannot afford to live within its walls.
===Neighbourhoods===
Pyor is commonly divided into 13 neighbourhoods: Bridge Square, Academy Isle, Charity Square, The Slums, The Slaughterhuses, The Dockyard, Draper's Ward, Factories, Distillery District, Warehouses, Banker's Street, Upper Presada and Lower Presada.
===Rebuilding the slums===
In early May of 1431, after the local merchant Vladimir Claw declared his intention to begin funding the charity work being done on Charity Square, a large group of Pyor's poorest, along with the philanthropist Felicia Laurevic, began an extensive rework of the city's slums. This came in the wake of a terrible incident of fungus-induced mass-mania in Pyor during the 32nd Annual Bridge Square Tourney, which was believed to have started in the slums due to its awful conditions.
==Economy==
Pyor is a major trade port and was granted a storage right on all fabrics and vices going over Turokh's Eye. It makes most of its income off of its world-renowned academy, which is the largest in Magnia.