Ottoheim

Ottoheim is the capital city of The Grand Republic of Durham. For thousands of years the capital city could be found dug into the side of two bisecting ravines, with rope bridges attaching opposing sides. After the last several hundred years it has turned into a society that has begun to build itself upon the side of these canyons by clinging to them. Metal supports are jammed deep into the mountain to provide massive platforms on which more of the city is built. in the center of the city, where the two canyons meet and form a massive opening in the mountains, there is a massive column in which water from deep below the ground pours out of and forms massive rivers that pour out into the sea and formed the two valleys of Ottoheim. With the advent of industrial construction, these column has now become habitable and some of the most crucial functions of the city are housed atop this marvel of nature.

Demographics

For many years Ottoheim was dominated by mostly dwarves, as they had been the ones to originally built in these mountains by tunneling their way into the sides of the mountains. Over the last sevreal hundred years Ottoheim has seen a drastic shift in population. Now containing large populations of dwarves, humans, and orcs with notable populations of Goliaths, Aarakocra, and Gnomes. One of the most unique aspects of the city is it's drow population which is not large but it one of the few places within The Reach in which drow can live safely above ground and have avoided persecution.

Government

Ottoheim is in of itself a Canton in which the borders end at the city limits. Broken up into smaller districts inside the city limits, the highest positions in public office of the city are voted on by the people. These include district representatives, as well as the Vox Populi. The Vox Populi is directly in charge of running the bureaucracy of the city and has been primarily focused on expanding the city. The district representatives meet in the House of Commons to decide on legislation for the city, and often guide the direction in which the city is attempting to grow.

Infrastructure

Although Ottoheim has been the capital city of the republic of thousands of years, for most of that time it consisted of dwarves who had dug intercept neighborhoods into the side of the mountains that they lived in. With that advent of industrial engineering in the city it has allowed for complicated metal structures to be built all along the side of the two canyons that create Ottoheim. These grand works of iron and steel have transformed Ottoheim from a cave dwelling city into an open air metropolis.

Founding Date

3100

Type

Large city

Population

1.5 million

Owning Organization

Grand Republic of Durham