Martidock
Tucked into a gulch alongside the Pontrien River as it enters the Frosted Mountains, Martidock is a town of terraces cut into the mountain, its northern edge 100 feet above the forest floor in the valley below. The terraces, milled from huge chucks of granite, both rise and narrow steadily as the village has grown southward, forming a point into the heart of the mountains that has, historically, provided it leading families with great wealth. Using that coin, they have constructed a raised road leading north, to the capital as well as erecting numerous houses - public and private - of finally crafted wood painted in a riot of color.
Flinds in Martidock do not, of course, work the mines of iron and copper that fill the village's forges and employ its craftsmen. Instead, Ork and Goblin slaves perform that drudgery, leaving the poor Flind working the sparse fields to the north of the village, scratching out cabbage, potatoes, carrots, kale, and other hearty vegetables from the rocky soil in the shadows of the great trees that line the central valley of the Flietch-ta Empire. The poor cannot even work as caravan guards for the many shipments of gold and silver that flow into the city from the far flung mines of House Gorich without betraying their own families and formally joining the Gorich clan.
Martitdock
With little to do, many poor Flind find themselves idle and restless. Those of clean spirit take up the hunt - the mountains stretching out in three direction and the forests to the north providing a great open range for game. The bravest of these join the slave hunting party's formed by the Ork Lords to bring in new labor. Those of weaker fortitude, however, often fall victim to vices of strong drink and gambling, making the streets a Martidock a dangerous place after dark. The Ork Lords, however, do not tolerate crime and if caught, perpetrators are branded and sold alongside Orks and Goblins as slave labor.
Founding Date
1404 BC
Type
Town
Population
2,000
Inhabitant Demonym
Martidocks
Location under
Owning Organization