Bajit
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| Region Details | |
| Continent | Beluaterra |
| Region Type | Woodland |
| Geographic Area | South Plains |
| Population | 2147 |
| Economy | Logging, Fishing |
| Politics | |
| Realm | (rogue) |
Bajit is a woodland just outside the city of Reeds, to the city's southwest. The Zisswi River arcs around to Bajit's south (it is called Twillen River further south). This is where it begins to settle down from its torrents to the north, although there are some rapids that hinder trading vessels. The floods of spring bring annual enrichment to the few farmlands along its way.
Much of the region is densely wooded, both by conifers and hardwoods, which are mixed close to the river while hardwoods dominate in the uplands in the central area.
Productive farmlands near the river feed the more than 2000 locals. There is also a small copper-mining industry in the uplands, yet it is the logging and lumber mills that employ three quarters of the workforce.
Just as Reeds has been held by several nations during its history, Bajit has changed hands also, and more often than the city. For decades she has hosted battles between Mesh and Vlaanderen and so much of her history has been lost due to these contentions.
The latest set of battles, in the late summer of 1008, brought Bajit into and out of Mesh's hands, then back again. It was then usurped by a priest, Althlas Alderman from Heen in odd circumstances.
During the Damion wars Bajit's main focus was to be one of the main sources of wood and fish produced in the realm of Mesh, of whom had taken it last from the hands of Vlaanderen. Count Nikolai Karpachev of Mesh took a great deal of care in managing the region to support the realm, but could not do it alone. Only with the help of his brother Sergei Karpachev, fellow bureaucrat Zak Strife-Lionheart, and Minister of Defense Callisto Seraph could prosperity have been brought back to the region of Bajit.
Recent History (Compiled by Master Scribe Jermine) At the end of the Damion wars Bajit was under the leadership of count Pwllgwynn and had no knights serving it. After the assaults on the Damion nest in Jobo's Mouth freeman Terric Shadowbane, a freeman working closely with Lord Purple Recluse and the Beluaterra Alliance to close the Damion portal in Jobo's Mouth, was knighted by Lord Recluse and became a knight of Bajit under Count Pwllgwynn. Shortly afterward Count Pwllgwynn had a falling out with the military council and subsequently most of Mesh resulting in the count's departure from the realm of Mesh and the continent of Beluaterra. As the only knight of the region and with support from Lord Purple, Terric was elected as the region's new count leaving the region once again without a knight. In the days, weeks, and months that followed Terric set to work holding the region together and restoring order to the mess that had been left behind by Count Pwllgwynn in his hasty departure from the region.
Current Events: At present, due to the tireless efforts of the Mesh Bureaucratic Corps, Marquis Ronald, Supreme Judge of Mesh, and Sir Iam Fate, Knight of Bajit, the region has once again been stabilized and has been brought back into a golden age of prosperity.
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