The Lordship of the Leaning Reef
The Lordship of the Leaning Reef is one of the positions that holds electorship in the Mithrilheart Elected Monarchy. Whoever is in charge of the House is referred to as the Lord of the House and of the sprawling settlement it commands.
Located as one of the many holds that make up the Coastal Semi Autonomous Zone, the House of the Leaning Reef was able to ascend to the forefront and secure their own vote due to the massive amounts of wealth and power they were able to amass. Leaning Reef sailors and merchants were some of the most skilled and shrewed maritime sailors of their day, and this is a reputaiton they plan to continue upholding in space. As the Lordship of the Leaning Reef advances with the polity into the new horizon of space this maritime tradition continues. Sailors of the Kost-1 Oceans have become sailors of the stellar ocean, and it is thought that one crewmen in four is connected with the Lordship, or the city of the Leaning Reef in some way. The House and by extention the Lord in charge of it are commonly regarded a honorable, but ambitious and cunning. The House has its sights set as high as they can, working for the good of the Reef before the good of anything else. They prefer to deal with those they lean on for favors directly. It is commonly held knowledge among other electors that the Lordship of the Leaning Reef will not backstab them, but they will force those who break their agreements to abide by them, often ruthlessly. The Lordship over the Leaning Reef is responsible for a city of just over one million. The city is split between two disticts, half on land and the other half made of an ever expanding network of barges, houseboats, barges and the docks linking everything together. Streets and canals form a network of vein like roads within the chaotic and unplanned settlement, while the House of the Leaning Reef presides over it all on the tallest hilltop in the center of the city, well above the water level. Waterfalls and rivers flow from under the House, giving clean drinking water to the settlement below as it flows out to sea. This city is confusing to an outsider. Most of those who live in the city of the Leaning Reef never travel more than a few hundred meters from home inside the city limits, as miniature centers of city services spring up organically anywhere there is a concentration of people. Community resilience is one of the core values of the city.
Located as one of the many holds that make up the Coastal Semi Autonomous Zone, the House of the Leaning Reef was able to ascend to the forefront and secure their own vote due to the massive amounts of wealth and power they were able to amass. Leaning Reef sailors and merchants were some of the most skilled and shrewed maritime sailors of their day, and this is a reputaiton they plan to continue upholding in space. As the Lordship of the Leaning Reef advances with the polity into the new horizon of space this maritime tradition continues. Sailors of the Kost-1 Oceans have become sailors of the stellar ocean, and it is thought that one crewmen in four is connected with the Lordship, or the city of the Leaning Reef in some way. The House and by extention the Lord in charge of it are commonly regarded a honorable, but ambitious and cunning. The House has its sights set as high as they can, working for the good of the Reef before the good of anything else. They prefer to deal with those they lean on for favors directly. It is commonly held knowledge among other electors that the Lordship of the Leaning Reef will not backstab them, but they will force those who break their agreements to abide by them, often ruthlessly. The Lordship over the Leaning Reef is responsible for a city of just over one million. The city is split between two disticts, half on land and the other half made of an ever expanding network of barges, houseboats, barges and the docks linking everything together. Streets and canals form a network of vein like roads within the chaotic and unplanned settlement, while the House of the Leaning Reef presides over it all on the tallest hilltop in the center of the city, well above the water level. Waterfalls and rivers flow from under the House, giving clean drinking water to the settlement below as it flows out to sea. This city is confusing to an outsider. Most of those who live in the city of the Leaning Reef never travel more than a few hundred meters from home inside the city limits, as miniature centers of city services spring up organically anywhere there is a concentration of people. Community resilience is one of the core values of the city.
Type
Geopolitical, Great house
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