Pfaumusu

**Pfaumusu** (Standard LF: /ˈ͜pfaʊ̯.mu.zu/, Southern dialect: /fʉ.mu.su/ [fʉːməsː], from LF *pfau musu* "buffalo ford") is the largest and most populous city of Nacafi and the name of a homonymous province. It was the capital of Southern Nacafi during the Nacafian Civil War.

## History

Pfaumusu was built at a shallow crossing over the River Esh in the Shobela woodlands of Southern Nacafi. It is one of Nacafi's oldest cities besides Loiskame and Sizon, and was founded by a Rhahlic tribe, possibly the Sefensefi. Over the course of the Ankacau expansion the city was overtaken and became part of the Nacafian Nation. Pfaumusu soon became a trade hub on the route between Loiskame and Rudsaȼen because it provided the only secure crossing over the otherwise rapid Esh River. During the reign of King Kxessal I., a proper bridge was built.

During the Minapalsa Dynasty, Pfaumusu grew to become by far the largest city in southern Nacafi. Political crises in Rudsaȼen and Raka Lana forced the Nacafian government to seek alternative trade partners, and a trade route from Tapiria bypassing Rudsaȼen was built that goes through Vemon Tashmangar and converges in Pfaumusu. It facilitated new growth in the Stellem quarters in the southern part of the city. The main trade road was moved out of the inner city and became a boulevard within a new merchant milieu quarter north of the old town.

From 50-54 AT, the Esh riverbed was moved northwards to prevent flooding of the city and to build a deeper harbor. The old riverbed became a public garden and the new riverbed served as an additional defensive moat. The old Esh river bridge, now towering over the park, became an iconic landmark.

In 79 AT, when Tashmang the Brave caused the Civil War by closing off Loiskame's Forbidden Grounds, Pfaumusu Governor Kensal the Younger split Southern Nacafi off the Kingdom, declaring Pfaumusu the capital of the new separatist nation. During the war, Pfaumusu was defended successfully by the Southern Army and Toede militia. Although being superior on the battlefield, Southern Nacafi couldn't force the Northern Command to surrender completely and had to forge peace with an armistice. Part of the deal was the once-again capital status of Loiskame within a unified post-war Nacafi.

Since the transformation of Nacafi into a theocracy by Cotsono I., more Vetregetheist sacred buildings have been built in Pfaumusu.

## Government

For as long as a geopolitical division exists in Nacafi, Pfaumusu has been a capital of a region or province. Before King Tashmang II.'s reforms, the Southern Region was governed by a Governor of the South with his seat in Pfaumusu. After the restructuring of Nacafi into provinces, the Governor of the South ruled over the provinces Ruste-Esh, Outer Rud, Duistu, Loshui Upland, and the Greater Pfaumusu Province itself. Since the end of the Civil War, the *Vizier of Pfaumusu* rules over the same provinces plus Sessefi Coast and the newly purchased Inner Rud.

Local government is traditionally represented by a city council highly influenced by local merchant guilds.

## Emblems and Colors

The seal of Pfaumusu consists of a bridge with an olive tree above it. The city's traditional colors are green and white, where green represents the many trees in the city, the olive tree and olive oil trade, and white represents the foaming Esh river, traditional white Kaolinite ceramics and a legendary muzu buffalo horn that was supposedly buried by the founders of the city.