His Most Lordly Nobility, Drax, the Constable Mayor of Rel Astra (A6/MU9)

Capital: Rel Astra (pop 63,900)
Population: 90,000
Demi-humans: Very few
Humanoids: Some

Race: Os

The city and constabular fief of Rel Astra extends from the precincts of the city northward to the Lone Heath south of the Mikar, incl. the town of Ountsey,
whose mayor is subject to Rel Astra.
This trading and mercantile port city is held in hereditary fief by a rival noble house of the Aerdi who are secretly conspiring against the royal house of Naelex,
although they are careful to allow no proof of this to fall into their enemies' hands.
They desperately seek close ties with Medegia and the Sea Barons to balance the weight of the Overking's kinsmen in North and South Province.
It is reported that the Overking views these machinations with ill-concealed delight,
for they are seen as check and balance, as the
monarch fears his own at least as mch as he distrusts
others. In any case, the lord of Rel Astra at the same
time desires to check the growth of the Censor's lands
and holdings, and secret plots with the freefolk of
Grandwood Forest and the Herzog of the South Province
are rumored. The Constable Mayor fields a
strong force of cavalry and foot, as well as a squadron
of warships. His horse units have a nucleus of nobles
and knights numbering about 100, and their esquires
and sergeants add some 400 medium cavalry; light
horse contingents round the number to a full 1,000.
There are an equal number of men-at-arms, about
half of whom are crossbowmen. Levies and militia
numbering 1,000 horse and 6,000 foot can be called
up from Rel Astra, Ountsy, and the surrounding
lands on short notice. Recently the Rel Astrans have
employed mixed human and orcish scouting bands as
light troops in the Grandwood and similar groups on
the Lone Heath.
 
 
 
 

DMPrata wrote:
Gary, I have an old (but common, I'm sure) WORLD OF GREYHAWK™ question for you. I'll completely understand if you don't recall this little factoid from 25 years ago.  Both the 1980 folio and the 1983 boxed set list the capital of the See of Medegia as Rel Astra. However, Rel Astra is detailed elsewhere as a free city. Assuming an editorial oversight here, do you remember what was supposed to be the capital of Medegia? (I'm guessing Pontylver, as it's the next largest city.)
 

As I wrote it Rel Astra is the capital city of the See of Medigia--named for a wargame opponent of mine, BTW, than no one has ever asked about or picked up on, Mike Magida. Perhaps i made the error, or more likely a bucy editor inserted the "free city" tab for Rel Astra.
One can live with a free city as a capital, of course.
London was a free city and the capital of England.

Cheers,
Gary
 
 

Indeed, and if the WoG was my property I'd have to do a lot of corrective work to bring the text into agreement. As it is, it belongs to WotC, and thay need to do that.

If I were using the setting in a campaign of mine, I'd ignore most of the material you have as the second entry and assume that Rel Astra is the seat of power in the See of Madigia.

Cheers,
Gary
 
 

DMPrata wrote:
Thanks for the help, Gary (and sorry to make you walk that fine line of giving the IP holder free advice :wink: ). I think I'll go with your suggestion and simply make Constable Mayor Drax subservient (at least on paper) to the Holy Censor, Spidasa.
 

You have the picture exactly 

If you place the Constable in a role that is second to, and jealous of, the overlord, the Holy Censor, there is perfect grounds for much intregue.
I did not envisage the Medigian aristocracy as kind and generous folk given to courteous amenities....

Cheers,
Gary