Meldborough

The city of Meldborough is located south of the Veskigort Plains and north of Kelbhainn River, in the interior of Valthassora. It is the official capital of the colonies established by the Ermothine Sea Coalition in the continent, a little over a century before the present day. Despite its status as an administrative and judicial capital of Valthassora, it is by no means the largest or most prominent city in the region. Instead, the de facto capital is Port Avìgnia, due to its larger size, its geopolitical importance and its regulation of trade between the interior of the continent and the member-states of the Coalition.
Meldborough was founded twenty years after Port Avignia, serving as the seat of the Viceroy of Valthassora, the official ruler of the colony appointed by the Council of the Coalition. It was intended to be a grandiose metropolis resembling the most opulent of the Coalition cities, but thus far such aspirations are wishful thinking. The land of Valthassora is untamed and filled with all manner of beasts, which make travelling alone in the wilderness a leathal endeavour. Therefore, abandoning the safety of Port Avignia and traversing the mainland to visit Meldborough or any of the other settlements is a slow, tedious and often perilous journey, which is usually done in caravans or by foot, and in large groups for safety's sake. Thus Meldborough has a population of no more than ten thousand inhabitants, whereas in Port Avìgnia live over a hundred thousand citizens of all backgrounds and nationalities.
Nonetheless, Meldborough does hold some significance for the colony due to its solid defenses, such as its thick stone walls and its lofty iron-covered doors. Though it pales in comparison to the grand cities of the Coalition, it is still the most fortified in Valthassora, whereas most other settlements merely have constructed wooden palisades to shield them from the outer world. Meldborough is also the official place of residence for the viceroy, as well as the main garrison point of the soldiers and mercenaries deployed by the member-states of the Coalition in Valthassora.

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City