Dörfmettor
"Dorfmettor; the city's came by its name as bluntly as is the style of the Dorfish lords, Dorfmettor, the place where man and dwarfs meet"
Dorfmettor is the capital of Reldorn and its largest city. Notable for being one of the few cities in the North to have a mixed population of dörfs and humans. It's origins as a market town set up outside of a Dorfhold influenced the eventual name "Dorfmettor" literally "Dwarf Market".
The city is relatively young, the Dorfhold itself being post-Arumfall in construction only 600 years old, and the human market town outside only developing over the last two centuries. Its wall remains an impressive construction for its small population and is of superb dorfish-make. The combination of its central location, well-fortified position and rich bounty of ore made the city a natural choice for the Throne of Reldorn.
Demographics
Dorfmettor is a curious mix of human and dorfish settlement, predominantly Dorfish of whom the majority live within the Dorfhold itself, around 14,000 dorfs live within, whereas another 1,000 or so live in the outer town, the outer town sometimes called Manmettor is predominantly Mannish, around 8,000 humans make their residence within the city, with smaller enclaves of Eirim (mostly Woedeirim and Half-Elves), and Urokir.
Defences
A substantial 50ft
Infrastructure
Manmettor is defended by a sizeable wall of Dorfish Construction, though not at all comparable to the masterful construction of the Dorfmettor fortress. The city is well supplied with water from underground streams and springs, supplied to the people through public fountains.
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Dorfmettor
Alternative Name(s)
Manmettor (just the human town), Neuberkhult (just the Dorfhold)
Type
City
Population
About 41,000 including the closest of the nearby farmholds and deepmotes. The city itself has around 25,000 more than half of whom are Dorfs living within the Dorfhold, the rest live in the surrounding market town.
Related Ethnicities
Inhabitant Demonym
Mettors
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