Treig

Treig is a plains city built on wheat and will, once loyal to the Grand Altir Empire and now fiercely independent in habit and law, governed by a religion that forbids alcohol and denies women property rights, battered by Viking raids, and kept afloat by reluctant trade with the free city of Roanoke; the fields feed the hungry and the sermons justify the struggle.

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Treig

Treig: where wheat feeds faith and fear keeps the fields guarded.

TypeCity

PopulationApproximately 12,400 (est. 80% live in extreme poverty).

WealthPoor

GovernmentTheocratic military council

ReadinessA permanent guard and drafted militias keep watch but are frequently overstretched by raids.

“Dusty streets, watchful faces, and the constant smells of smoke and baking wheat.”

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Geography

RegionCentral plains once managed by the Grand Altir Empire.

ClimateTemperate with hot summers and bitter, windy winters.

TerrainWide wheat plains with low rolling hills and a slow river named Treigford.

Travel Links

A ruined Imperial road south toward the rebuilt capital.A river route to the free city of Roanoke used by shallow barges.The exposed northern track used by Viking raiders and patrols.

Culture

Piety, duty to the fields, and stern gender hierarchies framed as divine order.

Races

HumanHalf-elf

Religions

Cult of the Pure Sun

Arts & Entertainment

Mournful epic singers, ritual dances at harvest, and quiet scribes preserving Altir law.

History

Once a reliable granary of the Grand Altir Empire, Treig became independent after the imperial capital fell to Viking fire and chaos spread; the city hardened into a theocratic agrarian state that clings to old rites, drafts its poor into soldiering, and survives by uneasy trade with Roanoke while fending off repeated northern raids.

Imperial EraFounding under the Grand Altir EmpireTreig grew as an agricultural hub under Grand Altir administration and paid tithes to the capital.

CollapseSack of the Imperial CapitalThe empire's capital was sacked by Viking raiders who burned it to ash, ending centralized control.

WarThe Giant Ambush at Gungnir's ReachAn ill-fated invasion aimed at the Viking kingdoms was smashed when giants ambushed the army fifty miles south of Gungnir.

ReformationDeclaration of the ReeveTreig reconstituted itself as a theocratic city-state ruled by grain barons and clerics after the empire waned.

Government

LeaderHigh Prelate Jorren Alsth

Theocratic military council

Key Laws

Consumption of alcohol is forbidden and punishable by public penance.Women are prohibited from owning real property or holding civic office.All able-bodied men must tithe grain and report for compulsory military service.

Problems

Widespread hunger from depleted grain stores and withheld tithe credits.

Chronic poverty and failing granaries leave most families on the brink of famine.

Frequent raids that strain the Reeve's Guard and disrupt markets.

Viking raids escalate and the northern watchtowers report new, bolder scouts nearly daily.

Corruption within the temple leadership that undermines public faith.

A secret trade in forbidden spirits and favors ties certain clerics to outside brokers.

Economy

Industries

Agriculture and grain storageSheep and cattle husbandrySmithing and military provisioning

Scarcity

Coin, high-grade metal, and timber are chronically scarce.

Wealth LevelPoor

Exports

WheatLivestockRaw hidesMercenary detachments

Imports

SaltMetal tools and weaponsTimberCloth and luxury goods from Roanoke

Defenses

ReadinessA permanent guard and drafted militias keep watch but are frequently overstretched by raids.

Fortifications

Earthen bulwark ringed with sharpened stakesRiver chain across the Treigford to block raider longshipsA string of watchtowers along the northern road

Reeve's Guard(About 1,800 professionals plus 4,000 militia and levies when raised)

A professional core supported by mustered farmers and conscripts for frontier sorties.

Law & Order

crime Level: High for petty theft and smuggling, moderate for violent crime.
enforcement: Religious tribunals backed by the Reeve's Guard enforce law with public punishments.
typical Punishment: Corporal punishment, forced labor in granaries, public shaming, and occasional exile.

High Prelate Jorren Alsth

NPC

Religious leader

A severe man who reads ancient Altir scripture and keeps tight control over tithes.

Captain Edda Harrow

NPC

Military commander

A battle-hardened commander who drills recruits relentlessly and keeps a ledger of lost men.

Garruk Linde

NPC

Merchant and trading post owner

A shrewd merchant who negotiates credit lines and begrudgingly helps the city with loans.

Marta Bryn

NPC

Tavernkeeper and clandestine broker

A wiry woman who runs a tavern-turned-safehouse and trades rumors for coin.

Halvar Quen

NPC

Archivist and scribe

An old scribe who knows more about imperial vaults than he admits and hides runic fragments in his loft.

Linde Trading Post

Shop

Trading house

The largest trading house in Treig that brokers grain-for-coin deals with Roanoke.

Ironhand Smithy

Shop

Smithy

A blacksmith and armorer that reworks old imperial bits into serviceable weapons.

The Gilded Sheaf

Tavern

Farmers, recruits, and a scattering of quiet merchants and clerical acolytes.

A well-known teahouse by day and a clandestine tavern by night where forbidden spirits change hands behind curtains.

Faithful Order

Faction

Religious

The religious authority that enforces the city's moral code and levies tithes in grain and labor.

Grainers' Guild

Faction

Economic

An organized body of large landholders and millers who control seed and storage.

Reeve's Guard

Faction

Military

The city military that defends Treig and enforces law when the tribunals demand it.

Ruined Northwatch

Point of Interest

A half-collapsed watchtower burned during a raid and now shelters smugglers and lantern priests.

Saltless Docks

Point of Interest

A shallow dock where barges trade grain for Roanoke coin and where smugglers slip contraband at night.

The Old Mounds

Point of Interest

A ring of ancient burial mounds on a low rise that villagers avoid after dusk.

Market Circle

Point of Interest

A crowded market circle where seeds, iron nails, and murmured rumors change hands each dawn.

Calendar of Events

October 9

Harvest Vigil

A night of fasting, prayers, and communal wheat offerings meant to secure next year's crop.

Some worshippers leave secret bottles of fermented mead behind the granary wall.

First Frost (November 3)

First Frost Muster

A citywide military muster and levying of new recruits for frontier patrols.

A contingent of recruits vanishes en route after taking a shortcut past an old watchtower.

Secrets

Certain temple officials sell brides and migration papers to Viking brokers to raise coin.

RegionalA scrap of an account ledger hidden between altar stones lists names and sums.

An Altir-era vault full of official coin and artifacts is sealed under the Great Granary.

WorldA false floor in an old silo reveals choked steps and a rusted imperial sigil.

Giants that once ambushed the imperial invasion may be bound by runes and can be directed by someone afar.

WorldSmall rune shards dug from a ruined camp match fragments in Halvar's notes.

Rumors

Giants once aided the Vikings and remain bound to their rune-lords.

A hidden Altir vault lies beneath the oldest silo of the Great Granary.

Some clerics accept foreign coin in exchange for marriage contracts and safe passage.

Plot Hooks

Vault Beneath the Silo

Investigate a ledger that hints at a hidden Altir vault under the Great Granary before rival factions learn of it.

ExplorationHalvar QuenA share of recovered coin or official pardon for debts.

The Temple's Hidden Contracts

Break the clandestine pact between a temple official and Viking brokers who trade forbidden goods and captives.

IntrigueMarta BrynSecret support from Marta and access to hidden supply lines.

Convoy to Roanoke

Escort a grain convoy to Roanoke while fending off a planned Viking raid and a rival guild ambush.

EscortGarruk LindePaid passage, coin, and trade favors from Garruk.

Missing Muster

Track the missing recruits from the First Frost Muster and uncover whether giants or sorcery are involved.

InvestigationCaptain Edda HarrowA military commission or exemption from tithes for a season.

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