Gavontry

Gavontry is a mid-sized town in the swampy heart of Ventestrum. It was once little more than a poor farming town but has risen to prominancy due to it's connection to one of the heroes of legend, Mordecai Fairprice.

Stiltongue District
A large portion of Gavontry is held within the Stiltongue District, which comprises of six roads radiating out of a single square that backs onto the Canalfront Market.
 * Cravenish's Academy: The famed arcanist Cravenish purchased a block of homes some years ago and has converted them into a makeshift academy. It is hidden in a sleepy corner of the Stiltongue and homes roughly fifty students at a time, picked for their skill rather than their wealth or race claims Cravenish as a barbed challenge to Elasalor which is located not too far afield in Hoppsleight.

Canalfront Market

 * The Floral Drake: A tavern owned by the gold dragon Roland, and operated by his large broodhive of kobolds and dragonborn. The Drake's menu is eccentric and eclectic, featuring dishes discovered by Roland on his journeys during his younger days.

Gavon's Hill

 * Gavontry Mansion: 

Warrentry

 * The Gnarled Palace: 

Demographics
Gavontry stands unique among most of its neighbours as a wildly inclusive and diverse place. Despite this being that it is in the heart of the human homeland its population are still predominantly human but it is not rare to see tieflings, goblins, and even some rarer races gracing the town from time to time.

Notable People
Asha Fairprice: The current mayor of Gavontry and the granddaughter of Mordecai Fairprice. Unlike her grandmother or father she has led a sheltered life and lived in luxury for most of it, being primed for her inevitable role. She is well liked by the people but doesn't command the respect her forebears did. She has three children who all inhereted her tiefling gene; Dimine, Alba, and Dorrali.

Greunde von Huug: The crowned lord of goblinkind resides in Warrentry, in a structure known as the Gnarled Palace. They often travel to distant locations to campaign for the better treatment of his people and to educate on their culture.

Oklus Ineglaum: The self-styled richest man in Gavontry, Oklus is a Yuanti who owns several mines around the heartland. He uses his cash and influence to drive the politics of Gavontry and its surrounding villages to his whims.

Lawra: The hard-assed kobold guard captain of the Gavontry Guard.

Culture

 * Each year on the first day of the sixth month Gavontry holds the Caravan Festival to celebrate the Great Tabaxi Caravan passing through. This includes a large bazaar in the Canalfront Market run by the tabaxi, fireworks, artistic performances and a hog roast hosted at Gavontry Manor.