Korduran

Allegiance: Duchy of Korduran, Empire of Trynser
Ruler: Mayor Leona Twinblade, under Duke Krasmus Twinblade
Population: 102,000 permanent residents, up to 100,000 transients.
The city is located near the direct center of the Trynsern Peninsula. It is located a little under a hundred miles to the east of Trynser City and a similar distance to the west of Mantius.
Korduran is the agricultural heart of the Empire of Trynser. Despite being a large metropolis, the city is at heart more rural than urban. The city is located on both sides of the Tavorin River, with several other rivers and canals connecting it to many cities of the central Trynsern Peninsula.
From the heart of the city which is located on the southwestern shore of the Tavorin, the city expands along seven main radial roads leading out of the city, each road lines with businesses behind which are homesteads with extensive gardens.
The city is in the middle of a vast very fertile plain that is the breadbasket of the central cities of the Empire, Trynser City, Mantius, Delternas, Flurien, Largin, and the various smaller cities. Trynser City is the largest of these cities, and the one that must most desperately be fed, and Korduran does its part with the vegetables and grains from the city's fields. Fruits and vegetables are grown the closest to the city center for rapid shipment to the Imperial capital and other large cities. Kordoran farmers grow lettuce, cabbage, carrots, onions, garlic, cucumber, peas, lentils, asparagus, artichokes, cherries, apples, several types of berries, and to the south, several orchards of peaches.
The city and its fields has suffered extensive destruction during the ravages of Gormann's Horde. Fortunately, Imperial reserves were adequate to prevent a crisis in feeding the cities, though some luxury perishables are in short supply. The Empire has made rebuilding this region its top priority. The casaulties among the farmers of the city have been rapidly replaced by others eager to take advantage of the good soil and distribution. The mild climate ensures growing throughout the year, and fresh crops are already replacing losses.
Gormann's Horde
After Gormann the Reaver's barbarian and humanoid army defeated Lord High Marshall Erois Datagnan's army at the Battle of Ferenthis on the 41st day of Heris, 1735, Gormann detached a force to hold Datagnan's survivors at Mantius and marched the rest of his force west to assault the Imperial heartland. The Empire quickly gathered a new force under Lord Marshall Mondrocar Blackeagle at Korduran. Unfortunately, the city's defenses never were very strong due to it being in heartlands, and its natural situation in a broad plain.
Rather than resist Gormann at the city's walls, Blackeagle dug in through the city's fields to the north and east. Gormann dug in around him. Reinforcements in Gormann's army from the successful Siege of Terenden outflanked Blackeagle to the north and threatened his lines of supply and retreat, and Blackeagle abandoned Korduran to retreat to Trynser City.
This left Gormann in control of Korduran for about a (45 day) month. The fields already suffered heavily from the fortificatations and raiding activity. As Imperial troops left the city, they wrecked whatever crops they could to prevent them from falling into Gormann's hands, and Gormann scavenged clean whatever was left. However, anticipating a seige of Trynser City, Gormann maintained as much structure as he could force his undisciplined troops to keep and repaired what he could.
Following the disintegration of Gormann's Horde following the Battle of Heddenfields, 20,000 horde survivors retreated to their last major position, held by another 15,000 warriors. They were hotly pursued by Lord Marshall Bllackeagle and 50,000 troops. Waiting only several days for troops to be collected and situated, Blackeagle assaulted and destroyed the remnants of the Horde on the 12th of Willene in an operation called the Relief of Korduran. From there he marched on to relieve Mantius.
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