County of Wanduke

**Ruler**
 **Ruling House**
 **Resident Houses**
* House Hicks
 **Seat**
 **Settlements**
* Barony Wardon
* Barony Roche
 **Beliefs**
 **Founded**

The **County of Wanduke** is the martial and industrial powerhouse of the Duchy of Westridge. Ruled over by House Laldere, Wanduke is a rocky and hard-living region that has powerful traditions of military service and personal honor. It is the most militarized region of Westridge, and is where the Westridge Ducal Guard train.

## Ferrum

The city of Ferrum is the third largest settlement in Westridge. Unlike Vries and Bridgeport, Ferrum was never planned to be the size it is today, though the Dwarves have since helped modernize the city infrastructure. With the just city interior alone playing host to three separate garrisons, crime is surprisingly almost non-existent. The Army garrison hosts 2nd Company of The First Regiment, the City Garrison hosts the city watch, and the Lord’s Garrison hosts the Wanduke Knights. The city is surrounded by an old stone curtain wall and dry moat, though tunnel entrances leading directly into the Old Mines have since been built to relieve traffic at the gates. Ferrum itself is largely understood to be a city comprised of three major sections; The Surface, The Old Mines, and The Hold.

At the surface, the city is a sprawling and confusing complex of structures of nearly every sort. Modern homes made of brick and stone stand next to wooden shacks stacked atop each other. Rope bridges criss-cross the streets many stories high overhead, while streets and alleys are barely wide enough to accommodate a single wagon. City watchmen patrol the streets in pairs night and day, and traveling vendors hawk their goods on foot going door to door. Brothels and Taverns are very popular and quite legal in Ferrum, with some right across the street from another in places. The city originally played host to many blacksmiths and forges, though most have been converted to store vaults and armories for the garrisons.

The old mines under the city have been converted into residential areas and storehouses for the people of Ferrum. With real estate at a premium on the surface, many citizens of simple and modest means have chosen to make their homes in the depleted mines underground. Unlike the surface above, the old mines have been impressively modernized and built into a safe and comfortable place to live. Ventilation, running water, steam heating, and broad underground highways leading out of the city provide a quality of life one might not expect from living in an old iron mine. The many cisterns and pump-houses lay hidden below rows of stone homes lining the endless corridors, while shops and gardens provide a sense of homely comfort to those who live in the old mines.

Ferrum Hold is unusual among fortresses in that more than three quarters of its interior space is underground. It is not connected to the old mines. The fortress seems oddly modest at the surface with only a single story, a pavilion, and a courtyard sitting above ground within the inner curtain wall. Below the surface, however, the true size of the Hold is revealed. Massive halls, grand ballrooms, and countless smaller rooms and hallways weave deeper and deeper into the rock. The hold is fabulously well decorated, with ceiling frescoes, hand carved pillars, and roaring fireplaces everywhere one looks. Despite the luxury, dust is somewhat of a problem underground. The Hold has more than enough supplies to hold out against a siege for years.

## Holdings

### Barony of Ironbrand

The capital of Wanduke and home to its most productive industries.

### Barony of Wardon

A vast and insular region known for its hardy and simple folk.

### Barony of Roche

A resourcing powerhouse, producing vast quantities of raw materials.

### Barony of Rockhold

A quiet northern region known for its no-nonsense peasantry.

## Gallery

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