Northport

## Overview

Capital of the Kingdom of Medeia. Northport is the most populated city in the country and its center of power.

## Geography

Northport lies in the mouth of the river Nith in a lowlands region that has seen its share of floods in the past centuries. Its bay is part of the Green Tides and, as such, of shallow waters which prevents the biggest seafaring ships been able to reach the city.

There are some cliffs on the

## Economy

The city is an important textile manufacturing hub with a big area for workshops and factories. The best quality clothing of the continent is produced here and exported everywhere else in Baltica. Northport also has plenty of distilleries crafting heavy alcoholic drinks (mainly uisge beatha) which are also mainly exported to Elloth and Tennemore.

The very shallow waters of its bay located in the Green Tides make trading more complex than in other cities. Flat ferries load the cargo in one of the two docks' quarters and transport it to Lindisfarne. Once in there the goods are transferred to bigger ships able to sail the deeper and more difficult waters of Mare Alba.

Around two centuries ago there was an attempt on building an external harbor east of the city which was called Northhaven. The town and its docks laid in a deeper basin allowing for heavier, bigger boats to moor. The project was funded and executed by the original industrialists but, after a couple of years operating in the area the city started sinking and ended up partially under water. The project was abandoned and Northport resumed its old way of doing things.

## Government

The current governor of Northport is a human called Alastair Barlas. Alastair is an old man with interests in the export business, he owns a few textile factories and a small fleet of merchant ships.

Gunnar Dabroek, the current jarl of Medeia, and his entourage also live here.

## Districts

The inner city is divided into 5 districts:

* Artisan district - Blacksmiths, carpenters and the factories that employ them
* Trade district - Markets, shops and the houses of its owners.
* Spice docks - Import goods land here. The relatively small fishing docks and auction house is also located in the district.
* Timber docks - Export goods depart from here. There is a small shipyard specialized in building the typical flat boats able to navigate the Green Tides
* Noble quarters - High income families, nobles and the entourage of the jarl live here.

The outer city is divided into four districts:

* University - Populated by scholars, mages and students. The university quarter is the most exclusive district in the north of Baltica. The impressive Stahgrow is here, on top of the cliffs dominating the bay and the city.
* The Barrow - Residence for low income citizens.
* The Burrow - Poorest district of the city. Homeless, criminals and beggars all live here.
* The Belt - Farms and citizens with related jobs.

## Factions

* The Daggers - With a heavy presence, they are the biggest crime guild present in the capital.
* The Inquisitors - Shock troops from Medeia. Considered as the most deadly combat unit in the whole of Baltica.
* The Fjall Guard - An elite Fjall mercenary group in a permanent contract with the Jarl of Medeia.
* The Industrialists - A guild of merchants and businessmen with interests in the whole of the continent.

## Personalities

* Marshall Sigfried Orbelus - Leader of The Inquisitors.
* Gunnar Dabroek - Jarl of Medeia.
* Alastair Barlas - Prince of Northport.
* Ib Hag - Ceda of Medeia.
* Jarnsaxa - Commander of the Fjall Guard.