LaRocque

LaRocque is the furthest north city in the Coalition, built as a termination point for the then-busy and intricate Travel Barge System being used throughout the region.  It served as a ferrying connection point between the mainland and the Kingdom Of Velocitus, located on Mullen Island. The city became less important as flight travel was introduced, and then eventually travel using Mass Reconciliation Technology.  While some may find the city to be pretty, most do not prefer its location next to the O’Boyle Swamp, which on hot and humid days will blow foul smelling sulfurous winds into the streets shutting windows and shop fronts.  While a curse in some respects, the city has resorted to farming the swamp of what resources it can.  In the early years of the coalition the city extracted the swamp’s copious sulfur deposits to become the empire’s main manufacturer of gunpowder.  The area also became famous for its cuisine using Fontanel Crab, found exclusively in O’Boyle Swamp and considered an extreme delicacy.  With the advent of Cinderite-Gel Caseless Ammunition and the over-farming of the local Fontanel Crab population, LaRocque now only has relatively small fishing and logging sectors comprising its primary income.  This, coupled with the fact that a number of its residents working there opt to send much of their earnings back to their families in the KV, the city lies in wait for a new invention or industry to revive its once bustling economy.  In recent years the city has been in talks with Coalition officials to propose a jointly funded project to construct Cinderite Mines in the Adoban Peaks.  The land has not yet even been prospected yet, however, and in addition to territorial disputes between LaRocque and Hapsburg officials the project is likely to be mired in bureaucratic sludge for years, if completed at all.
Category:Cities
Category:Iron Coalition