Helvero was a wall city, with massive iron and concrete slabs forty feet height surrounding. It, like most cities and communities in Gosataborg had walked themselves off to protect themselves from the chaos and dangers of conflict, and bandits during the devastating Military Anarchy twenty odd years before. Though peace has been enforced by the command of the Grand Duke, the ways remained. A reminder of the dangers that their country had faced, and a warning of how quickly the rest of the world could fall to such chaos again.
Which was why the Grand Duke, however slowly was working to prevent more chaos. Grand Duke Sakarias and his family, Grand Duchess Mathilde and his son Hereditary Prince Ragnar, along with his Trade Minister Gustavus Carlson and his vassal and cousin, Countess Wilhelmine of Landurnes had come to the western city to meet with a delegation from their western neighbor of Patuania. It marked the first international diplomatic of Gosataborg’s history. Over the last half a century that Gosataborg had formed out of the Marches, it had been either be at war with itself or recovering from war. The last two decades had been a time of armed peace and only now did the Grand Duke even consider looking to the outside world. He had invited Patuania to a conference to discuss their futures as neighbors.
The conference was taking place at Fort Helvero, a concrete block of a building that served as the administrative headquarters for the local city government. The Grand Ducal Family and their administrators waited outside in their ceremonial uniforms and attire for the arrival of the Patuanians.
