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== Ur-Gense: A Quick History ==
Ur-Gense was founded a few centuries ago when a principality broke apart when its ruler died without an heir.  Those nobles who lived near the Empire were brought into it, and many commoners were killed or accepted by nomadic tribes.  The remaining polity fortified a small town.  Over time, it became a prosperous but small independent city-state along the Saffron Course, the winding trade routes that go through the wilds to connect the Distant Kings with the Empire.

The last few generations, however, have not been kind to Ur-Gense.  The Distant Kings have apparently fallen into a dark age of civil war and unrest.  Additionally, the amount of violence involving the nomads, both against each other and against the city and the caravans, increased.  Together, these events marked the decline of Ur-Gense, and it slowly became more poor, corrupt, and dangerous.

Several years ago, Prince Fali the Mentor essentially sold the city to the Empire after he almost bankrupted himself building the Welcoming University of the Gentians.  While it is too early to tell what the consequences of this will be, it is certainly a dramatic move full of benefits and hindrances.