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<seo title="Barovia - City of Zeidenburg" metak="ravenloft,zeidenburg,barovia,neverwinter nights,nwn,game,rpg,persistent world,pw,d&d,dungeons & dragons" metad="The city of Zeidenburg in Barovia, is the seat of governance in the annexed Gundarak holding, held by Lyssa von Zarovich. TOUD: a NWN-EE PW." />
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|seat=Municipality of Zeidenburg
|picture=Zeidenburg-arms.png
|culture_lvl=Medieval
|ecology=Full
|terrain=Wooded mountain valley
|year_formed=351 BC
|population=31,150<ref>Server canon: inflated to be on the larger end of a typical medieval city, originally 4,615</ref>
|races=Humans 96%, half-Vistani 1%, halfling 1%, dwarf 1%, other 1%
|languages=[[Balok]], [[Luktar]], [[Dwarven]], [[Common]]
|religions=[[Church of Ezra]], [[Cult of the Morninglord]]
|government=Formally: Monarchy; Practically: Theocracy
|ascendant_title=Lady Boyar of Zeidenburg and the surrounding lands, held by [[Lyssa von Zarovich]]
|descendant_title=Burgomaster's Deputy, presently vacant
|title=Burgomaster of Zeidenberg
|inheritance=Male-Preference House Senority, lead by house Girghiu
|ruler=Burgomaster [[Jacenty Girgiu]]
}}{{canon}}'''Zeidenburg''' is a large town located on the [[Gundar River]]. Originally part of [[Gundarak]], it is now claimed by [[Barovia]]. Though it is a successful community, it is a hotbed for conflict between oppressed Gundarakite rebels and the forces of the Barovian boyars. Despite the crackdown of the authorities, ''Zeidenburg'' remains a hive of criminal activity and the black market.<ref name="gaz1_33_34">{{Canon Inline|page=33-34|book=Gazetteer, vol 1|publisher=Arthaus Publishing|author=John W. Mangrum, Stuart Turner, Peter Woodworth, and Andrew Wyatt|year=2002}}</ref> The garda crackdowns on this are brutal and violent, but it has yet to properly deter it.

== Background ==
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Harvests of cereal from the surrounding farms are a chief export of Zeidenberg, and the city eats well and exports plenty beyond.  It is also a thriving merchant thoroughfare, part of why the black market thrives; so long as it has a price, you can find it in Zeidenburg.<ref name="gaz1_34">{{Canon Inline|page=34|book=Gazetteer, vol 1|publisher=Arthaus Publishing|author=John W. Mangrum, Stuart Turner, Peter Woodworth, and Andrew Wyatt|year=2002}}</ref>

{{toud-canon}}
Lady [[Lyssa von Zarovich]] taking a more direct hand in day-to-day affairs has largely stabilized the region, but stable doesn't mean the conflict isn't happening - merely contained.

While temporal power resides with the Burgomaster, his garda, and the Lady von Zarovich they serve, a significant amount of social and political clout is held by the Church of Ezra's fifth sect, which has its seat, begrudgingly endorsed by the Count, within Zeidenburg.  Called the Sanctuary of Our Guardian's Grace, this cathedral is large and sprawling, though more vertical than horizontal, as it were.  The Fifth Sect rarely exercises this clout, but it has a couple times, leading to the occasional bit of tension between the church and the state.  For the most part however, the church is regarded as a force protective of the social order, and the garda and authorities tend to be approving of it, even if they themselves are oft not adherents.  When the Church speaks on matters, the temporal powers tend to listen.

The faith has become quite popular with the people of the city, whom seek an island of stability in a place which grapples with the problem of rebellious gundarakites.  It is still starting to find a proper size, but with their stalwart protection against the growing Legion during the growing Time of Unparalleled Darkness has earned them a good reputation.  Along with the church's seat of the Fifth Sect, two smaller satellite chapels have sprung up of the Sect, speaking to its popularity, as well as a smaller chapel beloning to the Second Sect, and a final of Her Fourth.

== Places to Go ==
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* [[Ashen Stronghold]]<ref name="gaz1_33_34"></ref> 
* [[Bloated Leech]]<ref name="gaz1_33_34"></ref> 
* [[Grizzled Boar Inn]]<ref name="gaz1_33_34"></ref>
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* [[Atanase Arms]] <ref name="may_20260624">{{SC|author=Maiyannah|date=2024-06-24}}</ref>
* [[Black Rock Inn]] <ref name="may_20260624"></ref>
* [[Butur Glassworks]] <ref name="may_20260624"></ref>
* [[Dawnguard Arms]] <ref name="Wilkins">{{SC|author=Wilkins1952|date=2024-05-10}}</ref>
* [[House of the New Coming Dawn]] <ref name="may_20260624"></ref>
* [[Sanctuary of Our Guardian's Grace]] <ref name="may_20260624"></ref>
* [[Van Cuuk's Emporium]] <ref name="Wilkins"></ref>

== Law and Order ==
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* [[Lyssa von Zarovich]]<ref name="gaz1_33_34"></ref>
* Burgomaster [[Jacenty Girghiu|Jacenty Girghiu]]<ref name="gaz1_33_34"></ref>

== People to See == 
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* [[Ardonk Szerieza]]<ref name="gaz1_33_34"></ref>
* [[Coursers of Chaos]]<ref name="gaz1_33_34"></ref>

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* [[Ioan Iliescu]]<ref name="maiya_1">Server Canon, written by Maiyannah, Dec 8 2024</ref>

== Streets of Zeidenburg ==
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* Merchant's Row
* Crimson Road

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