Varcheg

Varcheg
Type	Town
Kingdom	Sturgia
Villages	Rodobas, Kargrev
Sieges with	Battering Ram, Ladders, and Towers
Port	No

Varcheg is a town of the Principality of Sturgia. The town's ruler is the Grand Prince of Sturgia, Raganvad of the Clan Gundaroving.

Description

The former Nord colony of Varcheg sits on a windswept sea-bluff at the base of the Kachyar peninsula, in what was once Battanian land. The jarl who founded this coastal outpost, hoping to trade with the interior, pledged himself in fealty to the Battanian High King Dernmachad, but then proceeded to dabble in Battanian politics. Annoyed, Dernmachad hired a Sturgian army to crush his unreliable new vassal. The Sturgians complied and routed the Nords, but then demanded the newly captured town as their payment. They called the town 'Varcheg', a corruption of the Nordic term for 'oathsworn companion', to mock both rivals whose quarreling had handed them their prize.

Varcheg is the namesake of the Bay of Varcheg just south of the town, with the village of Kargrev serving as the town's port.

210 years after the Calradian Civil War, by the time of Mount&Blade: Warband, the Nordic town of Wercheg is presumed to be the same settlement given their similar names and location.

Territory

The villages of Rodobas and Kargrev are bound to Varcheg. 

Points of interest

Like most towns in Calradia, the town has a number of facilities and points of interest:

• By taking a walk through the streets you may encounter town notables looking for employees for various quests and jobs.
• The keep, where the nobles reside and its dungeon where any prisoners will be located.
• An arena where you might practice combat, participate in tournaments and pay the arena custodian to reassign character perks.
• A tavern, where you might rest and enjoy food and drinks. You may encounter Wanderers here to hire as Companions, or find Mercenaries for hire. Taverns also hosts patrons like Ransom Brokers, buying any prisoners your party may hold, and those who might be interested in playing the local board game.
• A market to buy and sell food supplies, equipment, horses and other livestock.
• A smithy to forge new weapons or smelt down undesirable ones for smithing materials.
• Criminal gangs may be present at different locales such as the Backstreet, or Waterfront.

Economy

At its starting point, Varcheg is of average Prosperity. Its economy is based upon the Sturgian fur trade, with the villages of Rodobas and Kranirog selling their furs here.

Trivia

• Varcheg did not receive an official lore description in the town Encyclopedia article until patch 1.2.7.
• According to the game files, Varcheg is said to mean 'far-flung on peninsula'. This document also hinted at the town meaning 'sworn companion'