Libri

Libri is a town located within the territory of the Dominion of Storia

## History

### Settlers of Libri

Founded as separate lumber camp by Orginaar and Dominion settlers, tensions would flare between the two groups due to anti-racial beliefs surfacing between the two, resulting in several minor conflicts between the two camps.

A quarry would eventually be established and the Dominion would hire workers from both camps to work in the quarry.

### Dominion-Targen War

During 94 BCE, Targen raiders would raid farther in-land than normal, occupying Libri in the process, intending to ransom the town back to the Dominion. However, public order in the two camps quickly deteriorated as the normal Dominion officials who attempted to keep the peace were soon replaced by Targen officials who sought to take as much loot and resources from the camps before they retreated back to Targen.

At the breaking point of this unrest, a cunning demiorc by the name of Garguk would manage to unite the two camps and successfully launch a rebellion against their Targen occupiers, returning the camps to the control of the people living there. Following the war, tensions between the two camps had vanished as they were both united into a small town, led by Garguk, who married a Dominion wife. The town of Libri is named after Garguk's first child, who was the first officially recognized Libri child.

### Dominion Town

Libri was officially integrated into the Dominion following the first Dominion-Targen War, and the demiorcs living there officially recognized as Dominion citizens. As a result, many of the demiorcs here identify more with the Dominion as their nationality than Orginaar. Throughout the years, several of these demiorcs have interbred with humans, resulting in half-Demiorc half-human children nicknamed Libri children by many due to the high prevalence of them in the town of Libri.

## Geography and Climate

Libri is located at the edge of the northwestern part of the Dark Forest. As a result, the town is located in an area where the trees are less intrusive, being scattered around more like a normal forest than an enchanted one. Never the less, the land itself is hilly and fraught with small cliffs and trenches, with many dangerous beasts hiding deep within the Dark Forest.

## Economy

Libri's economy is mostly focused around the rich quarry located near the town. Much of the special stone carried from Libri is invested in by Storia, who than exports the stones to the rest of Draivros and to Targen for profit. Though Libri no longer mantains a heavy lumber industry, it is not rare to see many of the citizens making a living as Lumberjacks.

Hunting is also profitable, due to the town's proximity more open areas of the Dark Forest, which often has monsters lurking deep within. As a result, many hunters and adventurers make their way to Libri in order to hunt and sell the valuable teeth, claws, furs, and other body parts of these monsters; being a dangerous, yet profitable venture.

## Culture

Libri is an incredibly tolerant town, an oddity in Draivros, due to the wide array of humans and non-human spieces living here. Many travelers often stop within Libri to enjoy the many festivities the town has to offer before continuing onto Storia or Orignaar; though a few have stayed and settled down in Libri, bringing to it their life experience and culture.

Cuisine within Libri is heavily influenced by the multiple different cultural groups that have settled throughout the century. As a result, it is difficult to pinpoint what cuisine is like in Libri, because the cuisine within Libri is the cuisine from the rest of the world. As a result, many chefs often travel to Libri in order to challenge their peers and discover new recipes to use in their cooking.

Many of the Demiorcs and the Libri children officially have no clan, but are called named as members of House Libri by Orginaar Demiorcs.

## Government

Libri is run by Mayor House Libri Gauther, a Libri children descended from Garguk, who directly reports to the Dominion Council. Though supposedly autonomous of Storia, much of the taxes go right into the Storian vaults, who in exchange invests in the infrastructure and growing population of Libri.

## Danger Level

Though Libri is relatively safe, outside the town lurks many dangerous monsters and creatures who often seek to find their next meal, no matter whenever that meal is just some unlucky creature or a Dominion citizen. As a result, there exists minor levels of danger around Libri; however, most of this danger is usually curbed by the efforts of hunters and adventurers, who regularly trek into the Dark Forest for profit and to ensure the town remains safe for travelers.