Brovnoia

Built as a sprawling utopia of trade and mercantilism around the River Volge that cuts straight through Doren lies Brovnoia, the city of bridges; a place where both cultural differences as well as physical distance can always be bridged.

Brovnoia is a trading hub between the Dorenese Provinces and the Empire of Alberea, as well as a place where empire-taxed wares are gathered before being moved back to Nys. Brovnoia has a thriving middle-class of merchants and traders, as well as a large lower-class of fishermen, weavers, and such.

Districts & Architecture
Brovnoia's houses are made of light-gray bricks and extremely long, pointed, blue-tiled roofs. Most of its structures are old Dorenese architecture that has stood for ages. At first, Brovnoia might almost looks like three distinct towns built just a bit too close together, but this idea fades quickly when one sees the pale wooden bridges it is so well-known for. There’s an immense amount of these bridges that connect the swaths of land and communities together.

Brovnoia has no walls, except for one lining the smaller, central part of the settlement. This is the Urd, an enormous, lavish building—a central building where Countess Elena Catteau resides, looking over the entirety of the three town districts:


 * Kazimir's Copse (built around the Urd) The largest part of Brovnoia. The Copse is an area filled to the brim with taverns and inns, as well as a plethora of shops for passerby travellers and merchants willing to resupply or repair their means of travel. Throughout the Copse, one can find statues of Brovnoia’s patron saint of comraderie and love, Ladev the Binder. If Brovnoia’s Port is the heart of the town, then the Copse is its soul, and it is protected as such; the Copse and the Urd in the centre of Brovnoia are surrounded by a fortified wall under constant supervision. The Copse is officially delegated by House Nowak, the richest of the three remaining Dorenese noble houses.


 * The Sperling Port (South-Brovnoia) The most industrious part of Brovnoia. The Port is the most direct and closest port-connection to River Volge and Orzon. Here, in the southern district of Brovnoia, the townsfolk gather to trade with the many Orzonese and Alberean merchants and traders that come in every day. Brovnoia’s port is never truly silent. The Port is officially delegated by House Sperling.


 * The Roskova Fields of Brovnoia.jpgThe Roskova Fields (North-Brovnoia) Brovnoia's sprawling farm- and grassland fields that make up two-thirds of Brovnoia’s borders. The Roskova fields look out upon the Mirksage Woods of Lovidia to the North and Gorcaw to the West. The Roskova fields are definitely the largest of the three districts, but also the least industrious and bustling. It gets its name from the old Dorenese word for ‘rose’ and the particular pink-coloured flowers that thrive in the beautiful fields. The fields are mostly inhabited by the farming folk of Brovnoia, as well as wealthy tourists who rent small estates for their holidays. The Copse is officially delegated by House Dubois.

Governance
Brovnoia is governed by the three remaining noble houses of Doren: House Nowak, House Sperling, and House Dubois. They each delegate their own districts through their fields of specialty, and convene daily in the Urd to discuss problems. Thus is has always been in Brovnoia's history.

However, following the annexation of Doren, a countess was appointed by Empress Aquilla I to oversee this political process to make relieve tension on the transition-period of Brovnoia into the Empire. The appointed Countess was Elena Catteau, who's official role is to an overseer of the city's finances, while the three noble Dorenese houses that remained in power there would govern their own individual districts.