Saalfeld is a large city located in Southern Thedas within the region of Ferelden and historically controlled by the Kingdom of Ferelden and the Empire of Tevinter, but has recently been taken by the Kingdom of Lucerne. Saalfeld was once a regional capital but the rise of the eastern Ferelden fortress of Dongret would lead to the lessening of the importance of Saalfeld and this was completed when the Ferelden monarchy led their court to Dongret and left the larger Saalfed behind. Saalfeld is like the rest of Ferelden a heavily Dragonoph population, but unlike the capital of Dongret the city of Saalfeld was the site of a large campaign by the Tevinter Chantry to expand their religion, and thus it has a large number of Chantry Temples, and a growing Chantry population though it is still much smaller then the Dragonoph population.
Saalfeld was the first true city of Ferelden and was the site where the Kingdom of Ferelden was founded from, and even with the early rise of Denarim as a port the city of Saalfeld stood as the most important site in Ferelden. Following the Tevinter capture of Ferelden it was deemed by the royal family that the position of Saalfeld had led to be able to be easily captured, and thus they moved the seat of their family, and the capital of Ferelden to the city and castle of Dongret of which severely weakened the position of Saalfeld.
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Early History[]
Saalfeld was the first true city of Ferelden and was the site where the Kingdom of Ferelden was founded from, and even with the early rise of Denarim as a port the city of Saalfeld stood as the most important site in Ferelden. Following the Tevinter capture of Ferelden it was deemed by the royal family that the position of Saalfeld had led to be able to be easily captured, and thus they moved the seat of their family, and the capital of Ferelden to the city and castle of Dongret of which severely weakened the position of Saalfeld.
Battle of Saalfeld[]
Main Article : Battle of Saalfeld
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Draco Malfoy would become one of the commanders of the First Lucerne-Tevinter War, and would fight at the head of the army of Tevinter. His promotion came after he had attempted to the best of his abilities to control the rebels in western Tevinter, and his success there led Lord Voldermorte to reward him with a command, and when he learned it was Saalfeld he was beyond exctatic to be rewarded with such a prestigious position. Draco would at this point still remain somewhat moralistic in his views, and he led his force to link up with the main force at Saalfeld with the simple plan of pacifying the region in the same way he had previously, and that was with less violence, and more outreach to ease the problems of the commoners. His army that he commanded around the province and town of Saalfeld became quickly known for the peaceful manner that it held the town of Saalfeld, and for this he had one of the most peaceful of the holdings of Tevinter north of Noveria. His wife Astaria Malfoy would leave his child in the care of their mother, and arrived at Saalfeld where she would act as a member of his council, and the Castellan of Saalfeld after the previous had deserted for the Lucernians. Her arrival would corespond with the dramatic increase of violence in his province as just weeks after she arrived a Lucernian army led by Robb Starke attacked the outlying region of Saalfeld. Seeing this Draco called for aid from the nearbye Antiva forces, but the commander of the Antiva gate fortress refused to send troops as he was not willing to weaken his own defences. With Antiva not coming to his aid he prepared to send word to the massive army at Dongret, but stopped when a small force arrived from Dongret asking him to send troops to Dongret as they were in need of assistence.
Robb Starke was one of the main commanders of the Noverian Lucernian forces, and his battle group had been fighting against a large Tevinter force holding the large town of Dongret north of Noveria, and having little success other then killing a seemingly limitless number of Tevinter soldiers. With this in mind the Lucernians recieved reinforcements in the form of Westbridge of whom sent some four thousand troops under the command of Luke Labeouf, James Hartrian, and Radford Arnault and with this force Robb Starke split from the main army and moving alongside a force coming from Heathfall led by Lenwood Arryn, Rob Starke would move against the lighter defenses of Saalfeld which if they took control of they would be able to flood the rivers north of Saalfeld destroy the bridges, and thus push the front back further. In order to get to Saalfeld all he had to get through was the minor castles in Castle Shellfor, and Castle Toffindell of which Violet Dragons had heavily infiltrated Castle Toffindell while Castle Shellfor was badly damaged after a force of rebels had besieged it. Robb Starke put the damaged Castle Shellfor under siege, and at the same time was able to quickly capture Castle Toffindell after the Lord of the Castle surrendered before there was even a fight over the castle, and to make matters worse Lord Liam Toffindell added his forces to the Lucernians further giving them reinforcements. 
As Robb Starke took Castle Toffindell, and sieged Castle Shellfor the way was open to the Lucenrians to the large town of Saalfeld of which had a castle within it, but there was no curtain wall as the two castles were meant to guard it, and despite the Tevinter efforts to construct one the one present only covered half the town, and was of limited quality. Leaving his lieutenant Fladen Termont, it would be Robb Starke that would move slowly against Sallfeld knowing he had a lot of time with Dongret. and Antiva unlikely to send forces, and while he did this he sent Benjamin Bradfoot and his cloaks into Sallfeld where they met with the local leadership. and worked to foster a rebellious movement. Finding a lot of resistance among the locals Benjamin was advised that several local Tevinter commanders were behind a lot of the fear among the people and if they were eliminated then large numbers would join the Lucerne cause. Benjamin moved against these commanders, and in a join action with Jerad, and Krylla he would arrange an attack on the three main commanders at the same time. Rebels sparked fighting in the town, and this distracted the Tevinter attention and during this spectacle Benjamin and his cloaks would assassinate the three local commanders sewing chaos behind the Tevinter lines, and seeing the Tevinter weakness the locals would organize under Jerad of Lucerne of whom led them into infiltrating the main hold of Saalfeld, where they attacked the garrison based within the castle. Most of the Tevinter army in the form of some three thousand plus troops were camped outside the town in a large camp, but some fifteen hundred were within the main castle and in smaller garrisons in the town, and it was the hold fast, and these smaller camps that the organized rebels were attack. Horribly outnumbered within a now hostile town the hold fast surrendered as the gates were compromised by the rebel commander Calenhad Dendon, and the camps within the town either retreated, were killed, or captured by the vengeful Fereldens.
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Saalfeld is like the rest of Ferelden a heavily Dragonoph population, but unlike the capital of Dongret the city of Saalfeld was the site of a large campaign by the Tevinter Chantry to expand their religion, and thus it has a large number of Chantry Temples, and a growing Chantry population though it is still much smaller then the Dragonoph population.
| Religion | Share of Population |
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| Dragonoph | 72% |
| Tevinter Chantry | 18% |
| Other | 10% |