Swinostok

Swinostok is the defacto capitol of Chernya. Formerly, it was considered part of the City of Chernya; while the Pit was the capitol proper, Swinostok was the more slummy suburban area. With the destruction of the Pit, Swinostok has become considered a city in its own right. It is neither the most powerful nor best constructed city in the nation. It's declaration as capitol is entirely motivated by pride.

Swinostok used to be considered part of the Capitol City of Chernya, the city of the Pit. It was the poor area, a sort-of-suburban slum. When Fabulon dismantled the Pit, Swinostok was transformed from being the outskirts of a city to a city in and of itself. Lord Bigot, having crushed the native government, installed a puppet regime of collaborator porcs, and helped them gain control by investing (pitifully) in the Infrastructure of Swinostok. Piotr Chomskovich (name not final) lead the attack that burned Fabulon's Pit Port to the ground. Seeing the flames, the army of Fabulon rushed out of their holdings in Swinostok. This, of course, was the plan; Piotr's freedom fighters seized the city. The puppet regime, being incredibly pathetic without Fabulon's support, was easily displaced. The surviving collaborator caste is immensely unpopular within Chernya, as you can imagine. They are also, naturally, host to the highest number of half-porcs, contributing to that race's poor reputation. But it is worth noting that Fabulon was not much more popular among this younger generation of collaborators than it was among the general populace. Today, Swinostok is neither Chernya's largest city, nor its most beautiful. It is considered capital due to a spirit of defiance.