Tryb

**Tryb** loosing access to the sea in a series of skirmishes with its neighbours, this Gnome kingdom produces mostly weapons and technological marvels to stay relevant.

Tryb, Elywick, waterwheel and Powdersmoke

Tryb has become a synonym for adaptability in the seventy five years since the last great war of the Maligon states. The older lands of Tryb had been a stable feudal monachy, controlling at one point most of eautipet and the yalimont valley under the banner of the Risgobisen family. It’s current king, Kastor Arizu Risgobisen IV however has had to handle their defeat, along with the lack of access to the ocean that has come since. King Kastor the Fourth concluded that the best way to avoid a lengthy bitterness in his gnome subjects was to focus them inwards. He used the turmoil within his land to inspire the gnomes to their natural proclivity to create and to iterate upon. legendary wizard artificer Dorxim Barnedesar was pulled out of his aged retirement to create projects that would increase the wellbeing of those still within its boarders. The river Lum was artificially widened and brought into the walls of Tryb city. Two of the towns named for now unpopular war heroes of the distant past, Klaplonzeecks was renamed powdersmoke and Nualbulfosp renamed waterwheel. The central bank authority of newly established Grand Kalev was more than surprised that mere months after the war their enemies the Trybtes were offering stake in a nation rebuilding investment opportunity.

Tryb city is the seat of power across the nation, home to Mielpeeldracks palace, the ancient seat of the monarchy. The vast majority of luxury goods manufacturing in western Maligon takes place here. Imports from goldsreach and others have healed some of the damage between the international relations of the neighbouring nations. The defining luxury merchant is the department store magnate Zafirith Nithlista, a tiefling with deliberately obscured personal history. Nithlista and company is a seven story building that caters to both experiences and goods for the wealthiest patrons. Other notable establishments are the Tryb crown perfumes, Varsitmeadow fresh florist, Vazzethierd Barbers and wigmakers and Ateliers du Mielpeeldracks. Tryb’s conspicuous consumption is only matched by the needs of citizens and courtiers to elevate themselves and their families, in the new peace times.

Elywick was an ancient elvish town that contains some of the earliest records of gnomish cultures. Illusion magic is often credited to Elywick. The town has developed out from the impressive Temple of ingenuity, dedicated to Sixir. The arcane monks known as the Ilthadi are some of the more diverse groups across Tryb. All species can be admitted to the Ilthadi, indicated by their ceremonial leather gloves. Seeking to unite toolcraft with magical learning, the Temple is a place for those who can find meditation within the sounds of a forge.

Powdersmoke stands at the border of the forests of Yeroifox, and makes use of the resources that the kingdom can take without opposition from the wood clans. As the renamed town would imply, the majority of industry is milling gunpowder. Almost every gnome living in Powdersmoke will spend a year or so as a sulpher scraper or powder grinder. Of course, those with the desire to develop or craft firearms make their way to powdersmoke, including Dwarves and Orcs who have found a skill with munitions. The rifles are tested on ranges to the west of town, or brought to hunt the boars of the forests. The powdersmoke original Dinackluft repeaters are the most beloved of rifles across maligon, and taken to the highest heights and lowest caves of Zahndohamn. The workers and retired powdersmoke gnomes have set up five pubs across the town, all uncomfortably small for anyone over gnomish height. The most popular is the large inn and coaching house called the Flashpan, ran by Enini Deepgem, rendered blind and one legged by a powder explosion. Deepgem is very proud of his story and will recount it unprompted to travellers. The other taverns and inns are the boar’s head, the lock, Fabletoble’s folly and the target.

Waterwheel is the town of wonders, known to be one of the most miraculous places of innovation and creation across the cog. it Named a mere sixty years ago when the first of the mighty shipmills and waterhammers were placed on the banks of fastest flowing parts of the river lum. Now the entire southern border of the town is dominated with wheels, mills, power generators and impressive port cranes. It is rumoured that before his death, Dorxim Barnedesar had worked out a mechanically sound principal to flood, drain or even reserve the flow of the Lum in less than an hour. Whether or not this is true, there are certainly world changing experimentation taking place in privately owned laboratories and within mage’s societies.

Waterwheel is famed for its construct industry, King kastor paying no mind to the debates about the place of automata in workforces. The Cogsmen corporation, the Tethkeenk Buzzintrick engine yard, Stormbonk automation, Girded Travellers and the Trybmade are all construct sellers of repute across the town, profiting from lucrative contracts across Maligon. King Kastor has expressed his personal desire to create an expedition to Verennicicpt operated entirely by constructs. The potential mechanical crusade has inspired many of the inventors, believing that they would be naturally resistant to some of the worst of the effects of the cursed epoch. The church of Leholimo disagree.

As marshlands and wetlands are the primary grounds around the lum, waterfowl are plenteous in Tryb. Herons and voles compete with the gnomes for freshwater fish and eels, easily caught in eel jars. Tryb is also home to the rare purple newts, popular for use as familiars. Because of the century of advancement, rats have grown to a nigh dangerous population level across the cities and towns. The Tryb mastiff is a domesticated dog named for the region popularised by the kings ownership of two, used by the royal guard and populace as ratters. The Tryb mastiff can also be used as a mount, but has proven unreliable for anything other than recreation.