Port Leon

Port Leon was founded by Jayant2K during Tortuga's reign over Sørligste. The town is located on the northern central coast between the towns of Windcliff, Norvos and Not Venice, it is also relatively close to the town of Lorne, the ruins of Argadon and the holy site of Icha bal. The town had grown rapidly and population boomed placing the town as a popular and desirable place to be. This also attracted thieves and bandits. A campaign has been waged to counter these scourges. Now all homes are required to have sufficient privacy and anti theft measures, and laws and recommendations have been passed to prevent banditry, and minimize losses from bandit raids.

History
After being founded, Port Leon saw little to no development. When the builder Marlun joined the town finally began to see growth. The building of the gate to the town and some very nice homes started a golden age. Ookamiiiii who joined around the same period built roads connecting the city with the capital of the nation. From that moment on Jayant2K, Marlun and Ookamiiiii together lead the town to further grow in population and size. During this period of time harbor masters were appointed to relive the mayor of an overwhelming work load.

From October 30th to November 3, 2021 Port Leon was the center of much political strife. The country it had been located in had undergone a coup by the constituants of the Empire of Leveros, and was declared the capitol of the new empire. The residence did not take kindly to the regime change and after a short chaotic four days, a counter revolution was declared and the Imperialist were thrown out. During those days the towns activity and population took a massive hit. From fears of bloodshed and destruction to general dislike for the new rulership many fled the town. Additionally the Majority of the perpetrators of the coup lived in Port Leon and took their loyalists with them when they were exiled. When all was said and done the population of the town went from a hefty 110 citizens to a sparse thirteen. During the aftermath of the chaos Jayant2K went missing and Dloop was appointed as mayor of Port Leon. More recently four members of Port Leon have left in favor of starting their own town and have successfully founded the town of Kadas Etnada, to the southeast.

As of December 5th 2021 Jayant2K has returned and has taken the title of the Jarl of Norvos. Soon after his return the population of Port Leon has nearly tripled.

Geography
The Town is surrounded by a mountain range contianing highlands river valleys and spruce forests. The Town is located on the shoreline of the ocean and the town takes up almost the entire coastline of the bay. The roads run through the mountains and follow the land and bridges have been constructed across the rivers for easy access and travel.

Economy
The Town has a market district on the board walk and docks leading to the towncenter. Citizens are free to set up shops in this district and local business is encouraged Another market district for foreign merchants is planned in the future. In early October when the /ah and /la spawn commands were removed, Port Leon started making trade deals with other towns and nations to assure that the town becomes a solid trade hub.

Culture
The Port Leonin culture is centered around the bay in which it is located. Fishing is central to the daily lives of its citizens. Fish of all types is a staple food in the diet of the people and the loot that can be gained from the bay floods the market. Often in the past groups of citizens would be fishing in the bay all throughout the day.

The landscape isn't ideal for farms, so the citizens of Port Leon built underground farms to assure independence from the Norvos food supply. More farms were built south of the town in a newer farming district.

The citizens of Port Leon are disciplined and hard working, they like canals, tunnels and forests. Because Port Leon likes nature, trees are planted throughout the city. They also like to have fun in one of the taverns or be busy with practicing Kadasism in the church on the seaside. From the tower on the shore it's possible to overlook most of the city and see parts of Windcliff and Not Venice. The docks have been extended longer all the way to the island to allow more people to fish in the bay.

The city also allows for families to form, weddings can be held in Saint Vincent's church.

Relations
The harbourmasters and the mayor of Port Leon made sure that the town has good relationships with the nations of Aldovir, Pyylandia, Ozeanburg, Ato, Tortuga and Uldarash. The relations with the neighbouring towns of Norvos, Windcliff and Not Venice are also good. Port Leon and Not Venice do even have plans for merging into one large city

Religion
The main religion in Port Leon is Kadasism, being created in late September. In the same timeframe as Kadasism, a religious group was invited into Port Leon which called themselves "Auraists", and started doing a ritual on a government building. No religious happenings occurred, however, after the small crowd left the castle, the Auraists converted a ring inside the government building into a fiery pit. Then led Zonering, a citizen of Port Leon up to throw him into the pit. Although he didn't die, one of the Auraist members came down to finish him but ended up dying in the fire. Zonering told many of the members of Port Leon about the Auraists throwing him into the pit to kill him, and a crusade started against Auraism. Most of the members were hunted down and converted to Kadasism, although the Auraist leader escaped Port Leon and vanished to another country (unknown which country), outside of Norvos. Only one thing is known about the leader of Auraism, is that he has converted an entire country to Auraism and has become the ruler. Kadasists are now Anti-Auraist, and discriminate against any Auraist. The Auraists are depicted as hell-like cult members who cause havoc, although this is simply a tale of the events that happened on the day of the Auraism Crusade.