![[south 1.png]] # Vostrum ## Founded by Mercenary, [[Archacos]] - A Rogue Commander - Self-Titled "God-King" - Hotbed for Accusations --- # Backstory & History [[Vostrum]] was founded by the Calradian mercenary [[Archacos]], one of a number of rogue commanders who broke away from the [[Calradian-Empire]] during its expansion. Unlike some, who tried to reproduce the Empire's republican heritage, he chose to rule as a god-king. His dynasty lasted for generations, until [[Imperial]] troops overran it and smashed every haloed statue of [[Archacos]] and his successors into rubble. Even today, western and northern [[Imperial]] senators ([[Senate]]) accuse families from this region of being closet monarchists. This settlement is part of the [[Southern-Empire]]. Owned by [[Imperial]] house, [[Hongeros]]. [[Asaios]] resides here. (See page [[3-Travels-in-Calradia-(DLC)]]) > For the last two years, nearly every day has been the same. I go early in the morning to the fountain near the law courts here in [[Vostrum]], buy some dried figs, salted bread and oil for my breakfast, and set out my little table on the marble steps. For the next eight hours, until sundown, I help illiterate farmers and workmen draw up their legal petitions, charging two denars a page. After the sun sets, I go over to the tavern and buy a bowl of stew and a jug of watered-down wine and drink with my fellow scribes, then climb the stairs to the room where I pay a half-denar a night to lay out my bedroll. > [...] > [[Asaios]] on street cuisine in [[Vostrum]]. (See page [[12]]) > In [[Vostrum]] we relish the food sold by [[Khuzait-Khanate]] street vendors, those chunks of mutton cooked over open coals, or those bits of very salty eggplant soaked in mustard oil. But it's one thing to eat fatty mutton as a splurge, and another thing to eat it day in and day out (**the eggplant is a [[Darshia-Cnty.]] dish, apparently**). > [...] > [[Asaios]] on the local alley lord of [[Vostrum]], [[Ungaron]] > The first I heard was our local alley lord, [[Ungaron]], shouting for all men to run to the walls to help defend and swearing to cut down any coward where they stood. --- # Game Files / Developer Diaries [[Characters/Cut-or-Unused/Companions/Ewyn-(Cc)]] [[dey-Tihr]] - Cut Companion Character - settled here after fleeing [[Aldric]] in [[Sargot]]. Rhogas and Lykaron - west and center of larger southern lake, clan 7, queen--> [settlements.XML] Rhogas is tight between lake and mountains, like Trebizond --> [settlements.XML]