Free Cities

The Free Cities are a Republic in the north of Lahmia and maintaining their independance due to their massive wealth, and the historical protection of the Empire of Nehekhara.

Braavos
See Also : Braavos

Braavos is a massive city in the northern area of Lahmia but a member of the Free Cities and not the Kingdom of Lahmia. There is a stretch of land to the southwest called the Braavosian Coastland that is claimed by Braavos, but this is the only land outside of the city that they control. The ruler of Braavos is known as the Sealord and it is from the sea that the city’s power and wealth flows.

The ruler of Braavos is known as the Sealord and it is from the sea that the city’s power and wealth flows. The Sea Lord is a truly powerful man with the power of a European King. His champion and protector is First Sword of Braavos and he resides at the Sealord's Palace. Statues commemorating past Sealords and their achievements line the canals of Braavos. The office is not hereditary, when the Sealord dies a new one is chosen and knifes will come out.

Unlike the other Free Cities, Braavos was never part of the Kingdom of Lahmia, but was instead founded 500 years before the Destruction of Lahmia by refugees fleeing Lahmian expansion. They were led by the Moonsingers, who found the lagoon in an effort to find a place that the Lahmians could not find them. Following the destruction of much of Lahmia during the time following the Invasion by Nehekhara it was Braavos that led the movement to create the Free Cities. Nehekhara would push for this as a method of further weakening the position of Lahmia, and thus it was Braavos that became the first member of the Free Cities. During the period following the Rise of Lucerne Arya Starke enters Braavos to find the city in termoil following the creation of a drastically large criminal organization in the canals, and a movement trying to merge Braavos with Lahmia.