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<seo title="Kislova - City-State of Pirie" metak="ravenloft,kislova,pirie,neverwinter nights,nwn,game,rpg,persistent world,pw,d&d,dungeons & dragons" metad="The city-state of Pirie in Kislova, its capitol, held by Väinö Ikävalko. TOUD: a NWN-EE PW." />
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|seat=City-State of Pirie
|picture=Pirie-arms.png
|culture_lvl=Medieval
|ecology=Full<ref name="may_20241220"></ref>
|terrain=Temperate Forest<ref name="may_20241220"></ref>
|year_formed=448 BC <ref name="bookofsouls_77">'''False History''' - it was actually 748 BC as in pg 77, ''Book of Souls'' - but characters would not know this, or the seeding of a False History.</ref>
|population=1,709<ref>'''Server canon:''' written by ''Maiyannah'' 2024-12-22 - inflated to be on the low end of a "town" as its referred to, originally 600.</ref>
|races=Human 90%, elf 3%, dwarf 3%, halfling 2%, gnome 1%, other 1%<ref name="may_20241220"></ref>
|languages=[[Kislovan]]<ref name="bob_3_92">pg 3, 92, ''Baroness of Blood'', TSR Inc (Elaine Bergstrom), 1992.</ref>
|religions=[[Church of Ezra]]<ref name="may_20241220"></ref>
|government=Elected Count, from among the noble houses of the city; only the nobility may vote.<ref name="may_20241220"></ref>
|ascendant_title=Baron of Kislova, held by [[Peto Casse]]<ref name="bob_3_92"></ref>
|descendant_title=Many - each of the local recognized noble house leaders are Counts under the High Count of Pirie.<ref name="may_20241220"></ref>
|title=High Count of Pirie<ref name="may_20241220"></ref>
|inheritance=Noble Elective<ref name="may_20241220"></ref>
|ruler=High Count [[Väinö Ikävalko]]<ref name="may_20241220"></ref>
}}{{canon}}The City-State of '''Pirie''' is realm of the title-holder of [[Barony of Kislova|Baron]], and thus the capitol of [[Kislova]].<ref name="bob_5_84">pg 5, 84, ''Baroness of Blood'', TSR Inc (Elaine Bergstrom), 1992.</ref> Originally essentially the settlement village that formed around what the migrants called ''Suojelijamme armon pyhä kirkko'' - or Holy Church of the Grace of Our Matron Saint, in trade<ref name="bob_church">pg 5, 84, ''Baroness of Blood'', TSR Inc (Elaine Bergstrom), 1992 - the church and its dedication are left unnamed in the text, however</ref>, it has since grown to a respectable size, becoming the seat of power of the island's Confederacy.

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'''Pirie''' can be thought of as a fairly religious community around the Ezran church, with a fairly cosmopolitan settler base of peoples from [[Lamordia]], [[Vorostokov]]<ref name="voro-note">Server Canon - Interestingly, after Vorostokov's destruction in the onset of the Time of Unparalleled Darkness, this makes Pirie the largest population of their people remaining in the core</ref>, and [[Darkon]], as well as an indigneous Kislovan population. The city accepts all whom don't cause trouble - provided they adopt and conform to the local indigneous beliefs and culture, for which all have an ingrained and deep respect for, and as such, for outlanders with means whom do not find footing elsewhere, it is popular, as well as with iterant demihumans, whom make up an appreciable but small part of the population.<ref name="may_20241220">'''Server Canon''' - Written by ''Maiyannah,'' 2024-12-20</ref>

== Election & Governance ==
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{{Kislovan electorate|Pirie}}
It is local law upheld over several challenges that only Tradespeak, or [[Kislovan]], may be spoken in the public places of '''Pirie'''. Use of other languages in public venues is often punished by exile - it is the first and most obvious way one can be said to disrespect the local culture, and the people of '''Pirie''' hold this dear. For a newcomer, they will likely get a friendly warning or two - but punishment comes very quickly to those whom are warned and do not heed it. Some people go so far as to only speak [[Kislovan]], but this goes further than the law of the land does. Dickering over whether a place is considered public with the [[Kidntruvajoukot]] has lead to many a whipped and then exiledoutsider. Those that wish to curry the favour of the locals often adopt names out of the [[Kislovan]] tongue.<ref name="may_20241220"></ref>

When it comes to small affairs, a kapral, or enlisted man or woman, does not have any authority of judgement, only officers do. They exist only for security, and any resolution of problems would come from their commanders.<ref name="may_20241220"></ref>

== Military ==
=== Compulsory Service ===
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All men and women whom wish citizenship of the City-State owe mandatory military service in the Kodinturvakoukot. For locals this takes the form of military education between the ages of 12 until 16 for all within the city walls, and a shorter stint from 15 to 16 for the outlying farms. Following this, locals serve one year as either a junior officer (lipnik) or enlisted man or woman (kapral), depending on whether they are noble-born, or a commoner. Indeed, this leads to another important point: it is universal service - all from the highest stations to the lowest must serve. Education is mandatory for locals but not for immigrants. Immigrants always enter as a kapral, no exceptions are made for station - it is regarded that if they care to integrate into society, these immigrants will sacrifice, and if they do not, then they are unwanted. After education, locals serve for one mandatory year, after which they may leave to follow their ambitions, or remain employed with the leave of their overseeing command. Immigrants must serve for a mandatory year, but cannot remain employed nor find advancement in the Kodinturvakoukot without at least five overseeing command officers recommending them.<ref name="may_20241220"></ref>

Expectations of the military are generally low in peace-time: enlisted men and women can generally get away with just joining the ''muster-ting'' when it occurs - which is a monthly meeting of their unit where all happenings are reported and discussed. Officers get held to a higher standard, but so long as the patrols are kept, they may pursue private lives at their leisure. They may socialize, take part in merchantile, and even hold trades - the latter is in fact encouraged. So the same soldier one may see on street patrol one day may work a smithy the next. The exceptions to this come in the form of the high command, which are expected at that point to be "career soldiers".  Of course, all this goes out the window in war time if the levy is raised.<ref name="may_20241220"></ref>

=== the Kamppailuajein Korkeakoulu ===
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The education of the Kodinturvakoukot - and citizens of Pirie - reaches a high standard in their Kamppailulajien Korkeakoulu - College of the Martial Arts - but as the name implies it is mostly military-focussed.  Weapons training, weapons maintenance and repair, horse-riding, and miltiary tactics are common courses for all, and the college has a reputation for turning out hardened, disciplined soldiers enough that some mercenary companies pay steep prices to train there as well. For officers, history, culture, and command courses are also given, and to the same standard.<ref name="may_20241220"></ref>

=== Rank Structure ===
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The Folkmeet is the highest authority in the City-State, and commands the Kodinturvakoukot, but within its soldiers it is delineated as follows:

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Although authority in the chain of command interweaves somewhat, an enlisted soldier never has authority to determine law, and cannot use their position to do so.<ref name="may_20241220"></ref>

== Places to go ==
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* [[the Resting Elk]]<ref name="may_20241222"></ref>

== People to See ==
=== Law & Order ===
==== Folksmeet ====
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* High Count [[Väinö Ikävalko]]<ref name="may_20241222">'''Server Canon''': Written by ''Maiyannah'', 2024-12-22.</ref>
* Count [[Deyu Korpanainen]]<ref name="may_20241222"></ref>
* Countess [[Aina Korhonen]]<ref name="may_20241222"></ref>
* Countess [[Reiley Virtanen]]<ref name="may_20241222"></ref>
* Count [[Pokko Mäkinen]]<ref name="may_20241222"></ref>

==== Kodinturvajoukotan Pirie====
* Kapten [[Jaana Altosaar]]<ref name="may_20241222"></ref>
** Leitnent [[Sampu Korhonen]]<ref name="may_20241222"></ref>
** Leitnent [[Angelines Huuta]]<ref name="may_20241222"></ref>

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