Port Argen

The Population of Port Argen is mainly similar to the rest of Bretawald, with some notable exceptions relating to ancestries tied to water.
  Human 78%
Elf 7%
Undine Versatile 5%
Tengu 5%
Azarketi 3%
Other 2%

Port Argen follows the same basic governance as the rest of Bretawald, with the city and its surroundings ruled over by a Thane; however, from its long history as a military and later trading and fishing port, the city has always had a position second to the Thane in authority, the Port Seneschal.
The Port Seneschal is a position earned, a vote is held every 10 years, with the various captains of ships whose home port is Port Argen, the dock officials, and the ruling council voting in who they believe is best suited to the position. The Thane holds two votes and makes the final decision in a tie.
Notably, Port Argen has also developed a council of sorts, made up of several powerful families within the city and some of the most important civic positions.

The Thane is Alfric Striggirs
The Port Seneschal is currently El'enfir Beausgir and has been for the last 30 years

The council members:

The Gaddruvea Family
The Duestom Family (name needs work)
The Heimivea Family
The Hallstier Family

The Shrieve is currently Grimri Laq'antir
The Harbour Master is currently Heyz Fendirdottri
Huscarl of the Ship is currently Iz Clefthorn (Minotaur)

However, since the High Thane's arrival in Port Argen, he has been offered a seat within the council and, by right, could veto any decision that is made. This could cause considerable problems for the city if it were not for the fact that Grimirsson's only current interests are the design of new and better ships and mapping and navigating the northern seas.

With High Thane Grimirsson Brightblade having taken up permanent residence in the city and investing significant amounts of the nation's wealth into research to improve the capabilities of the kingdom ships, a number of smaller Guilds have sprung up seeking funding for investigations into technological advances.
The most aggressive in its charter is the Silver Stave, so named for there experiments into capturing and storing lightning for later use.

Port Argen's first major phase of building was during the early years of the War of the Wolves in 4201, where it was established as a fortified military port with a modest population, primarily military, shipbuilders and their families. Its importance continuing under the early days of the rule of Levexokarthil and the Second Daemon war.
By the conclusion of the second Daemon war in 4229, Port Argen was an important military port on the Northern cost of the Maelstrom Nations much of Levexokarthil's navy was built within this industrious port.
It continued in the vein for a few hundred years. but the long peace of the empire meant that the call for new naval ships had significantly diminished and Port Argen had stagnated and was beginning to decline. It was during this time that an enterprising Hall Master from The Pitted Shield established a hall, now only known as Hall Master Sigi, in what looked to be a city in it's death-throws, but focusing the skills of his hall members on maritime exploration and combat he was able to establish a safe fishing zone in the seas north of the city with detailed navigational charts for the dangerous and often unpredictable seas north of Sigravaka Isle.
This allowed Port Argen to become a major producer of fish for the empire, by the 4500's Port Argen was a thriving sea port, growing beyond its old wall fortifications, known for a wide array of sea food that was not caught anywhere else in the empire, and for the growing number of seafaring explorers who were charting the dangerous waters around the Maelstrom Nations and venturing every further north.
By the early 5000's Port Argen was the home of some of the greatest shipwrights and the vessels constructed here were of a distinctive design, able to better cope with high storms, and unpredictable weather. This diversification has seen the city to continue to thrive even through the collapse of the Levexokarthil in the 5100's
By the end of the Third Daemon War in 5463 the continued reliance on the sea for the city prosperity had established Port Argen as a stable but thriving city