Clayvon

**Clayvon**

Chaotic Neutral Small City (South)

Corruption +2; Crime -4; Economy +1; Law +9; Lore +1; Society -3

Qualities Militarized, Resource Surplus (Cotton), Restrictive, Superstitious

Danger 5

Government Overlord

Population 8,805 (6,300 Lizardfolk, 1,000 Kobold, 5 Dragon, 1,000 human, 500 other)

**Captain Dagley Richards** CG Male Lizardfolk Hunter 12

**Magistrate Droshin** LE Male Adult Green Dragon Slayer 2

**Priestess Hailey Harthfeldt** LN Female Lizardfolk Cleric of Quieem 8

**Spymaster Rip Zachsin** CG Female Kobald Vigilante 10

Marketplace

Base Value 4000 gp; Purchase Limit 25000 gp; Spellcasting 4th

Minor Items 4d4; Medium Items 3d4; Major Items 1d6

Clayvon is a heavily militarized city on the border of the empire of Grandia, with the free city of Asuroc Hollow visible in the distance.
Tensions are always high, with the free city acting as an impediment to
further northward expansion and limiting the empire's expansionist aims.
 Clayvon was originally a small cotton-growing town, but an influx of
Lizardfolk soldiers has transformed it into a military installation
designed to intimidate and isolate Asuroc Hollow in preparation of
eventual war. The surrounding villages still grow cotton, and the city
still serves as a regional distribution center for imports and exports.
However, boats cannot travel further upriver without entering Asuroc
Hollow's territory, and this has prevented economically viable expansion
 past this point. Due to the proximity to the enemy, land ownership in
the provincial district surrounding Clayvon is heavily restricted.

Clayvon is commanded by Dagley Richards, a lizardfolk who is secretly
 a human sympathizer. Dagley carefully smuggles slaves out of the
country through Asuroc Hollow, carefully using the intelligence provided
 by the spymaster Rip Zachsin (also a sympathizer) to ensure his
handlers are none-the-wiser. He must carefully balance prostrating
himself before the authority of the crown, maintaining the loyalty and
support of his troops, avoiding a catastrophic war with Asuroc Hollow,
and helping as many slaves as possible escape the country. It is not an
easy task, but so far the crafty captain has managed with only a handful
 of scares.

The worship of Zekelor is popular in Clayvon. Although regarded as
heresy by the imperial palace, an inquisition is not possible, as such a
 show of weakness would only embolden Asuroc Hollow. Captain Richards,
for his part, finds the worshipers of Zekelor a double-edged sword. They
 make for excellent scapegoats when problems need to be explained to the
 palace, while simultaneously making those same soldiers distrusting of
the imperial magistrate and more sympathetic to the captain. However,
the same followers of Zekelor also have no sympathy for the humans and
believe war with Asuroc Hollow would be guaranteed to end in victory
(after all, scalykind are inherently superior) which complicates Captain
 Richard's other goals. Asuroc Hollow's constant show of magic has made
the local military force distrusting of magic in general, regarding it
as the tool of the enemy and prizing martial steel instead.

The other powerbroker in Clayvon, other than Dagley Richards, is
Magistrate Droshin, a green dragon who serves the empress. Droshin is
arrogant, ambitious, and powerful, but also very prone to flattery and
believing what he wants to hear. The palace has replaced priestesses in
the town repeatedly over the past several years for failing to put down
the local heresy. Dagley has convinced Droshin that he is fully
subservient and cooperative to the will of the priestess, and the dragon
 has repeatedly reported this faithful compliance so all blame for
failure falls upon the successive stream of priestesses. Droshin
considers Dagley the only true friend he's made among lesser creatures
(non-dragons), although in truth their relationship involves Dagley
constantly stoking the dragon's ego while pulling wool over his eyes.
The latest priestess to arrive is Hailey Harthfeldt, who did not want
the assignment and laments that she will fail like all those before her
and have to face the palace's ire.