Free City of Charnek

The Free City of Charnek, also known by the simplified name of the Republic of Charnek to outsiders, a city-stated located on the south-eastern shore of Continental Artograch.

The city-state was founded by a mixture of Lizardman and Goblin refugees fleeing from the Orcish onslaught that followed the Great War - although the city calls itself the "Free City of Charnek", it is only nominally independent, and is in fact a de facto Gabyrian vassal, granting special privileges and prefential treatment to merchants from that city, having agreed to take on the financial burden of maintaining all Gabyrian ships docked in Charnek's docks in exchange for Gabyrian protection.

Although originally founded by a mixture of Lizardmen and Goblins, due to its role as an intermediary between Gabyr and the various continental states of Artograch, as well as its participation in the maritime trade between East and West, the city has attracted immigrants from just about all races of the continent, making it one of the most multicultural areas of it. Due to this - as well as the heavy Gabyrian influence - the Gabyrian language has become the city-state's new lingua franca.