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<span class="DROPCAP">T</span>he first non-elven city of [[Vanavar]], founded in 902 by [[human]] and [[halfling]] sailors that sought refuge from a ten day long storm. They beached their ship and set up camp to weather the storm on top of the hill where today the royal castle is built. On the passing of the storm, they surveyed the land and, thinking it to be uninhabited, decided to start a town and bring their families to colonize the land. Time passed and the little village blossomed into a large city as even more seamen settled around the hill that grew in importance as the center of the shire's capital.
The first non-elven city of [[Vanavar]], founded in 902 by [[human]] and [[halfling]] sailors that sought refuge from a ten day long storm. They beached their ship and set up camp to weather the storm on top of the hill where today the royal castle is built. On the passing of the storm, they surveyed the land and, thinking it to be uninhabited, decided to start a town and bring their families to colonize the land. Time passed and the little village blossomed into a large city as even more seamen settled around the hill that grew in importance as the center of the shire's capital.


Before the uniting of the land, [[North Hampton]] was the richest shire as profits could be made from [[fishing]] and exploiting the exporting of the goods from shires without access to a large shipping port. The plutocracy financed a large conscript army, composed of disenfranchised inhabitants, to guarantee their rights to property and intimidate the other shires into compliance.
Before the uniting of the land, [[North Hampton]] was the richest shire as profits could be made from [[fishing]] and exploiting the exporting of the goods from shires without access to a large shipping port. The plutocracy financed a large conscript army, composed of disenfranchised inhabitants, to guarantee their rights to property and intimidate the other shires into compliance.