Stormvale, Capital of Tridon

Stormvale is the capital of all of Tridon and is the learning center of Tiana. The castle of the High King sits here along with temples to every God in the Pantheon, even Kahalla right after Stormvale was founded. (After the time of the Chosen, the temple of Kahalla was destroyed.) The battle schools of Sarjon and Shade are present here. Most Knights come here for some sort of training at some point in their lives and to give homage to the Tomb of Peter after he died.

The Great Library, larger then most villages, stands five stories high, made of marble, with a huge garden in the middle and large archives underneath protected by strong magicks so the books and scrolls are preserved. The Temples of Catiana and Targon oversee the staffing, though most of the temples send someone to help with the library. Anyone may enter and for a small fee may research in the building. Discounts are giving to scholars if they pay by the month instead of by the day.

The wall protecting Stormvale, which Peter commissioned, was finished shortly after his death and has an active protection force of 5,000 after it is finished, up to twenty thousand by the time of the High King's Sword, though the wall has expanded and is unfinished in some areas.

Since this is not only the Capital City of Tridon, but the merchant capital as well since it sits pretty much in the middle of the country, the population during trading season can get up to 400,000 or more in the time of the High King's Sword. All races mingle freely here, though less of elves and dwarves in the time of the High King's Sword. The permanent population in the time of Peter is probably around 50,000 by the time of his death and 250,000 by the time of the High King's Sword.

All religions are here and so are all alignments, though the Knights try to keep out the truly bad. The city imports foodstuffs, raw goods, livestock, clothing, cloth, silk, and ore. But the export well trained healers, educators, magic users and mercenaries.

This would be an excellent starting point for characters in a campaign. There are the battle schools for fighters, the Great Library for mages, and all sorts of temples for priests, and thieves guilds abound here (at least two major ones). Not to mention people can find all sorts of stuff here to buy, if they have the money, and adventure of all sorts abound, with the country side so near.
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