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 ====== The City of Acryn ====== ====== The City of Acryn ======
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-Acryn is governed by a council supported by and elected from a mixture of nobility and the merchant class. The city was once a monarchy, but a rebellion co-organised between the lesser nobility and the merchant guilds overthrew and ended it. Nobility, in theory, no longer grants any particular privilege or rights, but in practice, the fact that the noble families have accumulations of wealth and political power ensures that they continue to be a major force within Acryn. The dominance of the city by these forces has only increased in the wake of the Upheaval, as their stockpiles of goods and control of the city watch made theirs the only authority capable of quelling the rioting and instituting rationing, which in hindsight can be seen by most to have been a necessary evil, though many hated it at the time. Goodwill towards them is far from universal, and there are rumoured to be active revolutionary groups working to attempt an overthrow of the council, but for now control rests firmly in their hands. However, the massive increase in the difficulty of trading has shaken the balance of power between the nobles and merchants somewhat, as the latter have found their ability to generate wealth severely undermined.+Acryn is governed by a council supported by and elected from a mixture of nobility and the merchant class. The city was once a monarchy, but a rebellion co-organised between the lesser nobility and the merchant guilds overthrew and ended it around sixty years ago. Nobility, in theory, no longer grants any particular privilege or rights, but in practice, the fact that the noble families have accumulations of wealth and political power ensures that they continue to be a major force within Acryn. The dominance of the city by these forces has only increased in the wake of the Upheaval, as their stockpiles of goods and control of the city watch made theirs the only authority capable of quelling the rioting and instituting rationing, which in hindsight can be seen by most to have been a necessary evil, though many hated it at the time. Goodwill towards them is far from universal, and there are rumoured to be active revolutionary groups working to attempt an overthrow of the council, but for now control rests firmly in their hands. However, the massive increase in the difficulty of trading has shaken the balance of power between the nobles and merchants somewhat, as the latter have found their ability to generate wealth severely undermined.
  
 By land, trade still happens, of course. The great roads between Acryn and the other city states of the continent are almost universally within Consensus, thanks to the many thousands who have travelled up and down their length for near their entire lives. Trade in basic foodstuffs has dwindled dramatically,​ but the rising scarcity of luxury goods and foods has made them valuable indeed, and trade in them a lucrative business, though far more risky than it once was, due to the increased attractiveness of their cargo to thieves and bandits, and the risk of...things happening on the stretches where the Flux encroaches closely on both sides. By land, trade still happens, of course. The great roads between Acryn and the other city states of the continent are almost universally within Consensus, thanks to the many thousands who have travelled up and down their length for near their entire lives. Trade in basic foodstuffs has dwindled dramatically,​ but the rising scarcity of luxury goods and foods has made them valuable indeed, and trade in them a lucrative business, though far more risky than it once was, due to the increased attractiveness of their cargo to thieves and bandits, and the risk of...things happening on the stretches where the Flux encroaches closely on both sides.
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 Acryn is the core of the setting, and it is assumed that the majority of characters will live in or around it, and that the majority of adventures will begin in the city, or serve the interests of someone living in. This should not discourage you from playing a character from elsewhere however - Acryn was and is a truly mighty power in the world, and there are any number of reasons why a native of another city could be living there. Acryn is the core of the setting, and it is assumed that the majority of characters will live in or around it, and that the majority of adventures will begin in the city, or serve the interests of someone living in. This should not discourage you from playing a character from elsewhere however - Acryn was and is a truly mighty power in the world, and there are any number of reasons why a native of another city could be living there.
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