Silt's Bounty

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Silt's Bounty is a former mine within the lands of the Hollow Concord.

## Government

The Teritarch of Silt's Bounty was historically tasked with meeting quotas for the town's mines, but the veins have since dried up their purpose and focus is somewhat listless, with no clear direction.

## Defence

Silt's Bounty benefits from strong borders with Rydoon to the west and Thornwatch to the east, as well as small contingencies of Rydooni legionaries and Evzos stationed within its walls.

## Commerce

Sitting upon a major land-based trade route, Silt's Bounty maintains a stock of most provisions and items, though those items more exotic and rare typically pass by, destined for the markets of Rydoon.

## Organisations

Interest in Silt's Bounty has dwindled in recent years with the closing of most of the settlement's mines, but the positioning of the settlement maintains its relevance for many nonetheless.

## Description

Silt's Bounty was founded by the Hollow Concord when colonisers of the lands after the Manifestation examination of the rich silt flowing down the Restless Rill, finding trace amounts of platinum. Subsequently rediscovering a series of old mines used by the previous occupants of the lands, they moved to secure the site with palisade walls that would eventually be replaced by stone and with it Silt's Bounty would become a small town in its own right, connected with the capital to the northwest by means of the river.

Silt's Bounty remained fruitful and prosperous for the best part of a century and a half, but yields started to wane around the 130th Annual Kroan Games in Rydoon. Fearful of the implications of diminished productivity, the Teritarch instilled higher demands upon the labourers in a vain attempt to maintain production, but the resulting resentment quickly boiled over into a series of riots and revolts in which the miners pillaged the storehouses of the town, sealing themselves in the mines in a refusal to further work under such conditions. A resulting siege and bloody skirmish marred the office of the original Teritarch, resulting in their removal from power; the death of many skilled miners only accelerated the decline of the settlement's primary industry.

The loss of Silt's Bounty steady production of copper, tin and small amounts of silver and platinum was a notable blow for the Hollow Concord, that relied on the mine for the production of many goods and supplies, first and foremost the weapons and armour of the Rydooni army and navy. Now reliant on external trade to supply the ever growing demand for metalworkings, Silt's Bounty has since been converted into a largely agriculturally focused town, as well as representing an important stopping point for trade caravans travelling both west and east.

Unbeknownst to most however, the old mines do not lie completely restless and without use. Several criminal organisations have taken to using the tunnels as hidden headquarters for the sake of illicit transactions and storage by means of well placed bribes and coercion. The steady flow of travellers driving wagons means that most pay little mind to new arrivals, and so Silt's Bounty has become a nerve centre for many types of organised crime.