Worcheston; Largest city of the small “Andriath Confederacy.”
Location: The Northeastern coast of Andriath.
Description: Suffering from bad pollution, Worcheston has the highest population density on the western side of the Andriath. Tight streets and tall buildings pack the metro; Worcheston has been nicknamed the, “city that never sleeps.” The tallest buildings in Worcheston average five stories; but the tallest and most spectacular is the Priest Cecil’s Cathedral, with it’s pinnacle tower being roughly ten stories high. In the central position of Worcheston is the Grand Bazaar, the trade hub of western Andriath. The Vanitice river cuts the southern section of Worcheston. There is also a VERY strong Abhorian presence and culture established in Worcheston.
To Worcheston’s south, is the city of Port Narahope; and to it’s north west, is the mining city of Whitebookings.
History: In it’s early years, Worcheston had always been an independent city-state up until the expansion of the Red Empire. In 204 A.R., the King of Worcheston, the King of the southern city of Port Narahope, and the King of the northeastern city of Whitebookings came together to discuss the possible threat of the Red Empire. Uniting under a single flag to create a military/trade alliance, the three small city-states created the “Andriath Confederacy.”
In 240 A.R., it became evident that the Red Empire had set it’s eyes set on targets other than the eastern coast of Andriath. But finding obvious dominance over the smaller surrounding leaders, the three cities maintained it’s pact.
Worcheston’s population had always been primarily human, with a strong Abhorian presence, up until the advent of the Seekers. Around the years 250 A.R. to 280 A.R., Worcheston began to have a sudden influx of foreign immigrants, similar to Derendil, but even more so, due to their neutrality and obscurity in almost all worldly affairs.
In 300 A.R., the presence of immigrants began to wield it’s ugly face as tighter laws against, “non-natives” became stricter. In the following years, riots against the King became frequent. And by 305 A.R., the royal manor had been taken over and the King publicly stoned to death.
300-309 A.R., Chaos
309-312 A.R., The Abhorian Civil War.
After the death of the King and the murder of most of the royal family, Worcheston fell under a swinging pendulum of anarchy and dictatorships. A prominent rebellion was in 309 A.R. when the native Abhorian population and gang lords joined forces, overthrowing the police state that had just been established a year prior. The Abhorian population seemed to sky rocket as indigenous Abhors from the surrounding areas began flooding into the city in support of their revolution. And just by sheer numbers, the Abhors soon found dominance in the city.
Port Narahope and Whitebookings, not wanting anything to deal with the civil war, let Worcheston deal with it’s power struggle on it’s own, accepting whatever leaders arise.
The strong non-Abhorian political and gang leaders by 311 A.R. had nearly been wiped out through cloak and dagger style politics, and in the midst of the Abhorian confusion, came forth the figurehead of all the gangs, Chief Krishla Shanzzar.
315-347 A.R., The Abhorian State.
In 315 A.R, Shanzzar proclaimed himself the new King of Worcheston. Though unimportant to almost all major world politics; Worcheston, for the next 32 years, stood semi-stable as the first largely populated Abhorian state in history. But in 347 A.R., after many riots and pure anarchy, the Shanzzar “nobility” was overthrown by the radical party nicknamed the “Councilists.” The Councilists wanted to create a council, structured off of Derendil.
352-456 A.R., The Rule of the Council.
In 352 A.R., the Councilists and their shoddily managed para-military grew stronger in power. In the following 100 years, the council led Worcheston into becoming the trade power that it is now.
Starting around 450 A.R. to 456 A.R., “unexplained” assassinations began taking place within the Government until one council member was left standing, by the name of Thomas Gildenhart. Gildenhart stating the urgency of the Worcheston’s political state, proclaimed himself the new king.
456-682 A.R., The Gildenhart Dynasty.
The following couple centuries stayed pretty stagnant, except for small rebellions that happened every couple decades. That’s until the King, Timothy III put forth edicts that created a more absolutist state.
In 687 A.R., after the growth of small rebellious factions, a radical opposing group by the name “The White Egrets” constructed a revolution which would overthrow the Gildenhart Dynasty, and in place a Representative Democracy. But during the chaos of the revolution, old remnants of the Abhorian Kingdom found their advantage once more, and allying with about half of the gangs and guilds, once again found dominance in Worcheston for a couple years.
In 689 A.R., the leading Human Godfather Bernard Grapelli, found himself the figurehead of most major trade-business agreements. And in 695 A.R., Grapelli finally declared himself Mayor.
From the years 695-720 A.R., Grapelli equalized rights and gave representative power to many of the leading gangs and guilds.
In 723 A.R., Grapelli and the city representatives finally agreed upon a constitution.
When Grapelli died in 728 A.R. however, the power of Mayor was given to his first son Bernard II. But with how relatively successful Worcheston was becoming, Bernard II wasn’t overthrown.
Population: 2 million. 45% Human, 40% Abhor, 15% misc.
Current Leader: Prince Bernard III, with a council of representatives that control the different branches of government.
Government: Constitutional Monarchy.
Empire: Worcheston is part of the three city-state pact (Worcheston, Port Narahope, and Whitebookings), the “Andriath Confederacy.” But each province works independently from each other.
Army: Worcheston’s official army is a force of about 11,000 troops, mixed with mostly Humans and Abhor. Worcheston also has a small naval force of about 12 frigates. This doesn’t include the militias and para-militaries within and surrounding Worcheston, being about 40,000 mixed-level fighters. Also; if in a state of mass political emergency, both Whitebookings and Port Narahope would come to military aid. Port Narahope holding about 20,000 official troops, 35,000 militia; Whitebookings with 6,000 official troops, 20,000 militia. Also, Port Narahope holding a 30 ship naval fleet. And all three cities having a 52 ship air force, mostly from Whitebookings.
The Confederacy as a whole comes to a military of 37,000 official troops, and 95,000 unofficial militia/para-military troops.
Other: Whitebookings and Narahope are both politically far more stable than Worcheston. Narahope being about the same size of Worcheston, and Whitebookings being a little less than a million. All three cities have a high Abhor population, but not to the same extant as Worcheston. Whitebookings is land locked and quite a bit cooler than it two partners, also being the northernmost city.
