Aurland

## Overview

Aurland is lead by the Red Archon Bertram Goldhand the Kinslayer (Although he is convinced that people call him Kingslayer, as he had to challenge and defeat previous kings to 1 on 1 combat, he won so he became High King). He was aided by his longtime partner the Ruby Archon Tyravvion Graunt in deposing the previous kings during a Crusade referred to in history as the *Blood Wave*. Now after many years on the throne, Bertram has become jealous of Tyravvion's success and finds his silence towards Aurland's success a personal insult. Goldhand has made up a more often than not one-sided rivalry in his head. Bertram's relative lack of intelligence does not make him any less dangerous.

The capital city of New Aurora is one built of red and black steel, molten lava and hot forges. Some districts in the city are more illustrous than others, but even in the slums there are golden embellishments everywhere.

In New Aurora the Red Archon has used his immense wealth to make it prosper. In return for his generosity, there are Gold statues of himself embellished inside or in front of every building. He does not mind sharing his wealth with his people, as in his eyes he owns the people, so if anything, he is sharing only with himself. This makes sense to Bertram.

Agriculture is almost non-existent bar mushrooms and certain arid shrubbery that grows around the countryside of the kingdom of Aurland. Citizens of Aurland have managed to trade with other countries, making creative cuisine using supplies admittedly limited in their scope.

Inhabitants of Aurland and New Aurora in particular include tieflings, occasional devil visitors and other fiends, Red Dragonborn, Red Kobolds, Fire Magma and Earth Genasi. Along with some Elves, Dwarves Humans and Orcs. Although No Race is Unwelcome. However if their skin is gold color, then they are deemed slaves that either already belong to Bertram or will soon belong to him. In his mind all gold belongs to him, so this naturally translates to the likes of gold dragonborn or kobolds.

The tieflings hundreds of years ago helped the Red archon depose the 9 Kings of aurland as well as the previous High King. In Return for their services. Goldhand gave the tieflings dominion over 9 districts  of the mega city. Wherein a different tiefling rules each one. Ostensibly each district is the size of a city in and of itself.

The city has no walls because Bertram Goldhand welcomes all challenges to his authority with open arms. The psychological factor of feeling his does not need walls has been an effective defence policy to date. However when his power has been challenged, the relative lack of need for walls has been illustrated as Goldhand's forces trample all invaders with ease. (However 1st District is walled off from everything else)

The Tieflings in charge of the various districts have their own unique titles, but are often refered to in shorthand as the kings of New Aurora. This reflects their relative places of power. When one wishes to insult these leaders, one would diminuitley refer to them as a Low-King.

Before Goldhand invaded the city and annexed it, it was simply called Aurora. He added new to the name as he felt he had upended everything the city was.

## Districts of New Aurora

### 1st District

The 1st District is the only area of Aurland which is walled off. This is where new soldiers are trained and many of the active forces have garrisons and barracks here. Siege equipment is maintained behind the walls. Generally, tieflings from the 1st District are more organised, professional combatants than the raw strength of Goldhand's other forces. Often times those in the 1st District are so far removed from the culture they puport to protect that their personaility often veers into being either: Overly-zealous, haughty, condesending and tonedeaf to the actual people and culture of Aurland. They often find themselves to be above tieflings from other districts, and value their strength so much that they fear a single strike with too much vigour would obliterate a citizen where they stand. This fear is often misguided and misplaced, but this air of perceived superiority follows some of the elites of the 1st everywhere they go. Everyone in Aurland has a right to demand one on one combat with someone they feel has offended them greatly. There are various defences for this, often depending on the district, those from the 1st Distirct have the unique defence of "fearing they will create too much of a mess" in a duel. Naturally, this defense is normally met with jeers as it comes across as somewhat naive and ignorant. Tieflings from the 1st will more often than not ignore these jeers, never for a second doubting their abilities. As Such, while there are plenty from the 1st who are simply just skilled and do not engage in all of this scornful behaviour, generally speaking they too are not well-liked by association.

### 2nd District

The 2nd District is led by Spymaster Reagan Crossguard. This district is home to a complicated spy network whose web spans to all 4 corners of the Super Continent. This is also where the Senate of Aurland sits, many politicians make their homes in this district. There are also some newspaper outlets. There is a criminal underbelly to the 2nd district, where there thieves, rogues and charlatans of all descriptions with various forms of malintent. Tieflings of the 2nd District tend to have a reputation of being untrustworthy for one reason or another. The 2nd District has many business of almost all types to use as fronts for its spy network. Those who peel back the surface see the underbelly of Aurland itself. However most inquisitive minds would halt there, delving deeper into the facade, there is a greater, deeper network of spys that very few people in the Super Continent even know exist. For those who are aware of its existence, they hail Reagan Crossguard as a mastermind. Nobody knows if it goes any deeper than this, and if it does indeed run deeper into the roots of the world, how deep it really goes.

### 3rd District

This is the banking District where a considerable amount of the wealth of Aurland is held. The main vault has been said to be unbreachable and has the very awkward yet effective "58-lock" mechanism which requires 58 different trusted people to twist keys all at the same time. There is a merchant guild here and as such plenty of shops of various types are dotted around the District. Tieflings from the 3rd district generally display some level of greed.

### 4th District

This is where the courts of New Aurora sit. Further to this, many of the forges have been established here as well as various blue collar workplaces such as the construction business of Aurland. Tieflings from this district tend to be trustworthy, honest and hardworking, although this perception has been used to beguile many unsuspecting fools before.

### 5th District

This District is home to the Theatre and Opera House of New Aurland. It has the only body of water in all of Aurland (bar a distributory river), a lake that lies in the centre of the District. There is a light fishing industry here although most find it more prudent to travel closer to the ocean to fish. There are also a handful of adventurer's guilds and mercenary companies here. Tieflings from the 5th District tend to display a dramatic flair and are adventurous by nature.

### 6th District

This District is home to many taverns, restaurants, brothels and inns. It is the home of nearly every vice one can imagine. Somewhat ironically this is juxtaposed by the inclusion of a luscious highly curated natural park. This park is in high contrast to the red, black, gold, arid, molten and unkempt colours that normally dominate New Aurora. As such there is a light druidic presence in this District. Tieflings from this District tend to be strange, decadent people grasped almost entirely by one vice or another.

### 7th District

This District is by far the worst off. This is where the slums are located. There is a massive drug problem in this district. Also in this district are various laboratories where research is conducted, many students of universities in the 8th District travel here to conduct research. There are also many hospitals located here. Due to the high population density here, there is no generalization of what personality traits those from the 7th district generally display.

### 8th District

This District is where all of the schools and universities of New Aurora are Situated. There is also a museum where the mangled history of Aurland is told to act as a re-written telling of events which makes Goldhand the centre of attention at almost all times. There are also art displays here. Tieflings from here tend to have a proclivity to the arcane and/or display a specialized knowledge in a specific field.

### 9th District

The largest district by a considerable margin. There are several small volcanoes scattered throughout this District which have been controlled by engineers of Aurland and used to power some of their magitech contraptions. This is where the majority of the nobility of Aurland spends their days. This is where the geography of Aurland becomes slightly more mountainous as Goldhand's throne lay at the highest point of the city. Tieflings from here tend to be haughty and live a lavish lifestyle. This is also where the Majority of Red Dragonborn and Kobolds come from although some also live in quarters high up on the High King's mountain.

### The Throne of the High King

This is the highest point of Aurland. Bertram Goldhand, sitting on his throne with a considerable amount of his wealth looks over the bustling civilization that he has fostered. From his seat he can see the Holy Kingdom of Graunt, he stews and boils in anger looking at his rival's success. Politicians bring decisions for Goldhand to sign off on here. Many artists of various disciplines come to attempt to impress the Red Archon. Some Scholars regale him with interesting stories. If Goldhand is entertained he rewards those who entertain him generously. Many Red Dragonborn and Red Kobolds in the High King's trusted circles have tenements here.