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Krasniy the Red
There are two major trails that lead through the Ljallenvals from Alzar’s County to places and peoples on the far side. The southern of the two passes near Hammerhelm and the dwarves located there in that dwarf-hold. Meanwhile, the northern of the two passes by a town called Saffir, which is in a valley in the mountain chain. There still aren’t a lot of settlements on the far side of the mountains. The growth in the Kingdom’s baronies still hasn’t come north, so the trade isn’t super hot or anything.
Anyway, Saffir is nestled in a small valley, with a variety of farmers there, coming to town to trade crops and animals for other goods at the local town square.
Saffir is increasingly coming onto Alzar’s radar because a local warlord named Krasniy the Red, another red-headed leader, has taken over the town around 10 months ago. Since that time, he’d hired a lot of muscle, begun building a castle to protect the trail and city, and even hired some assistance away from Alzar’s county to do it.
Meanwhile, the people there have increasingly become uncomfortable under his rule.
In the last week of the month, Alzar looks up from his day in court and there is a delegation from Saffir, a nervous looking baker named Pandrum and a pair of farmers that have arrived. They tell him about the changes in Saffir. Magic is outlawed, and any magical items are confiscated. Taxes have been raised so high that people have had to sell their things just to make it. Most of the citizens have had it, and already around 50 have fled. But there are a few who have used this as an opportunity to enrich themselves as others suffer.
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