Riverfall
From Mizahar Lore
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| Region | Cyphrus | ||||||
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| Notability | Home of the Akalak | ||||||
| Leader | Nevar Chivan | ||||||
| Population | 8,000 | ||||||
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| Languages | Akalakian | ||||||
| Currency | Miza | ||||||
| Imports | Metals, Grains, Fruits | ||||||
| Exports | Fish, Gemstones, Herbs, Wine | ||||||
Introduction
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The Climate
Riverfall has enjoyable summers, quite warm, but with plenty of ability to cool off in the waters of the falls or the ocean. Spring is the rainy season, but the cold winter airs move on bringing forth a warm rain. In the fall season the weather begins to cool down and the winter breeze begins to roll through the area.
Winter is harsh. The area is extremely windy as winter airs blow in from the ocean side. The plains around Riverfall will see heavy snow due to the moisture from the ocean. This will cause the creatures of the plains to look for food where ever they can find it. Cyphrus is not known as a civil land. Very few people live there. This makes Riverfall a big target for the creatures of the plains.
Locations of interest
History
Society
Riverfall is a small community of only 8000 people. The belief structure Cauldric Chivan, Founder of Riverfall, created was one of community. In order to keep the city from being a monarch style ruling society, Cauldric created a Council of Elders (10 in total) to handle all the affairs of the city i.e. who to trade with, what businesses to create, how to wisely spend the money of the city. Cauldric made up the 11th seat which is passed down from first born to first born. All other seats are voted on by the entire city. The term is for life, but the Council can remove a member. The role of a council member is one of community first. They are never allowed to think of themselves when making a decision. It is when a council member shown even the slightest hint of corruption, that the Council of Elders will remove the person and ask the city to vote on a new member.
The men of Riverfall are required to learn the ways of combat in order to protect the people of the city from the harsh environment of the Cyphrus denizens. They are also required to go on various hunting parties to slim down the Zith presence in their area. Zith tend to form 10 to 15 person hunting parties. If the city of Riverfall were to allow these hunting parties to grow, it would not belong before a strong presence of Zith could over run the city. Plus there are various types of barbarian raiders that come to the city in hopes of taking over the gem mines. This is why Riverfall has the strongest defensive structure in the lands; built into the side of the great cliff of the Bleuvein River Waterfall, a great wall structure surrounding the city.
It is also required of every person, both male and female, to take up a profession within the city. This is how everyone provides for one another.
A person who does not pull his or her weight within Riverfall will be asked to step up or leave forever. Te people do not own any of the businesses around Riverfall. If a person has an idea for a business, they present it to the Council of Elders for approval. Riverfall will make the business and allow the person who cam up with the idea to 'run' the business. Riverfall takes all the risks. So if a business survives, Riverfall and the creator split the proceded 60% / 40%. If the business does not suceed, Riverfall will close it down. Riverfall also pays the salaries of whomever is required to work in the business. As a note, A business must provide impact within the community or else the Council of Elders will not approve it.
Crimes and The Arena:
All forms of wrong doing are taken care of in the Gideon Combat Arena. Gideon Vayne created the system and the Arena. He was a close friend of Cauldric. For crimes against the city, he was the one that fought on their behalf in the arena. He never lost a fight during his life. Based on the Council of Elders the fight will either be by points or to the death. Most issues are fought by point system. A death fight ususally involves murder or a cowardice act that results in a needless death. If the accused loses, he is required to pay a penalty decided upon by the Council to the accuser. If the accuser is loses, then he was wrong and must serve the accused in whatever capacity for one season.
Women live up to this standard as well and can be forced to fight. If the accuser or accused is an Akalak and the second party is a woman, there are society rules that are accepted ways of life to these people (they do not consider it cruel or wrong). First, a woman can forfeit the fight and simply serve the accuser for one season. Secondly, she can fight. If she loses there is never a money exchange. She must serve the Akalak for one full season. This service could include sexual relations even if the woman is married! Any child conceived during this service will be rendered to the father since all Akalak children are male. The exception would be if the woman is Konti. An Akalak is never allowed to take a female baby from a Konti woman even though he sired the child. This is a racial respect thing. Konti women would never keep a male child from an Akalak father. If the Akalak loses to the woman, then his payment to her is in whatever she desires, not the Council of Elders. He could be forced to serve her for one full season, pay her fees, etc. The Council must first agree to the woman's demands, so that the punishment is proper to the crime commited, but she is the one who presents as many ideas to the Council as necessary to find a suitable punishment. Some women have set the punishment towards the Akalak's honor knowing that respect is held in the highest regard in Riverfall. To lose respect through deeds and combat have taken some Akalak men a lifetime to recover.
People of Riverfall
General information about the male to female ratio in Riverfall:
Akalak are all male, 60% of the city population is male (4800 men)
The human population makes up 35% of Riverfall - approximately 33.3% / 66.6% men vs women (930 men and 1870 women), of those 1870 women - 75% are married leaving only 467 single human women
The remaining population of 5% (400 people) is 50% men to 50% women, of those 200 women - 70% of them are married leaving 60 single women
of the 8000 total inhabitants there are 527 single women, 1543 married/couples, and 4387 single men, that is a single ratio of 8.3:1 men to women ... you do not come to Riverfall and expect to get 'lucky' if you're a guy ... Women - Have a Blast!
The following is a short list of Riverfall characters:
Nevar Chivan: 6'9" 250 lbs. Akalak male. 220 yrs old with shoulder length black hair. He has a scar along his entire right shoulder both front and back. It is a bite from one of the great wyrms of the plains. He is the only person to ever fight a great wyrm and survive. To date, no one has ever killed one of the great wyrms of the Cyphrus Plains. Rumor claims there are seven of them. Nevar is the first son of Cauldric Chivan, founder of Riverfall (now dead). Nevar has two brothers, Baldic ( 200 yrs old, 6'7" 245 lbs. runs Sattui Vineyard) and Typhus (187 yrs old, 6'11" 275 lbs, runs Coalinga Gem Mines).