Nidport

Nidport is a coastal city in southern Bryk, on the very outskirts of The Feywest. Nidport's known for being Bryk's main port, where cross continental shipments are sent and received daily. The city itself lives northward of The Nidport Docks, and it's common for busy oceanic merchants to not even step foot into the city proper, perhaps stay or have a meal in some of the dockside inns if they're lucky. The demonym for the cities denizens is Nidorian.

### **Districts**

##### Port District

The Port district is where all incoming shipments are received, it's on the left side of the Nidport Docks. Per city ordinance, no companies are allowed to reserve or restrict access to sections of the Port District for more than 3 hours, making incoming transportation hectic.

##### **Starboard District**

The Starboard District is where all outgoing shipments are sent, on the right side of the Nidport Docks. Similar to the port district, no companies are allowed to reserve or restrict access to the Starboard district for more than 3 hours, for sake of brevity.

##### **Mast District**

In the center of the city proper, the mast district is where the cities government (recently now the Electric Enclave) lies. The architecture is still very Nidorian, deep blue roofs hanging over sandstone buildings, shingles frequently interrupted by large glass spheres once a sign of massive wealth before glassblowing became common.

##### **Galley District**

The Galley District is probably what the city is second-most known for (first being the docks), it's typically the first district visited by those coming in from the sea, and is a grand series of restaurants, bakeries, candy stores, coffee-shops etc. An older city ordinance relegated this place as the only place where foodstuffs could be sold so the Bureau Of Food would have an easier time monitoring the conditions of those businesses. However, as the city has ballooned out since the Pitchfork Station railway came in, the city has dropped the ordinance, regardless, it's still the most common/popular place to eat in the city. One of the cities most famous delicacies is a shrimp dish called a Scholar's Plate, which is basically just a Bloomin' onion but replace the onion with shrimp and add coleslaw.

##### **Cabin District**

The Cabin district is where most of the cities population lives. The Quorum Arcana are currently (~1910) in the process of building enough schools and universities in this district to rival that of their influence in

### **Local Factions**

- Electric Enclave, they're the current government as of 1905, after a two-month long war between the Nidorian Government and the Enclave. This war is known as "The Dockside Dispute". Ask most Nidorians and they'll say it was a sudden and brutal takeover, ask the Enclave and they'll say it was a necessary conflict to ensure a unified continent. In this context, the Quorum Arcana are heavily associated with the Enclave, and are treated as one by most factions.

- The Everlaughers, they're a group who still valiantly believe that the Nidorian Government should have remained, and are fighting back against the Enclave even 5 years after The Dockside Dispute. Their name comes from the inciting incident of that war, explained below in the History Section.

- The Dockhelm, the Dockhelm are a faction focused on protecting the reputation of the trade center that is the Nidport Docks, they try to stay out of city politics, except when to argue against any new law that would even minorly restrict any process of the trading process. During the Dockside Dispute, they isolated the Nidport Docks from Nidport Proper, and held their own defenses against both the Nidorian Government and The Electric Enclave, they only ever defended themselves, so they were spared by the enclave even at their most violent.

### History

**Founding**

Nidport was founded in about the 8th century, making it one of the oldest cities in all of Bryk. It was constructed to serve the purpose it still does today, maritime transportation. The Nidorian Government still used buildings originally constructed around that time, and the Enclave now does as well.

#### **The Dockside Dispute**

The Dockside Dispute was the eventual result of 6 months of the Enclave pleading to the Nidorian Government for annexation, which the Nidorian Government disagreed with after researching the Enclave, and finding a "overwhelming amount of incompetency around the events around the end of the Mecharennisance" (Quote from a letter between Reani Olbo, late Mayoress of Nidport and . Reani Olbo, the late mayoress of Nidport and The Electric Enclave's Enforcer Divison). The straw that broke the camels back for the Enclave, was Reani Olbo going to a Stand-up comedy venue in New Brass Hollow, in which she invited the heads of the three departments of the Enclave, and getting a standing ovation for an 8 minute set making fun of how many times the Enclave ran into The Group Responsible, never caught them, and that they then relied on them to defeat SNAPSHOT despite the fact that he was intentionally leaving evidence at every crime scene. Reani and her security were ran out of the city by the Enclave, and a day letter a call met the Nidorian Government's phone, declaring war. Reani mustered a militia and a draft was sent out for any able-bodied people willing to fight, and they tried their best, but even with support from some of the continents that frequented their ports, they were only able to survive two months. The conflict ended when Reani was shot in the heart by the Enclave. The circumstances behind when Reani was shot varies from source to source, if you ask The Everlaughers, they'll say she was shot after already surrendering to the Enclave, but if you ask the Enclave, they'll say she tried to quickdraw the captain that caught her, and one of his men was able to gun her down.