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|terrain=Wooded mountain valley<ref name="may_20240912"> | |terrain=Wooded mountain valley<ref name="may_20240912">{{SC|author=Maiyannah|date=2024-09-12}}</ref> | ||
|year_formed=120 BC | |year_formed=120 BC | ||
|population=490<ref>Server canon: on the mid end of average for a medieval village; no original population given.</ref> | |population=490<ref>Server canon: on the mid end of average for a medieval village; no original population given.</ref> | ||
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|descendant_title=Burgomaster's Deputy, presently vacant | |descendant_title=Burgomaster's Deputy, presently vacant | ||
|title=Burgomistress of Renika | |title=Burgomistress of Renika | ||
|inheritance=Male-Preference Primogenure with the barovian branch of the House du Claire<ref name="may_20250204"> | |inheritance=Male-Preference Primogenure with the barovian branch of the House du Claire<ref name="may_20250204">{{SC|author=Maiyannah|date=2025-02-04}}</ref> | ||
|ruler=Burgomistress Nicole du Claire<ref name="may_20250204"></ref> | |ruler=Burgomistress Nicole du Claire<ref name="may_20250204"></ref> | ||
}}{{canon}}'''Renika''' is a small [[Barovian]] village. In 348 BC, [[Count_Strahd_von_Zarovich|Strahd]] had its [[Burgomaster of Renika|burgomaster]] publicly executed for withholding taxes.<ref name="istrahd_51-60">{{Canon Inline|page=51-60|book=I, Strahd: Memoirs of a Vampire|publisher=TSR., Inc.|author=P. N. Elrod|year=1993|ISBN=1560766700}}</ref> | }}{{canon}}'''Renika''' is a small [[Barovian]] village. In 348 BC, [[Count_Strahd_von_Zarovich|Strahd]] had its [[Burgomaster of Renika|burgomaster]] publicly executed for withholding taxes.<ref name="istrahd_51-60">{{Canon Inline|page=51-60|book=I, Strahd: Memoirs of a Vampire|publisher=TSR., Inc.|author=P. N. Elrod|year=1993|ISBN=1560766700}}</ref> | ||
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This left the further in the Albescu dynasty to take over, but while the next couple generations were loyal, embezzlement and other financial fraud returned before long. It was finally revealed in | This left the further in the Albescu dynasty to take over, but while the next couple generations were loyal, embezzlement and other financial fraud returned before long. It was finally revealed in 781 BC that the family had hidden away a huge fortune between taxes withheld from the count, fees unlawfully levied, and all manner of corrupt bribes. This lead Strahd to slay the entire dynasty and install the current burgomistress, Lady [[Nicole du Claire|Nicole du Claire]]. <ref name="may_20250204"></ref> | ||
Noteworthy is that she is a naturalized Richemulotoise noblewoman, and it is said to have been given the position after performing some service for the Count. What service this is was never said, and it is the subject of fierce speculation in some corners. Nonetheless, it is a stable rule, if a begrudging one: the locals, xenophobic as Barovians go, mostly tolerate her rule because she is a woman of the people, and gives them what they want, for the most part. The town has enough external pressures and threats, especially from banditry in the woods it is surrounded by, that they are not given to be terribly questioning as long as she keeps them protected, which she does. She is also a rather staunch supporter of the [[Church of Ezra]], which may not gain her favour with many given the small congregation in the town, makes her quite well-liked by its small following.<ref name="may_20250204"></ref> | Noteworthy is that she is a naturalized Richemulotoise noblewoman, and it is said to have been given the position after performing some service for the Count. What service this is was never said, and it is the subject of fierce speculation in some corners. Nonetheless, it is a stable rule, if a begrudging one: the locals, xenophobic as Barovians go, mostly tolerate her rule because she is a woman of the people, and gives them what they want, for the most part. The town has enough external pressures and threats, especially from banditry in the woods it is surrounded by, that they are not given to be terribly questioning as long as she keeps them protected, which she does. She is also a rather staunch supporter of the [[Church of Ezra]], which may not gain her favour with many given the small congregation in the town, makes her quite well-liked by its small following.<ref name="may_20250204"></ref> | ||
Latest revision as of 10:40, 11 April 2025
| Municipality of Renika | |
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| Culture Level | Medieval |
| Climate & Terrain | Wooded mountain valley[1] |
| Year Formed | 120 BC |
| Population | 490[2] |
| Races (%) | Humans 98%, dwarf 1%, other 1%[1] |
| Languages Spoken | Balok, Dwarven, Common[1] |
| Religions | Church of Ezra, Cult of the Morninglord[1] |
| Government | Feudal Monarchy |
| Ruler | Burgomistress Nicole du Claire[3] |
| Ruler Title | Burgomistress of Renika |
| Title Inheritance | Male-Preference Primogenure with the barovian branch of the House du Claire[3] |
| Title Ascendant (Above) | Lady Boyar of the Svalich |
| Title Descendant (Below) | Burgomaster's Deputy, presently vacant |
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This section contains canon Ravenloft information from officially published sources; see the References below. |
Renika is a small Barovian village. In 348 BC, Strahd had its burgomaster publicly executed for withholding taxes.[4]
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This section contains server-canon Ravenloft information from the Time of Unparalleled Darkness server; see the References below. |
This left the further in the Albescu dynasty to take over, but while the next couple generations were loyal, embezzlement and other financial fraud returned before long. It was finally revealed in 781 BC that the family had hidden away a huge fortune between taxes withheld from the count, fees unlawfully levied, and all manner of corrupt bribes. This lead Strahd to slay the entire dynasty and install the current burgomistress, Lady Nicole du Claire. [3]
Noteworthy is that she is a naturalized Richemulotoise noblewoman, and it is said to have been given the position after performing some service for the Count. What service this is was never said, and it is the subject of fierce speculation in some corners. Nonetheless, it is a stable rule, if a begrudging one: the locals, xenophobic as Barovians go, mostly tolerate her rule because she is a woman of the people, and gives them what they want, for the most part. The town has enough external pressures and threats, especially from banditry in the woods it is surrounded by, that they are not given to be terribly questioning as long as she keeps them protected, which she does. She is also a rather staunch supporter of the Church of Ezra, which may not gain her favour with many given the small congregation in the town, makes her quite well-liked by its small following.[3]
The darker side of the woman comes out in harsh punishments for those that do break the laws, in particular rebels gundarakite and otherwise, as well as the aforementioned bandits. and while this has effectively eliminated a lot of the crime that once had quite a hold on the small village, it nonetheless has tempered what would be a good rule into a merely decent, accepted one.[3]
Background
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The small community is one of the main sources of logging in Barovia, and it outputs an almost prodigious amount of Barovian Pine and Fir wood for various uses for the rest of the country, but that fateful moment put a pall of superstition and rumour over Renika, and few move there wilfully. The merchants that come through are largely opportunists, taking advantage of the relative death of trade to the town both to sell their goods at considerable profit, and to take the wood for almost next to nothing.[5]
Under the new rule trade and reputation are slowly recovering, but it has a long ways to go before it finds mainstream acceptance in Barovia again.[3]
Places to Go
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Law and Order
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People to See
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Server Canon:(?) Written by Maiyannah on 2024-09-12.
- ↑ Server canon: on the mid end of average for a medieval village; no original population given.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Server Canon:(?) Written by Maiyannah on 2025-02-04.
- ↑ Canon:(?) page 51-60, I, Strahd: Memoirs of a Vampire, TSR., Inc. (P. N. Elrod), 1993, ISBN: 1560766700
- ↑ Server Canon:(?) Written by Maiyannah on 2024-09-13.
- ↑ Server Canon:(?) Written by Maiyannah on 2025-02-01.
- ↑ Server Canon:(?) Written by Maiyananh on 2025-02-06.
- ↑ Server Canon:(?) Written by Maiyannah on 2025-02-04.
