Eragon

Template:DHII SettlementThe great port city of the Argonne County. It was originally merely a naval base until Argonne became part of Inverden

## History

Eragon was originally founded as Fort Eragon, and served as a Naval base for the Kingdom of Argonne. While some trade was brought it, there was very little trade and it served almost exclusively as a military training camp and a naval base for the navy of Argonne. It even held the Hell Knight Order of the Chain, and the Order of the Pike in the Fort. This held true for well over a century until the Scarlet Feud allowed its trained navy to set sail for war with Inverden.

Having smashed the smaller Inverden Fleet only five months into the war, the navy of Eragon set seige and allowed the landing of Argonne's forces at Benoit, which started the push of Argonne to take lands in northern Inverden. Ultimately, the navy was beaten by a large hired pirate fleet, during the Seige of Benoit. After the Treaty of Worms ended the Scarlet Feud and led to Eragon becoming part of Inverden in the new county of Argonne, the battered fleet had to be repaired and the military was struggling in economy. However, serving as a great spot between the ship trade of Inverden and its western neighbors, Eragon soon found itself quickly growing as more than just a military base but as a full on town.

With over a century passed the last major military deployment of Eragon's Navy against another nation in an 'official' war, the town has become a massive trading hub. The Order of the Pike may have moved its main base of operations to Benoit, but its old halls are now used as legal house for the Order of the Whip to prosecute the slave trade over seas.

## Settlements Laws

See Argonne Laws for the breakdown of the laws in Argonne with only these main exceptions:

The Angel's Kiss is a special brothel that has gotten a specialized religious exclusion from the law against prostitution, allowing it to act as a brothel and a church to the Angel Arshea.

All Imported slaves transported by boat for sale in Argonne must be registered to the Hell Knight Order of the Whip chapter house in Eragon.

## Notable NPCs

Hell Knight Donathan Lawbinder - The Lord of the Hell Knight Order of the Chain, Donathan leads his house with brutal efficiency. His house specializes in capturing not only slaves, but any law breakers. Donathan is married with children.

Marquise Arcturas Thaemore - The younger brother of Safiya Thaemore, he is also currently next in line to the throne of Argos to be its Count should his sister pass on. While he may control much of the legalistic works within the city of Eragon, he has explicitely barred from having control of any of the military branches in the city. He effectively acts as the towns Mayor, and owns a large plantation exporting valuable silk to finance his house. He has drawn the eye of many due him not only having a wife, but publicly taking two tieflings as consorts for his entertainment. While many nobles are rumored to enjoy the exotic carnal desires of tieflings, to publicly take them as personal consorts is largely unheard of.

Marcus Goldblood - A fantastically wealthy tiefling, he is one of the wealthiest merchants in the city. His influence despite being a tiefling is astounding and the only thing keeping him from being able to buy his way into nobility would be his heritage. Despite this, its no secret that many lesser nobles are in his pocket. He runs the largest slave trade dock often importing from far a field for exotic races, especially those who could be considered exotically beautiful.