Novryk

The capital city of Caervil and the seat of House Caervil
This was the first settlement founded by the first arrivals in this land. At first it was a landing point and a small settlement, but it has grown much since then, and never stopped growing and being changed. The first wooden walls gave way to stone, and then the settlement grew beyond the stone walls and northward and eastward. More walls and a citadel were built for its protection and roads were laid to other towns - those same roads then being built along and becoming hamlets in their own regard. In time the gaps between those hamlets were also filled up with new buildings until they became one great city in truth.
Now Novryk's original centre is the great shipyard of Caervil, with the citadel in its own walled and fortified quarter overlooking. Three other large districts of the city extend from that original heart, each walled and with its own strong gates. Even beyond the walls there are neighbourhoods, markets and dwelling places.
The lands beyond the city are fertile and well kept, being farmed for the produce required to keep the city fed and thriving, with enough surplus to form a basis for trade. Caervil is rivalled only by Greendale for its lush and fertile lands.

Districts

The Founding

The oldest district of the city where the first settlers made their homes. Despite that, it is not a place of high honour or wealth and has been levelled and rebuilt more than once, with the wealthier and more noble inhabitants moving out and nearer to the citadel once that was built. The Founding is now a maze of narrow streets and overcrowded dwelling places. It is not quite a slum but very nearly.

Silverward

To the south of Silverward are the larger houses and open streets of the wealthy and the aspiring wealthy. The north of Silverward is where the merchant-captains and their rich clients conduct their businesses, and where they have their residences.

Waterway

The inhabitants of Waterway tend to be skilled artisans – mostly carpenters and those working in the shipyards in a variety of trades. They are proud of their skills and valued for them, and this area is well kept and relatively law-abiding.

Meddenard

An area of mixed flavours ranging from dilapidated and run down housing on the northern edges, to decent quality accommodation nearer the city wall to the east. In one of the large open squares is the Golden Gull, a successful theatre where many productions of historical dramas, tragedies and comedies are performed

Nyrin Fields

It used to be a field, a long time ago, through which the main westerly road ran. As Novryk expanded however it was inevitable that it would become a new area of building. Along the existing road are many taverns, shops and other services for travellers. Further away from the road to either side one finds crowded streets and poverty. The watch pay more attention to Nyrin Fields than to the Founding because nobody cares about the people in the Founding whereas some of the people passing through Nyrin Fields have money and influence

• The Oxmill is a combination tavern & bath-house that was an unremarkable but hospitable location in Nyrin Fields.  It offers warm, clean water and soap for travellers to enjoy, and good food and drink.  It also offeres a regular poem competition where people can perform their creations.  Recently it has become the meeting place of the Clear Skies movement, a pro-Caervil group objecting to the presence and influence of Malmor officials and troops in Novryk.

Benhalm Edge

A largely residential area notable mainly for two large market squares. It is a place where goods from across the land, and indeed from across the sea, can be purchased for the right price. In the alleys surrounding the markets are unofficial traders who can provide goods stolen from the dock warehouses of Westwall

Westwall

The main dock areas of Novryk are located on the coast here and it is a district catering mainly to the sailors, traders and travellers that come and go here to ply their trade. It is a place of boarding houses and bawdy houses, of poor people striving to get richer often at the expense of the transitory visitors who have full purses and empty heads.

The Rags

Another ironically named area – far from being a place of rags and ashes, it is an area in which the weaving and cloth trades of Novryk flourishes. The city is a great provider of fine quality fabrics both locally spun/woven and imported. The most famous building in the area is The Silk Hall which is a combination inn, bordello and restaurant frequented by the wealthy and some of Duke Orlind’s courtiers.

Sorrington

Closer to Waterway and nobler by association, it could be that Malmor enforced an area to be controlled directly by them to assure their presence is felt. Official representatives could dwell here and organize Malmor business. Nearby could be a recruiting site and a training place for new recruits for the war. With Malmor establishing a second focus point to the citadel, the city will now feel a little more bipolar, rather than everything pivoting around the citadel. This is very recent of course and not as natural, but might radiates from the area anyway and so it is an area of growth for people of some station, be it artisans, merchants or even very wealthy ones who wish to have a second mansion closer to where dukely decisions might be known before the Duke knows what his decision will be. So outside the south-eastern gate there are now several building sites for exquisite residencies.

East Rise

North of Sorrington, the space for both the construction workers who need to live close by to the working sites and poorer folk driven from the southern area are growing the eastern outskirts into a less luxurious district just east of The Founding.
Outside the city along the path leaving Nyrin Fields in north-western direction, there could be a temporary military camp. It might be relatively empty now, but it sure wasn't when the war against Greendale was being prepared and fought. With less soldiers stationed there, parts of it may have found a new purpose in processing captives from Greendale and the north who will be sent on to either Malmor or potentially across the sea.

Founding Date

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Location under

Caervil

Owner/Ruler

Duke Orlind

Owning Organization

House Caervil