Towns and Baronies

All the various counties have vassals, usually barons; some have more, some have less, but each vassal baron is an independent lordship in its own right, bearing only faint allegiance to its count.

County Olivet

Rural H.Holds	Urban H.Holds	Other	High Pop.	Low Pop.	Ruler	Notes
10,989	3,011	--	140,000	70,000	Walker Maxwell Justinian	Justinian

County Olivet is at the top of Vale of Olives; ruled by Count Walker Justinian, the town of Olivet has the distinction of having a working planetary shield. Olivet's manors are famous for their olives and olive oil as well as a variety of citrus and nuts.

Barony of Jahant

Guelph Jahant is the Lord of Jahant; his family is distantly related to House Justinian, though it has plenty of Van Gelder in its bloodline as well. Jahant itself is a hill town midway up the Vale of Olives, and is a particularly dependable vassal of Olivet; it is famous for the boar hunted in its hills, who feed on wild truffles.

County of Childeric of the Bees

Ruled by Count Fredo Hawkwood, the Bees was once a Justinian county that was lost through marriage.

Rural H.Holds	Urban H.Holds	Other	High Pop.	Low Pop.	Ruler	Notes
8,780	1,024	--	98,040	49,020	Fredo Hawkwood	Hawkwood

Redburg

Situated inside the Mountains of Moab, Redburg is a herding town. During several of the wars between Bee and Vine it has been used as a military base by the Count of the Bees.

County of Childeric of the Vines

Rural H.Holds	Urban H.Holds	Other	High Pop.	Low Pop.	Ruler	Notes
8,120	834	--	89,540	44,770	Galen Malcolm Justinian	Justinian

Barony of Fowler

Situated near the mouth of the Vale of Olives, Fowler is a little up in the foothills. Grapes from Fowler are often dried into raisins, and its population swelled with an influx of people fleeing the Siege of Akko. Some of them have stayed, allowing the baron to put more fields under cultivation.

County of Johburg

Rural H.Holds	Urban H.Holds	Other	High Pop.	Low Pop.	Ruler	Notes
8,941	844	--	97,850	48,925	Amber Van Gelder	Van Gelder - Coastal Fief

Free Port of Rotdam

Rotdam is the next town south along the Wild Coast from Johburg, and it has not been under noble rule since Mad Baron Aziz Azizi was killed by a popular mob for allegedly performing dark rites in his palace. Legends still tell of how he had a room whose walls were dyed red with blood, though the palace itself has long been razed and replaced by a Civic Arena, famous for gladitorial contests. Now, Rotdam is ruled by a Council of Aldermen under a direct charter from the Court at Akko. It retains traditional obligations to Johburg, and the Count or Countess is given the Keys to the Port of Rotdam upon her accession, but with the arrival of the League to Yathrib the burghers have been beginning to flex more muscle. Rotdam never had very many dependent manors, relying instead on the fishing trade, and with the dissolution of the barony many of those manors have been deeded to the Brother Battle, who maintain a chapter house in Rotdam whose prior-administrator is an ex officio alderman.

Rural H.Holds	Urban H.Holds	Other	High Pop.	Low Pop.	Ruler	Notes
496	2,126	--	26,220	13,110	Open	Free City - Coastal Fief

Barony of Teldam

Set on a bluff on the Calpe peninsula, Teldam is the southern-most town held by the Known Worlders and the subject of constant Kurgan raiding. While it once boasted an active port, the docks were outside the city walls and now the fishermen drag their boats up to cover or into the town itself at night. Teldam has been conquered by the Kurgans on no less than six separate occasions in the last century, but its inland mesne vassals have been able to retake it with the help of Johburg each time. Still, it is a shadow of what it once was, as its lack of a proper harbor requires larger ships to anchor offshore and send in boats.

Rural H.Holds	Urban H.Holds	Other	High Pop.	Low Pop.	Ruler	Notes
3,612	198	--	38,100	19,050	Open	Coastal Fief

Barony of Margat

Inland of Rotdam and southeast of Johburg is Margat, one of Johburg' s inland vassals. Originally granted to one of the Count's daughters as a dowry, the barony bears her name even centuries later. The Counts of Johburg still maintain a country residence near Margat that rather overshadows the baron's own palace. Margat's wheat is supposed to be particularly excellent, and several Charioteers have experimented with trying to export its famous bread in the form of unbaked dough.

Rural H.Holds	Urban H.Holds	Other	High Pop.	Low Pop.	Ruler	Notes
4,541	311	--	48,520	24,260	Open	--

Barony of Helborg

One of the mountain baronies, Helborg was the only one of Johburg's vassals to avoid heavy fighting during the Betrayal, though the town's geography makes it a natural citadel. Though it grows citrus and wheat in terraced fields, Helborg's manors put most of their land towards pasture, and Helborg wool is somewhat famous. During the Betrayal, Helborg served as an arsenal for Johburg and indeed all the southern campaigns, and now the Muster have rented portions of its arsenal to use as a facility for training and R&R far from the front. The townsfolk have cautiously welcomed mercenary money, though there has been an increase in crime, drugs and several unpleasant incidents with guilders who have gone too far.

Rural H.Holds	Urban H.Holds	Other	High Pop.	Low Pop.	Ruler	Notes
3,981	545	--	45,260	22,630	Hassan al-Malik	Mountain Fief

Monastery of St. Cato

St. Cato's is on Cape Hattusas and is about the size of a sovereign baronetcy. The monastery is named after St. Cato, who led his followers to commit suicide after the Prophet's death on Ravenna, and it is notable because almost all of its monks are in their 'second life.' It was founded when a wealthy technologist had a vision of St. Cato during the Second Republic, and he believed as a result that - like St. Cato - he had died and now was beginning a new life. Since then, it has been a place that draws people who come to Church after a period as a knight, a lord, a soldier, a guilder, or anything else, sometimes even taking new names to signify their rebirth. The monastic community is consequently quite eclectic, and as part of that mission it has a substantial colony for lepers and the ill, with an Amalthean community co-located with the Orthodox monastery.

Rural H.Holds	Urban H.Holds	Other	High Pop.	Low Pop.	Ruler	Notes
1,009	1	1,000	12,400	6,200	Open	Orthodox. 'Other' represents lepers nd other terminally ill patients.

Barony of Crow's Landing

Though a vassal of Johburg, Crow's Landing is more properly in Cote-Leon than on Cape Hattusas or the Wild Coast. It is just on the northern edge of the badlands of Pilgrim's Landing, and is most famous as the site of the Battle of Hamelin Hill during the All Saints' War. Originally a Leon barony, Crow's Landing became a vassal of Johburg as a weregild for Johburg's lifting of a blockade of Port-Leon during the brief 'War of the Ports' prior to the Kurgan invasion. Now, Crow's Landing is most famous as a base for tech redeemers and relic hunters who comb the ruins of the deserted starport badlands to its south.

Rural H.Holds	Urban H.Holds	Other	High Pop.	Low Pop.	Ruler	Notes
3,981	545	5,000	45,260	22,630	Lusara Decados	Decados - Other represents relic hunters and badlanders.

County of Leon

The town of Leon is founded on the site where a lion is said to have knelt to the Prophet, and the Basilica of the Submission is one of the most beautiful cathedrals on the east bank of the Shining Gulf. Leon's manors range all up and down the Shining Gulf, up to the very border of the Lesser Fork in some cases.

Rural H.Holds	Urban H.Holds	Other	High Pop.	Low Pop.	Ruler	Notes
11,234	2,092	--	133,260	66,630	Renaud Germain DeMoley	DeMoley

Barony of Arvin

Northwest of Leon, Arvin is renowned for its orchards, particularly its apple cider. Terraced vineyards also produce a quite drinkable white wine. During the Betrayal, Arvin was the site of a major Kurgan encampment used in the latter stages of the war to prosecute the final assault on Akko. As a consequence, Arvin experienced far less direct spoilage than the rest of Leon, as Jalalkan kept the vineyards running and the manor intact. The Baron of Arvin has since capitalized on this, absorbing a number of nearby manors.

Rural H.Holds	Urban H.Holds	Other	High Pop.	Low Pop.	Ruler	Notes
3,812	178	--	39,900	19,950	Seraphine De Moley	DeMoley

Barony of Josselin

One of Leon's oldest vassals, Josselin is just inland of the coast south of Joyeaux. It used to be a close town with Joyeaux itself, but since Joyeaux left Leon behind relations between the two places have been strained. Josselin was hard-hit in the betrayal; reliant on fishing, many of its boats were destroyed and so many of the fishing families have lost their livelihood. Worse still is an ongoing dispute with Joyeaux over Josselin's traditional right to fish in the fens immediately near the citadel.

Rural H.Holds	Urban H.Holds	Other	High Pop.	Low Pop.	Ruler	Notes
3,248	320	--	35,680	17,840	Katerine de Moley	Coastal Fief

Deylik of Farouk

The only taifa barony in the Known Worlds' territory, the Sheikhdom of Farouk is north of Joyeaux along the banks of the Joyeaux, though the river is too broad to allow for easy crossing there. Farouk al-Farouk conquered the barony in 4983, and when the tides of war retreated founded himself surrounded by crusaders. He cut a deal with the elderly Count Renaud de Moley (grandfather of the current count) and swore fealty to Leon. During the Betrayal, Baron Farouk remained silent, letting Jalalkan's forces pass him by, neither aiding nor hindering their forces officially. After Joscelin's Crusade the canny Kurgan lord immediately renewed his vows, but he is now closer to both Auberry and Joyeaux than Leon, and those two counties eye the riverine barony.

Rural H.Holds	Urban H.Holds	Other	High Pop.	Low Pop.	Ruler	Notes
4,102	401	--	45,030	22,515	Farouk al-Farouk	Taifa Barony

Barony of the Altamont

The quintessential mountain barony, the manors of the Altamont grow few crops. Instead, the chiefs of the mountain men pay the Lord of the Altamont homage, filling his armies with fierce hobilars on mountain ponies and paying a tax in goats and sheep to the barony each year. In years past, the Baron of Altamont acquired some lowland manors, but they were lost to Arvin and now the Altamonters pride themselves on having a sort of highland independence. The ramshead of the Altamont was particularly feared by the Kurgans during the Betrayal, as the Lord led constant raids out of the mountains against Jalalkan's supply lines, but he was ultimately caught and quartered along with his heirs shortly before the arrival of Joscelin's Crusade. A distant Known Worlder relative has now taken over the barony and is grappling with earning the trust of the mountain chiefs his cousins cemented over many generations.

Rural H.Holds	Urban H.Holds	Other	High Pop.	Low Pop.	Ruler	Notes
1,943	113	100,000	170,560	85,280	Leilani Hawkwood	Hawkwood - Mountain Fief - Others represent the Mountain Tribes

Sovereign Baronetcy of Gant

A small but proud town, Gant is in fact south of Akko on the border between Johburg and Childeric of the Vines. The lord of Gant was once a mesne tenant of the Counts of Johburg, but a distant Lady of Gant married the Count of Johburg and the baronetcy was her dowry. When the marriage ended in a stormy separation and a bastard child was elevated to the county over Lady Gant's daughter, civil war was averted by the grant of sovereign land to Gant.

Rural H.Holds	Urban H.Holds	Other	High Pop.	Low Pop.	Ruler	Notes
1,002	87	--	10,890	5,445	Open	--

Barony of Comstock

A mountain barony, Comstock was conquered by Evard Charles Hawkwood - 'Evard Gray-Face' with a company of Muster during Joscelin's crusade. Since then, he has been been busy digging - he has huge numbers of slave miners who labor constantly producing iron. Until Evard arrived, Comstock was a relatively quiet barony - its iron mines were unknown - but apparently Baron Evard located mineral surveys from the Second Republic prior to joining Joscelin's Crusade. As a consequence of these resources, the baron is exceedingly wealthy, and his close relationship with the Muster - both their slavers and their mercenaries - occasionally make his neighbors worried. Supposedly, Comstock is not the only one of the Fifty Fiefs he purchased paper title to, though he has been silent as to what else he holds ancient deeds for.

Rural H.Holds	Urban H.Holds	Other	High Pop.	Low Pop.	Ruler	Notes
2,077	516	5,000	33,430	16,715	Evard Charles Comstock (NPC)	Hawkwood - Mountain Fief - Others represent miners.

Barony of Port-Leon

Port-Leon is a proud coastal city to the west of Leon, for which it serves as a port, and it has had a somewhat historically tense relationship with the City of Leon proper, which is around twice its size. Still, Port-Leon is one of the larger coastal towns on the east bank of the Shining Gulf - it is larger than Johburg and Teldam, and it has a better harbor than Joyeaux. Only Rotdam, its historical rival, is larger. While Port-Leon is not a free city like Rotdam, it has long enjoyed a prosperous merchant class with town rights and self-rule, rights that were abruptly terminated in 4960 after the town council was accused of illegal war profiteering. For the last forty years, the burghers of the town have been directly ruled by the baron, who has converted the old Port Hall into barracks. This has been a source of profit for the barony, which has used the town profits to raise a substantial navy, but the burghers complain that the lack of control over their own affairs hurts them in competition with Joyeaux and Rotdam. Now, the Merchant League has been meeting with the burghers and there is talk that one day there may be a petition directly to the Curia to exempt the town from the barony and give it Free Port status. Outside the town, Port-Leon is well known for being the originator of the ship-soke system, where instead of armsmen fields near the coast owe part of the support of a ship. This system has been adopted in most coastal baronies, but the Portsmen are proud that it is their governmental innovation.

Rural H.Holds	Urban H.Holds	Other	High Pop.	Low Pop.	Ruler	Notes
3,784	976	--	47,600	23,800	Desideria Maria....Rolas	Coastal Fief, Hazat

Two Counties of Auberry and Maleband

Rural H.Holds	Urban H.Holds	Other	High Pop.	Low Pop.	Ruler	Notes
8,671	1,345	--	100,160	50,080	Lyov Decados	Decados

March of Sidon

Sidon Keep is one of the few great castles owned by an independent lord instead of a Crusader State castellan; perched atop a hill in the Craglands, it (along with Arsuf, which guards its westerly valleys) is one of the only bastions keeping the Kurgans from the Lesser Fork itself.

Rural H.Holds	Urban H.Holds	Other	High Pop.	Low Pop.	Ruler	Notes
5,432	676	--	61,080	30,540	Karl Justinian	Justinian

Barony of Arsuf

North of the Lesser Fork, Arsuf is an exposed hill barony that suffered heavily during the Betrayal. It was reconquered by an al-Malik knight, Ranjat al-Arsuf, who claimed the barony for his own with a claim to one of the Fifty Fiefs.

Rural H.Holds	Urban H.Holds	Other	High Pop.	Low Pop.	Ruler	Notes
2,409	216	--	26,250	13,125	NPC	al-Malik

Barony of Avenal

Situated at the head of the Pass of Arrows, Avenal is a new barony, created by Auberry after the fall of Maleband. Its territory used to be part of the lands of the Earl of Malefaux, a vassal of Maleband; now, Malefaux's only remnant is the crusader castle at the top of the pass. Avenal Town is an important trading center for desert nomads, who bring herds over the pass to Avenal where local merchants purchase them to drive to Akko.

Rural H.Holds	Urban H.Holds	Other	High Pop.	Low Pop.	Ruler	Notes
2,789	436	--	32,250	16,125	Chiaka Justinian	Justinian - Mountain Fief

Prior's Ford

Rural H.Holds	Urban H.Holds	Other	High Pop.	Low Pop.	Ruler	Notes
2,013	83	--	20,960	10,480	Open	Brother Battle Priory

Newbridge

Rural H.Holds	Urban H.Holds	Other	High Pop.	Low Pop.	Ruler	Notes
2,013	83	--	20,960	10,480	Martin DeMoley	DeMoley - Includes town at Cripple Bridge

Saba

Rural H.Holds	Urban H.Holds	Other	High Pop.	Low Pop.	Ruler	Notes
3,045	212	--	32,570	16,285	Open	--

Lordship of Joyeaux and County of Oultrejoyeaux

Rural H.Holds	Urban H.Holds	Other	High Pop.	Low Pop.	Ruler	Notes
5,237	1,611	3,000	72,980	36,490	Juan Antonio ... Justus	Hazat - Other represents Crusader Camps

Jopha

One of the Oultrejoyeaux baronies, Jopha is half-way to Malaga. Famed for its dates, the Barony is almost constantly at war with several nearby vassals of the Malagan emir. Recently, though, it conquered the nearby town of Ghilat and has added it to its barony.

Rural H.Holds	Urban H.Holds	Other	High Pop.	Low Pop.	Ruler	Notes
3,897	1,134	--	50,310	25,155	Open	Includes town of Ghilat.

Port Sant-Claude

Rural H.Holds	Urban H.Holds	Other	High Pop.	Low Pop.	Ruler	Notes
3,101	86	--	31,870	15,935	Prior Lucien LaGrange	Coastal Fief - Brother Battle Priory

Fenford

Rural H.Holds	Urban H.Holds	Other	High Pop.	Low Pop.	Ruler	Notes
2,609	147	--	27,560	13,780	Louis Cesare ...Gascon	Hazat

High Fen

Rural H.Holds	Urban H.Holds	Other	High Pop.	Low Pop.	Ruler	Notes
3,011	233	--	32,440	16,220	Kazimir ibn Mezsaros	al-Malik

Claudius' Tomb

Rural H.Holds	Urban H.Holds	Other	High Pop.	Low Pop.	Ruler	Notes
3,455	191	--	36,460	18,230	Lysandra Decados-Justinian	Decados

Haqq

Rural H.Holds	Urban H.Holds	Other	High Pop.	Low Pop.	Ruler	Notes
3,040	68	--	31,080	15,540	Open	--

Other Places

Monastery of St. Palamedes the Redeemer

The Monastery of St. Palamedes the Redeemer is an independent monastery located between Leon and Josselin. It does not owe anyone any fealty, and was first created because that is the spot St. Palamedes is supposed to have landed when he visited the planet to liberate after the Ukar Wars. The abbot of St. Palamedes is mitred - that means he counts as a bishop - and traditionally, he has been an important Orthodox politico who serves as an assistant to the Archbishop. Many Archbishops have been Abbot of St. Palamedes before they ascended, though others have been bishops of different sees.

Rural H.Holds	Urban H.Holds	Other	High Pop.	Low Pop.	Ruler	Notes
2,688	221	--	29,090	14,545	Open	Orthodox