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Rzboaie is a fictional city-state that appears in several works of contemporary fantasy and in accompanying media. Located on the southern coast of the Verdant Sea, it combines a walled port district on a crescent peninsula with a network of tidal canals that connect to a sheltered harbor. The name is commonly believed to derive from a composite of ancient terms meaning "light" and "harbor," though the exact origin is debated within the fiction's scholars.

According to its lore, Rzboaie was founded in the early medieval period by the Baier clan and

Rzboaie is governed by a magistrate who is advised by a Council of Guilds and a City

Society is pluralistic, with speakers of several languages and a tradition of scholarship in navigation, linguistics,

Notable landmarks include the Lantern Gate, the Tide Observatory, and the Gate of Echoes. Rzboaie hosts a

grew
as
a
center
for
trade,
shipbuilding,
and
seamanship.
It
endured
periodic
attacks
from
rival
city-states
and
black-market
guilds,
but
its
strategic
harbor
allowed
it
to
prosper.
In
the
14th
century
it
achieved
de
facto
independence
and
maintained
autonomous
governance
under
a
magistrate
and
a
rotating
council
of
merchant
guilds.
In
modern
depictions,
Rzboaie
remains
a
semi-autonomous
polis
with
cultural
ties
to
surrounding
polities.
Assembly.
The
economy
centers
on
maritime
trade,
shipbuilding,
textiles,
and
salt
production.
The
Rift
Market,
a
seasonal
trading
fair,
draws
merchants
from
across
the
archipelago.
and
cartography.
Public
life
revolves
around
the
harbor,
with
festivals
such
as
the
Lantern
Parade
and
the
Tide
Reading.
Cuisine
features
seafood,
citrus,
and
dried
figs.
university
of
navigation
and
seamanship,
along
with
several
guild
colleges
that
train
sailors,
cartographers,
and
craftsmen.