Alexandretta

Alexandretta was founded by the remains of a failed scouting party of The Haethen Court. Sent by Nomura to brave the seas to the east, they foundered and shipwrecked back on the Aqshy mainland. Unable to continue without major repairs, they instead set to founding a new settlement. With the seas looking towards the savage continent of Ghur, the city should have been built with an eye towards a strong military to protect against the beasts that might emerge from the seas.

Instead, the haethens founded a city dedicated to culture. The first building was a story hall, wherein performances could be made (as well as a gathering place for food, and to rest). The second was a library, despite a lack of books. They quickly set to building and forging what they could, thus founding what is likely the first paper mill of the lost archipelago. While wood is relatively scarce in aqshy, the haethens began to sow what they could, to create a base level of material with which they could have a sustained production of paper, in turn aiming to stock their library with the greatest works of fiction they could.

Once founded and settled, the first major expansion of Alexandretta was a great lighthouse. Climbing far in the sky, the lighthouse was built to warn off other vessels from making the same error they had, and thus avoid beaching. Whether this is successful or not is debatable, as in the months since Alexandretta was founded, the haethens have yet to see a single ship.

The cultural output of Alexandretta is not to be underestimated. The city is being developed with an eye towards being a cultural stronghold, a bastion against the wilderness of the lost archipelago. The goal is to preserve the stories of those who live in the archipelago, and the knowledge thereof, as a means to recall home regardless of the time the inhabitants might be trapped in the purgatorial realm.

Given the adversarial nature of many of the inhabitants, however, the haethens are aware that those stories might need to be recovered, on occasion, at sword point.

Owner=Nomura
Username=Tarascon
Faction=Hedonites of Slannesh
Kingdom=Anvarr The Fire Sworn

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Focus=Culture
1. Passively Generates 3 Renown per week.
Settlement Tier= 2
1. Adds 2 to the Siege Attack/Defense Score.
2. Passively Generates 2 RS per week.
3. Increases your total renown by 20.