Free Cities of Dallaall
| Free Cities of Dallaall | ||
| Demonym | Freeman/Freewoman | |
| Capital City | Dallaall | |
| Ruler | Magnate Jagger Burrell | |
| Population | Approx 75,000 | |
| Location | Southern Windman Continent | |
The Free Cities are a confederation of independant city states, made up of Dallaall, Cormerant, Allep, Theras, and Kalamata. They are tightly packed together in the extreme southern tip of the Windman Continent. They share a border with the Frantan Confederation to the south, and with the no-man's land of Riverkeil to the north, and parts of the Canton Kingdom to the north east and east.
During the greater races war, Dallaall was near the landing point of Hayze's initial armies, Burrell lead them in fortifying and holding off the tide of foul creatures. Large sections of farm land were destroyed, but the city remained intact, a bristling porcupine too dangerous (and frankly, too insignificant in the grand scheme of Hayze's plans of conquest) to try to to take. For decades after the war, the power hungry Duchess in Riverkeil sought to annex Dallaall, and time and time again, the expert archers and fortifications would keep the Duchess' armies from crossing the river that separated the two. This was mostly credited to Burrell's tenacity and planning.
About ten years after the war, with Riverkeil becoming more and more bold, the city-states in the southern penninsula of the windman continent came together in an effort to present a united front. Three of those cities (whose names i can't remember, but one is a city of halflings, and two cities of humans), couldn't negotiate what they felt were agreeable terms with the other five, preferring a strong central government. These three cities formed the Frantan Confederation. As the meetings were held in city of Dallaall, the other five formed the Free Cities of Dallaall, and elected Jagger Burrell their Magnate. Basically, the cities each elect a represenative, who meet yearly, sometimes monthly in times of crisis, to settle disputes (legal or otherwise) between the cities and set policy. The Magnate is elected yearly to enforce those decisions and lead the combined military (if needed). Other then that, the Free Cities governments remain independent of each other.