Heizen

Heizen's flag

**Heizen** is a town located in the Kingdom of Drackar in the continent of Valresh.

The city was built above the ruins of Dovepove, not far from the city of Karak.

## **History**

#### **Founding**

The foundation of Heizen is traced back to February 2, 2022, the day when the construction of Fort Kaevaeil was completed. The founders of Heizen were originally from four nomadic Avari tribes located in Valresh, theese tribes, thanks to the infinite charisma of the great warrior Drummon, set aside their differences and united.

#### **Early years**

In the early years Heizen grew thanks to some ancient metallurgical extraction techniques. Also known for the ferocity of his warriors, Heizen exploited his impressive military strength sending their own soldiers to fight like mercenaries and to be bounty hunters.

Very soon Heizen came under the sphere of influence of Yunria, an ambitious nation located in Valresh. After the annexation to Yunria the leader of Heizen Drummon was officially appointed duke by the Supreme Chancellor of Yunria.

#### **Karak**

Heizen began to expand rapidly and in a few years managed to become a rich and populous city. His elite of knights therefore decided to found a second city under the rule of Duke Drummon, Karak, led by TemplareArrapato.

Karak, is founded on February 20, 2022, in the territories of the province of Coac, with the aim of becoming an impenetrable outpost of Heizen. TemplareArrapato soon began to guide the construction of the imposing fort, completed the 23rd.

## **Areas**

#### **Fort Kaevaeil**

Fort Kaevaeil is named after the architect who designed it. It’s the first structure erected in the city, on February 2, 2022, and it’s the center of city life in Heizen.

The castle is the main defensive structure of the town, built in an elevated position, on a small promontory, with its own entrance facing south. The materials used for its construction are mainly stone and bricks.

The fort, in addition to being an important storage and shelter center, also houses the Duke’s lodgings and the rooms of the hierarchs of Heizen.

#### **Temple of Zeniath**

The temple of Zeniath, located opposite the market square, near Fort Kaevaeil and designed by Kaevaeil, in close contact with Astraa, was erected on February 15, 2022.

The temple, dedicated to the figure of Zeniath, god of Umbraism, was built because of the numerous presence of his believers in Heizen. From the beginning it became the main place of worship and prayer in the city, but not only, in fact there are many pilgrims from all over Eldham who visit it.

#### **Market Square**

The market square is the main center of commerce in the city and is located in front of the temple. There are several stalls on the site, run by both citizens and foreigners and selling the most varied amount of items with some of the most competitive prices in Eldham.

Other stalls and markets are scattered around the city.

## **Culture**

The citizens who initially founded Heizen all belonged to the Avari ethnic group, coming from 4 different nomadic clans of knights united by Drummon. With the expansion of the town, people of all races began to converge in Heizen, willingly accepted and easily integrated.

Today the city maintains a prelavence of inhabitants belonging to the Avari culture, which represent over 80% of the inhabitants.

## **Army**

The great military force of Heizen is due to its strict laws and to the strange customs and traditions of its inhabitants. According to Heizen’s law for example childrens born deformed were to be sacrificed to the god Zeniath so that he might strengthen all the others.

A bizarre custom of the inhabitants of Heizen is the one for which at the age of 9 children must be taken to the forest and abandoned to their fate, those who could survive and return to their families were reintegrated into society, of all the others instead there is no trace. Although some rumors tell of a group of children who survived without returning to their families, they are today a huge danger for Heizen businesses since there have been some cases of caravans assaulted and looted.

#### Second Sand War

Some Heizen volunteers, four to be exact, took part in the Second Sand War, participating in the Battle of Neukromore, on the side of the Red Diamond League. Despite the small number of their group, Heizen’s soldiers fought valiantly and were responsible for 1/3 of the fallen opponents. Their contribution however was not enough to turn the tide of the battle, and Neukromore fell under the attack of the Silver League.

In the defeat, unexpectedly, the soldiers of Heizen still managed to save themselves without any wounded or dead and managing to bring home even a fair amount of spoils of war.