Skalavik

## Geography

Skalavik is located in the western coast of Litill in the archipelago of Bera Eyju. The city is accessible through a fjord which protects it from the frequent winter storms. The access from inland comes from a narrow stone staircase that descends from a hundred-meter cliff into the sea level. From there the main city is accessible via a granite bridge called the bridge of Bera.

Most of the town's land is actually gained to the sea. For hundreds of years the Skalavians have been digging the nearby cliffs and mining in the surroundings, filling up the shallow waters in the area with the expendable raw material extracted. Only the space occupied nowadays by the town hall and the temple is a natural island.

## Economy

As capital and biggest city in the islands, Skalavik is the engine of the region. Most merchants sell their goods in the local market, artisans come here to establish a business and in general every relevant commercial deal happens in here.

Regarding exports and imports. Its port is the only one able to moor reasonable sized ships and therefore the only market in the islands where someone can find products from outside reliably. The skalavians sell there fish, fur, meat and, in small quantities, iron and copper they extract from the local mines.

## Government

Skalavik's ruler is Mymi Lassem, granddaughter of Klarah Adardra. She was appointed by her grandmother last year using a royal edict without counting with the support of the other six ruling clans. The decision created quite some distress within the chieftains and some raised their voice a bit too much for Klarah's taste. As a result the Romson clan was forced to abandon their island within the city and moved to Gamall in Stort.

Mymi is a young and aggressive ruler that has revolutionized the city in a year. She gave away the Romson island to the Sig, a fjall clan with no ties in the city but loyal to her grandmother. She also allowed, for the first time in a century, to increase the city's land by granting the creation of a new island to the Svarig's, a clan of miners that lived in the base of the cliffs in mainland for many years. As such, the situation in Skalavik feels on the verge of a riot as unhappy clans show their disgust to these decisions.

## Districts

Each of the seven (soon to be eight) smaller islands in Skalavik are occupied by one of the ruling clans of the city forming a small village on their own. The clan is responsible for its buildings, roads and in general the upkeep of the area. The local guard will not get into its surface unless requested by a member of the owning clan. Crimes happening in between members of the clan will not be judged or prosecuted by anyone outside of the clan. Only if members of other clans are affected the local authorities will take a part.

The main island is of common use and holds all the official buildings, the market, the temple, the harbor and two inns.

Across the Bera bridge an array of wooden houses provide dwelling for the less favored inhabitants of the city.

## Factions

* Lassem - Ruling house both in Skalavik and in Bera Eyju. The matriarch, Klarah Adardra, although technically no longer a Lassem, rules Bera Eyju.
* Romson - Although most of the clan left to Gamall following Mymi Lassem's appointment, some members stayed in the main island of the city attending their business.
* Svarig - Clan of stonemasons and miners originally from the mining town of Mheinn. Recently granted a permission to build a new island in Skalavik.
* Sig - Fjall clan occupying the island that once belonged to the Romson.

## Personalities

* Klarah Adardra - Ruler of Bera Eyju
* Mymi Lassem - Ruler of Skalavik