02 - Iron Kingdoms W.. - Captain Spud Is Amazing
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78 <strong>Iron</strong> <strong>Kingdoms</strong><br />
Czavyana’s smile is quickly becoming a welcome sight<br />
throughout Khador and an iconic image of the beauty<br />
of freedom. This well-managed company embodies the<br />
spirit of free trade in Khador. Food, goods, and reliable<br />
items are available to all for coin or barter.<br />
From their headquarters in Korsk and Khardov,<br />
this trading company relies on free traders to deliver<br />
goods and merchandise throughout rural Khador.<br />
Departing from rail stations along the <strong>Iron</strong> Highway,<br />
caravans of heavy wagons guarded by tough wagoneers<br />
and teamsters travel with beautiful Czavyana adorning<br />
their banners as a sign of the quality of the goods they<br />
bring. A welcome sight to travelers, the far-flung trading<br />
posts of the Czavyana company provide comfortable<br />
safehavens, for they offer lodging, warm meals, supplies,<br />
and stabling all within the post’s walled compound. All<br />
twelve trading posts in Khador sit along frequently<br />
traveled routes. While each post serves as a way station<br />
for traders, it offers a special welcome to all members of<br />
the Czavyana Free Traders Guild.<br />
All Czavyana traders pay dues, and in return<br />
they are given guild protection and a percentage<br />
of recompense in case of banditry. They can bid<br />
for company contracts, exchange routes with each<br />
other, and even take time off from trading—almost<br />
unheard of in other companies—without forfeiting<br />
their membership just as long as they keep their dues<br />
current. As the company gains popularity, it seems that<br />
stops along the way at Czavyana inns and trading posts<br />
are starting to become customary for travelers and<br />
adventurers throughout Khador.<br />
Falgora Arms and Armor<br />
Manufacturers of the best leather and studded<br />
leather armor in Khador, this company based in<br />
Volningrad has a reputation for its exceptional custom<br />
work. Falgora also produces quality weapons and has<br />
recently begun supplying Vislovski-stamped heavy<br />
firearms to select Winter Guard companies. Having<br />
begun their firearms trade with a small contractual<br />
agreement with the Vislovski Gunwerks, Falgora<br />
Arms and Armor is now the proud sponsor of the first<br />
branch of the Vislovski Gunwerks. In a deal struck with<br />
Grigor Vislovski himself, Falgora Arms has an officiallysanctioned<br />
Vislovski gunsmithy and workshop.<br />
Vislovski personally travels to Volningrad once a<br />
month to oversee the workshop bearing his name.<br />
This deal has been a boon for Falgora, increasing their<br />
prestige and reaffirming the quality of their products.<br />
Khadoran Mechaniks Assembly<br />
Based out of Korsk the Khadoran Mechaniks<br />
Assembly has offices in Khardov, Skirov, Volingrad,<br />
and many other cities where mechanika is needed. The<br />
Assembly has been a crucial partner of the Khadoran<br />
military since its inception in 393 AR. Responsible for<br />
all of the common Khadoran warjack designs and the<br />
development of Man-O-War armor, the mechaniks of<br />
the Assembly are the best applied mechanika experts<br />
in the kingdom. Created as an applied branch of the<br />
Khadoran Institute of Engineering, the mechaniks of<br />
the Assembly continue to work with the researchers at<br />
the Institute to move from theory to prototype to mass<br />
production.<br />
A number of Assembly mechaniks have become<br />
well known for specific warjack chassis designs,<br />
including the designer of the Marauder, Targh Fedro,<br />
but none is as well known as Simonyev Blaustayva.<br />
The elderly Blaustavya, former Director of Munitions<br />
Research and Regent of Khador, may be retired from<br />
the Assembly, but he is still occasionally seen slowly<br />
making his way through the workshops, inspecting<br />
new projects, asking questions, and every now and<br />
again, offering crucial pieces of well-heeded advice.<br />
While the Assembly has strong ties to the Greylords<br />
Covenant, it also vigorously defends the interests of its<br />
members. Organization leaders have made subtle and<br />
overt attacks on wizards who have threatened to take<br />
magic “too far” in its service of everyday labor, helping<br />
to maintain the development of mechanical devices<br />
and mechanika potentially at the cost of magical<br />
innovation. The Assembly has the wrench as its symbol<br />
and there is much secrecy about its practices—indeed,<br />
it is rumored that it is almost a cult unto itself with<br />
special rituals and its own secret language.<br />
rumor has it…<br />
the initiation rituals of the assembly are a test of loyalty<br />
and trustWorthiness. they have been knoWn to give seCondary<br />
tasks to their membership suCh as Courier Work or equipment<br />
smuggling. most meChaniks of the assembly Consider religion<br />
a taboo subjeCt and try to avoid stirring ConfliCt betWeen<br />
brothers by foCusing instead on mutual proteCtion. this<br />
may be Why khadoran folloWers of Cyriss have been draWn<br />
to the organization and Comprise a sizeable minority. it is<br />
unCertain if this is a natural affinity due to their Work
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