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{{citybox|Wydmoor City|Wydmoor_WIP.png|Dutchy of Wydmoor|Large city|Majority Humans but with a larger Halfling population than most cities and probably the largest population of [[Half-Elves]] of any city since antiquity|?|Large markets, low level scrolls available and potions easily available, [[Red Iron]] weapons available}} | |||
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Wydmoor City (or New Wydmoor) is an independent city located at the meeting-point of Ubrekt, Odessa, and the Free Cities. Despite being surrounded by much larger empires, the city of Wydmoor has long been a highly autonomous city. This is in part due to its strategic location--the Wydmoor Swamp to the east and the Bloodmane Hills to the north and west allow for strong defensive fortifications. Wydmoor lays claim to being the most significant and widely recognized Tragidore Shrines in the mainland, and draws a great many pilgrims throughout the year. | Wydmoor City (or New Wydmoor) is an independent city located at the meeting-point of Ubrekt, Odessa, and the Free Cities. Despite being surrounded by much larger empires, the city of Wydmoor has long been a highly autonomous city. This is in part due to its strategic location--the Wydmoor Swamp to the east and the Bloodmane Hills to the north and west allow for strong defensive fortifications. Wydmoor lays claim to being the most significant and widely recognized [[Tragidore]] Shrines in the mainland, and draws a great many pilgrims throughout the year. | ||
Since [[The Restoration]], Wydmoor City is the administrative center of the [[Dutchy of Wydmoor]]. It is controlled by the [[ | Since [[The Restoration]], Wydmoor City is the administrative center of the [[Dutchy of Wydmoor]]. It is controlled by the [[Othelio]] family, who are loyal subjects of the [[Meade]] family. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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# First Families | # First Families | ||
## | ## Meade | ||
### | ### Meade Loyalists | ||
#### Lyannia Othelio | #### Lyannia Othelio | ||
### | ### Meade Pretenders | ||
## Wydsomme | ## Wydsomme | ||
### Wydmoor Wydsommes | ### Wydmoor Wydsommes | ||
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# The Collegia | # The Collegia | ||
## Alchemists | ## Alchemists | ||
### Founded by [[Gokar the Wise]] | |||
## Bards | ## Bards | ||
# Azure Geese | # Azure Geese | ||
## Independent, but work closely w/ | ## Independent, but work closely w/Meade | ||
# Moyria's Crossing (Electoral Barony) | # Moyria's Crossing (Electoral Barony) | ||
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# Religious | # Religious | ||
## Western Alexandrian Hadriarchy | ## Western Alexandrian Hadriarchy | ||
### The city's Hadriarch of many decades was [[Edi]], who passed away in 1514. While beloved by the residents of Wydmoor, other factions within the church considered his treatment of orthodoxy lacking (bordering on heretical). The incoming Hadriarch has made little secret of his desires to return Alexandrianism in Wydmoor back to the fold | ### The city's Hadriarch of many decades was [[Edi]], who passed away in 1514. While beloved by the residents of Wydmoor, other factions within the church considered his treatment of orthodoxy lacking (bordering on heretical). The Western Hadriarchs made sure to raise a traditionalist to the position, and the incoming Hadriarch has made little secret of his desires to return Alexandrianism in Wydmoor back to the fold and works to discredit organizations that flourished under Edi's presence in order to further those gains. This has been received differently by different segments of the community, although the halflings of Wydmoor take a very dim view of the policy change almost universally. | ||
### Church of the Open Road - a small but old church to the northeast of the walls. Ran by and caters to the local Road Halfling community | |||
## Eastern Alexandrian Bishopric | ## Eastern Alexandrian Bishopric | ||
### The Bishop of Wydmoor is an aging dwarf, [[Lolok Ubbulzasit]]. She is a veteran of the Scism Wars and has held the position since its inception. In the century or so of her Bishopric, she's earned the respect of Wydmoorians and works hard to remain aloof too and neutral regarding local controversies, be they ecclesiastical or political. | |||
## Petaran Temples | ## Petaran Temples | ||
### Petaran missionaries have seen a great deal of success in Celstia. Still a banned faith in Odessa and Ubrekt, a humble Petaran church has somehow appeared in Wydmoor. It is the most remote of any Petaran temple. | |||
## Protester Faiths | ## Protester Faiths | ||
### Couriers (Open) | ### [[Couriers]] (Open) | ||
### Wytchfinder Family (Underground) | ### [[Wytchfinder Family]] (Underground) | ||
#### Rumors swirl about the presence of any number of sinister cults operating in Wydmoor. Occasional murders or arsons are sometimes tagged with Wytchfinder symbolism, but some believe these mere Guild crimes and the symbology is a smoke screen. | |||
## Cults | ## Cults | ||
### Demi-Pantheon Cults | ### Demi-Pantheon Cults | ||
#### Most Warlocks are a member of some Demi-Pantheon cult or another. They operate in secret as they despise and are despised by the church. | |||
### [[Neo-Alexandrian]] Cultists | |||
#### Have only been encountered by a select few in specific contexts. There is no formal Neo-Alexandrian presence in Wydmoor. (Presently, anyway) | |||
### Ghost Halfling shrines and idols | |||
# Halfling Communities | # Halfling Communities | ||
## | ## Wydmoor Landing [Boat] | ||
## | ## Hubtown (on paper it's the "Hamlet of the Open Hand" but commonly just referred to as Hubtown or the Hub) [Road] | ||
## Sigilkenning [Mixed, local agriculture, farmer and herder hicks mostly] | |||
## Southside [Ghost, ramshackle tents and swamp traders] | |||
[[Category:Cities]] | [[Category:Cities]] | ||