Lybkovria
Lybkovria is the central most Comitat of Boljova, lying south of the Comitat of Kopca Divoký, southwest of Moremia and east of Pajas Völgy. The region has half of the Vojvodina’s famous lakes (Bolj Lake , Deep Lake, Lake Gradesh, Lake Lozarel and Wizard's Lake) and five rivers: the Aedivya, Bolj, Cirova, and the Morem on its northeastern border with Moremia. The Comitat has plains in the southeast, through which runs the Boljovan Road on its way northward from Kzerna. The rest of the region is dominated by forested hills of increasing severity to the northwest.
Aside from the city of Phalam, the seat of the Vojvodina, the largest settlements in Lybkovria are its two towns: the Comitat seat at Vrnoka and Nova Pudrovo.
Vrnoka is a large town less than ten miles from Phalam dominated by Pevnost Vrnoka (Vrnoka Fortress), the home of the Pârcălab Vaska of House Lyubka, eldest son and heir of the Voievod Ljupcho. Vrnoka dominated by several powerful merchant and craft guilds which, along with elected Radkyňa (Councillors) from each of its five districts form a powerful Town Council that is left by the Pârcălab to run the day-to-day affairs of the town. Prevnost Vrnoka is the primary training ground for the Voievod’s soldiers and much of the town’s economy is focused on supporting and servicing the fighting men. Gambling houses, taverns and the wool trade are the staples of the town’s economy, though the town is perhaps most well-known for the beautiful wool tapestries it exports across Dracia and beyond. The town is an odd contrast of established efficiency and often wild parties, as recruits eager to drink deep and find a good brawl tend to fill the many taverns at dusk.
Nova Pudrovo is a new town northwest of Vrnoka, having been established only five years ago after the original Pudrovo was burned to the ground in a recent rebellion. The town is bustling with new construction, including a small walled castle funded by the Dracian Crown. In contrast to Vrnoka, Nova Pudrovo is a somewhat drab town with strict curfews and few public taverns. Its Primar, Kuzman Stankić, was appointed by Queen Magdalena at the conclusion of the recent rebellion and owes fealty directly to her as one of her Vraitors (royal mages). Stankić is a severe man, with little patience for frivolity or laziness, and often personally directs the construction efforts in the town, when he is not holed away in his lab in the town’s castle.
Several fortifications dot the fringes of the Moldogoi Hills in the eastern plains of Lybkovria, the largest of which is Věž Vlnená (Wool Keep), commanded by the Bȃn Zbyněk of House Marnov. Zbyněk is known as a shrewd, if unambitious, nobleman with connections in most of the merchants and crafts guilds in the region. The other two towers in the northeastern plains, Torony Klímek and Torony Nízka, both fall within the Banat of Vlnenávria. The other major fortification in the Comitat is Věž Kameňhodinky (Stonewatch Keep) and is commanded by the Domn Aljoša Sokolov, an unabashed worshipper of Kratos the Steelhand, god of war. Sokolov is one of the Voievod’s lieutenants in war, despite his youth, and is generally regarded as a rising star in the Voievod’s military.
Worship of Minos the Cockerel, god of commerce, is dominant in the Comitat. The Church of the Cockerel in Boljova is led by the Bishop Albin of House Lyubka, younger brother of the Voievod, from the Golden Cathedral in Phalam. The Hram of St. Frančiška the Avenger, southwest of Vrnoka, is the seat of the Diocese of the Farseer in Western Dracia for worshipers of Meliboea the Farseer, goddess of justice. The Bishop Violeta of House Vörös is a paladin of the Farseer and is sought after by aspirants across Dracia for training, despite her relative youth. Sála Básnik (Hall of the Minstrel), north from Phalam along the Boljovan Road is a temple to Cebren the Piper, God of Music, and his minstrels wander from village to village throughout the Vojvodina, spreading the Song wherever they travel. Other popular deities in the Comitat include Pavor Longshanks, god of travel, Mulciber the Forgemaster, god of smithing, and Ladon Stronghands, god of work. Paelemona the Spinner, goddess of fate, is popular among the many wool merchants and tapestry-makers in the region and Orchus the Bluefeather, god of luck, has a presence among the gambling houses of Vrnoka.
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