Tintamburel (Demonym: Tintamburler) is a large, coastal city in Heart-of-Asbardy lying on a prominence of land that straddles Archdukes Bay and the Harbor of Bryndyd. The city rests north of Bryndyd, separated from it by Giraigluadh’s Strait. Tintamfeg, part of Tintamburel, is a famous neighborhood that rests on a headland of the same name, jutting to the south towards Bryndyd. Tintamburel’s surface area is roughly half that of Bryndyd.

Map showing Tintamburel in the northern Harbor of Asbardy

Tintamburel is famous today for the Tintamburel Tapestry which is preserved today in the Museum of the Tintamburel Tapestry located in the city. Tintamburel is home to the Archducal School of Tintamburel, founded in 2623. Tintamburel is an important commercial and industrial center with dockyards, shipyards, and warehouses, having similar access like Bryndyd across the Harbor of Bryndyd to the mouth of the Rhaunve River.

Name

Tintamburel /tɪnˈtæmbɝrɛl/ is analyzed as tintam + burel.

History

According to tradition, the city was established by Goldenling tribesfolk. Archeologers believe this was in the middle of the first millennium before Salmakhamer. Legends report that a chieftain led his tribesmen against common giants who had retaken the site from the Neptultchi after the fall of their god-empire. Tintamburel flourished during the Yophenthean Empire, waned during the Golden Empire of Pytharnia, and was placed under the rule of an Asbard Duke in the late thirteenth century. During the Seventh Isbajath, Tintamburel was secured as a base of operation for some of the tis’bajuma.

Tintamburel become famous in the 1500’s for its production of the luxuriant wool fabric with a short pile known as tintamburlin. As the city’s fortunes ascended, tales of a mad nobleman so rich that he fitted his sky-yacht with sails made of tintamburlin became the stuff of folklore.

Communications

Two ferries connect the city to the capital city of Bryndyd to the south. They are used by commuters, chiefly laborers employed in textiles, shipping, manufacturers, and service people. On the mainland, the Tintamburel Road from the west becomes the Gladnaoim Highway in the east, passing through several coastal towns until it makes its course along the north side of the Rhaunve River. Shidhaichiain Dragonrail Station connects Tintamburel by dragonrail with other cities in the mainland.

Economy

Tintamburel continues as a center of textile manufacturing and distribution. It is an important market for wool, receiving sheep and wool by land and by barge from the Tillaingoggy River and the Rhaunve River. It is also an important center for ship-building and warehousing. It often competes with warehousers and shippers in Bryndyd as a cheaper alternative.

Government

Tintamburel is governed by a mayor from the local city aristocracy, appointed by the Archducal government. The city council is elected by land-owning commoners, certain tax-paying businesses, and registered aristocrats who reside within the city. Resident commoners may otherwise bring their concerns and grievances to the mayor through a patron aristocrat who is typically a member of the city council. City magistrates are appointed by the mayor with the approval of the city council in accordance with archducal law.

Famous Tintamburlers

The scholar, Barois dhal Baroise Smiailgesinneadha, lived the last years of his life in Tintamburel where he died in 2551.

Sites

Archducal School of Tintamburel, established 2623
Museum of the Tintamburel Tapestry
Shidhaichiain Dragonrail Station
Tintamfeg

Tintamburel

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