Gurrel
Gurrel is a large city in the Northern Hills. It has a population upwards of 1.5 million people. Here crime is difficult as their leader, Fredrick Arvenson, is a strict dictator that relies heavily on death sentances and corpral punishment.
He is known to be cruel and his militaristic tatics are largely looked down upon by the other city states and politicans of Countillan. Although his iron fist is swift and merciless, if you follow the laws and don't get caught with the wrong crowd Gurrel is often seen as a wonderful place to live.
The state is largely made up of humans, gnomes, and elves. The state relies on the arcane but has never been able to make breakthroughs itself often funding other practices such as the Arcanic Falls and the government sends many children to study the arcane at the Threads of Amber. In fact Fredrick Arvension's daughter is the head dean at the Countillan location.
The location of Gurrel has long been faught over but has been know as Gurrel for over 2400 years. It is very valuable for its silver, gold, and platinum mines and massive farming districts. As one of the only massive city states in Brusel it's trading oppertunites and production is nessicary for the survival of millions.
It has a seat on the Court of Countillan that abuses the system only advicating for the success and power of Gurrel and largly ignoring the problems that plauge the rest of Brusel. It's current representitive is Fredrick's fourth son, Damian Arvension. The domination of Gurrel in the region of Brusel leads many of the other city states to be dwarfed in comparision. The state veers on the brink of being an empire but does not take the land of others but rather leaves them reliant on Gurrel.
The Arvension family represent the largest piece of curruption in the Court of Countillan, either having connections to the different representitive and city-state leaders or using their mass of wealth to pay them to keep their mouth closed or open it when the time comes.
Notable People of Gurrel
- Fredrick Arvension
- Melexis Arvension
- Damian Arvension
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