Traveller's Pass

Traveller's Pass is a medieval themed fortress town along Sanctuary Loyalty Road, located in the Duchy of Reverence in North Sanctuary. It was founded by Ciprilu in December 2021 to allow travellers to pass protected and a place for them to buy food and rest if needed. Due to the exile of Ciprilu from the Second Empire of Uldarash, his titles were revoked and the Vice-Governor Oxi became the new Count of the town and is the current leader.

Traveller's Pass also serves as a fortress in the North, if needed by the Sanctuary Military, they would have full authority over the fortress town. Traveller's Pass also has a sister town, with that being the coastal market town of Traveler's Watch, located in South Sanctuary and founded by Perry (Perry60).

Government
Traveller's Pass falls under the feudal authority of the Kingdom of Sanctuary. The town has its own council made up of the three Gotei as well as the Daimyo. Each Gotei was assigned one of the Districts in Traveller's Pass and the Daimyo, also known as the Count, would look over them all. Inside the town hall, there is a council room where the Council of Reverence and the Council of Traveller's Pass have their meetings. This room also held the meetings of the Council of Refuge, a disbanded council consisting of the Duke and Counts of the Duchy of Refuge, in North Sanctuary, until the Duchies were remade and relocated.

The Founding
Traveller's Pass was founded on the 4th December 2021 by a Kal-Thax shop owner and Uldarashi soldier, Ciprilu (ciprilu28). He was given permission by Queen ScotchKnight of Sanctuary to build the fortress town along Sanctuary Loyalty Road, which stretches from the border between Paloro and Sanctuary, passes through Kal-Thax and ends at the Grand City itself.

Isentou-Uldarashi War
When Traveller's Road, a road connecting the two sister towns of Traveller's Pass and Traveler's Watch, was destroyed by Isentou forces in order to build a large fortress, the Count and Daimyo, Ciprilu, gave the order to close the Western Gate for the first time in history. The gate was closed to completely eliminate the chance of Isentou Troops from invading. During the period of time which the war lasted, Ciprilu stated that he would give up the town's control to the Uldarashi Military, to provide a fortress close to Isentou if the military required it. After the war, Ciprilu along with other Lords of Sanctuary, discussed what should be done with the now ghost town Isentou. The final solution has still not been disclosed.

The Expansions
After growing in population and therefore running out of room, on the 7th January 2022, Ciprilu extended the Western wall, making the town almost double its previous size. A tavern, a flower shop, more houses as well as 4 archer towers were built and the whole town went through a renovation. Even after this first expansion, there was still no room left. On the 12th January 2022, Traveller's Pass held its first town council meeting. In this meeting, the 4 members would design a plan for the final expansion of Traveller's Pass. This expansion would drastically increase the fortress town's size of 14 chunks to 86 chunks. This second and final expansion gave plenty of new room. The space was to be divided into 4 Districts. The Berwick District, in the North, served as Traveller's Pass farm while the Dorheim District, in the West, consisted of shops along Loyalty Road, the town's forest and residential areas. The Endahalla District, the biggest, spread through the South and South-East. In the District, there was a coastal market with a lighthouse, a port as well as more residential areas. The Central City was the 4th District and was the original fortress town. In the East there is also a small public area with a garden for travellers to enjoy.

Growth and Development
After its grand expansion, Traveller's Pass had lots of room for new citizens and recruiting therefore began. The recruitment was successful, as the town's population nearly doubled but with more citizens came more issues. Due to the lack of builders and the rapidly increasing population, there wasn't enough housing space. While the town council came up with a solution, Ciprilu hired Nate, a builder he had met in Alfheim, to redesign the outdated buildings into the new medieval theme. After discussions, the town council decided on introducing the in-town Guilds programme. The first Guild to be created was the Builder's Guild, citizens would sign up and take on assigned building projects and when an assignment was complete, the Guild Members would be payed 1k. The introduction of the Builder's Guild worked splendidly, 5 houses in the Dorheim District were completed in just a day and citizens were finding themselves into their newly built houses. After seeing how well the Builder's Guild worked, Gotei Taven Jonah introduced the Fishing Guild, working around a similar structure. Everything was progressing very well.

The Return of the Duchy of Reverence
On the 3rd February 2022, the Council of Sanctuary announced that the Duchies of the nation were to be remade and relocated. Before this announcement, Traveller's Pass was found in the Duchy of Refuge along with the town of Kal-Thax. But now, Refuge was split into two; the Duchy of Sanctified and the Duchy of Reverence, with the name Refuge to be moved to a Southern Duchy. With Traveller's Pass now being the largest settlement in Reverence, it was automatically made the Capital of the Duchy. About a week later, Ciprilu, became the Duke of Reverence, meaning the town's Count was now in the Sanctuary High Council.

The Exile of the Founder, Ciprilu
On the 13th of February 2022, the Founder, Count and Daimyo of Traveller's Pass, Ciprilu, was exiled from the Second Empire of Uldarash due to treason and conspiracy against the Empire. Ciprilu was given one week to give the town a new Count as it remained leaderless.

New Leadership, Welcome Count Oxi
A couple days after he was exiled, Ciprilu elected his Vice-Governor, Oxi, to be the new Count of Traveller's Pass. Unfortunately for Oxi, after their old leader, Ciprilu, was exiled, the people of the town were outraged. About 2/3 of the citizens left Traveller's Pass to follow Ciprilu to the Kingdom of Alda and settled in his new town of Kala. This included everyone in the town council apart from Oxi himself.

Ghost Town
After Ciprilu and most of the citizens of Traveller's Pass left, the town was much emptier. The High Council of Sanctuary decided that they would focus on the other towns of the Kingdom instead of the Traveller sister towns and with the new Count, Oxi, becoming less and less active, no further growth nor development was made. The town remained very quiet and almost barren, left there to dust...