Ambozael

Ambozael, The Forge of an Empire Gone Cold
Ambozael is probably the most significant city in the Gird of Law. The former capital of Freifex Mecalaric's empire, the city has become many other things since civilization in the Gird curled in on itself, but it remains a center of trade, thought, and relative peace.

Above all Ambozael is, as it always has been, a city of industry. Thanks to a close connection with a local Dwarven kingdom that has lasted generations (mostly thanks to very long memories on the part of the dwarves) it is a center of reliable metalwork.

However, it is resource hungry. The local mines that fueled the city for countless years have dried up, and now the metal jewel of Efre must rely on ore carted in from around the Gird. With trade routes becoming more treacherous, this has put a strain on the city's ability to take in enough supplies to feed its forges and smithies. As a result, though quality of production is still up, quantity has fallen off considerably, and the inhabitants are loathe to part with their Ambozech Steel. Gleaming blades and plate-mirrors of the past are clung to as treasures by the nobility. New productions are shipped out only at exhorbitant prices or not at all, hoarded by the lower and middle classes of Ambozael who wish to maintain the status symbol of home-tempered metal. There's even tell of an illicit practice of Steel Bounties- adventurers being hired to hunt down Ambozech metal laying about the world to bring back to its rightful home.

With Imperial trappings existing only in old traditions and street names, Ambozael is currently ruled by a Grand Steward. As seemingly servile as the title is, rumors fly about the man himself- the same awe instilled in peasants at the mention of a King is stricken into the hearts of Kings at the mention of the Grand Steward.