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O Th del isla as Ma anc Ge H Fo Rio du and for the sig the ret Ma com the W Ma ins pri the ma cor Ma Bre dis pu ind G Th of sig W thr cen the Ma W hal of po Sm ma lin loc ma ent OVERVIEW he city of Marien lta of the River ands are connect the main ar arienburg’s island cient Sea Elf por em). HISTORY unded by the onnasc'namishat uring the reign o d a half was large r when in 1597 I e Middenland arm In 2150 IC th gned the Treaty em exclusive trad turning a portion During the last aacht, was slain mpeting claiman e cessation of th esterland. An a arienburg was in For over a hun sidiously extende ivate fleets and emselves. Indepe assive transfer of rrupt Emperor arienburg and b etonnia or the Em ssuading the inv uissant magics. dependent city-st GEOGRAPH he city’s position trade. In fact, gnificant travel i orld. Almost all o rough Marienbu nter of almost u eir counting h arienburg serve a orld. Much of th lf. The southern the city’s trade or congregate on mall shacks built any of which serv ne the shore. The cated here. Marienburg ha assive walls of t trance to Marien W nburg occupies Reik as it flows ted by a network rteries of trans ds are the remna rt of Sith Rionna Juton warlord thir Marienburg f Emperor Sigism ely overlooked in IC it was seized mies liberated it. he high elves ret of Amity and C ding rights with t n of Sith Rionnas t Incursion of C and to prevent t nts in 2305 IC E he Barony and f appointed coun stalled to govern ndred years this ed its powers, a d militias and endence was fina gold into the im Dieter IV. bring it back wit mpire have failed vading parties b Thus today tate. HY n at the mouth o it has a pote into and out of of the Imperial, K urg and the city unbelievable wea ouses, the hea as creditors for he money of the half of the city i is done. There n islands that are on stilts often ju ve as both home e most dangerou as taken steps to the Vloedmuur nburg is protect the group of isl s into the Sea of k of bridges, thou sportation for ants of the land asc'namishathir ( Marius upon g was later abs mund II and for n the annals of Im by the Bretonnia turned to Old W Commerce with the elves and the sc fortress to the e Chaos Marienbu the destabilisatio Emperor Magnu formally establish ncil drawn from the Imperial pro s council operat allowing mercha conduct the de ally bought in 2 mperial coffers dur Subsequent att thin rule of eith d, with the elves p by committing Marienburg re of the Reik make ential strangleho f the interior of Kislevian and Br makes sure it g alth. With surplu ads of the me many nobles an city is concentra is where almost a the land is lowe e little better tha ut inconveniently e and transportat us wards such as o protect what surround the e ted by the cann lands that form f Claws. The m ugh the canals se most inhabita on which stood (Fortress of the S the ruins of S sorbed by Emp r nearly a millen mperial history, s ans for 5 years u World. Marienb h the elves grant e New World wh elves. rg’s ruler. Graf on of the empire s the Pious decr hes the Province m the burghers ovince. ted successfully ant princes to k efence of the 2429 IC throug ring the reign of tempts to subd her the Kingdom playing a key role force of arms a emains a fierc s it a natural cen ld over almost f the northern O reottinan trade flo ets a cut making us gold overflow rchant families d rulers of the O ated in the north all of the grunt w er and many of an sandy marshla y into canals. Bo ion to their own the Doodkanaal it has earned. T ntire city. The ons of the fortr the many erve ants. the Star Sith pire nnia save until burg ting hilst der e by reed e of of but keep city gh a the due m of e in and cely nter all Old ows g it wing of Old hern work the and. oats, ners, are The sea ress- prison watched catapult huge ch to all b Navy is the Sea sworn t Marienb the Old of treac other t Marienb The Doodka Elfsgem Goudbe Guilder Handel Kruiers Noordm Ostmuu Ouldge Paleisbu governm Rijkspo Schattin Suiddoc the pres Tempel Vlaklan Winkel middle- GOV Marienb surroun lower h consists theoreti have be own tra the Sta compos merchan Manaan selected ten wea director commo barely m of the bloodsh House the rich medicin trade. H Raemer of Rijker’s Isle. d by the Stromp ts, these towers c hains laid across t but the largest o the largest and a Elves, who are o come to the de burg’s militia is d World, any inv cherous marshlan than the heavi burg time to rally city is divided in anaal: The worst meete (Elftown): erg: Fashionable rveld: Rich area w laarmarkt: A bree muur: An old wo muur: Upper mid ur: Middle-class elwijk: Original h uurt (Palace D ment. oort: Working-cla nward: Mostly w ck (South Dock sence of the Impo lwijk: Home of B nd: Inhabited by lmarkt: Small -class, in decline. VERNMENT burg is in theory nding towns are ouse of the parli s of priests, deans ically passes laws een passed to the ades. Also in reali adsraad) who h sed of fourteen nt families in th n, Verena, Haen d by the clergy o althiest families rate. A secular odity and the eco members of the D Directorate is hed. The current van de Kuypers hest man in the nes from distant House van de K rswijk, van Sche Inland side the poort towers. In contain mechani the bottom of the of ships coming finest of any in t allied with the efence of the city neither the large vading army will nd to come at the ly defended ga y and strike back nto buroughs and of slums, feared Self-governed sea upper-class neigh with major comm eding-ground for orking class distr ddle class district area with a cham home for nobility District): Offic ass and fishermen warehouses and co ): Original port ort-Export Excha Baron Henryk's C poor fishermen a boat-building a T AND LAW y a democracy. T represented in B ament) while the and surviving no s for the city, m guilds, who mak ity it is the Direc old the reins o members, the he city and the ndryk and Morr of their various t buy their way seat on the D nomic struggle a Directorate and often marked b ten families are:- : Led by the 57 known world, Cathay and the Kuypers has stro eldt, den Euwe e Reik flows int addition to the isms which allow e channel to bloc down the Reik the world, save f Directors of M y in times of war est nor the most have to struggle he walls of the cit ates, giving the k. d wards, includin d and shunned. a elf enclave. hbourhood. mercial and bank r sharp businessm rict, in decline. t. mpionship water b y, now in genteel cial centre of n. ounting houses. area. Busy, but ange. College and its st and others. Often and famous sa W The various war Burgerhof of the e Rijkskamer (th obility. Though many of its law-m ake regulations co ctorate (the execu of power. The heads of the head priests of rr. The religious temples. Represe into the secula Directorate is su amongst those fa those who are n by deceit, treach - year old Jaan va the family speci House dominat ong alliances wit and Rothemuu to Marienburg eir cannon and w the raising of ck the entrance . Marienburg’s for the fleets of Marienburg and . Finally, while experienced in e through miles ty at any point e defences of ng:- ing houses, men. ball team. poverty. Marienburg's a slum despite tudents. n flooded. usages. Lower rds, guilds and Stadsraad (the e upper house) h the Stadsraad making powers oncerning their utive council of Directorate is ten wealthiest the temple of s members are entatives of the ar seats of the uch a valuable amilies who are nearly members hery and even an de Kuypers, ializes in corn, es the Lustrian th Houses van ur. Among the Player's Guide to Marienburg 1
