Gyven

Gyven (rhymes with Kevin) is actually named Dideleasgyven, but foreigners have difficulty with the name and even the locals have agreed to the shortened version. Gyven is the capital of the human lands and holds the administration of several of the human factions.

Gyven is a massive port city on the southern shores of the continent of Earychyd. It is said to have been built upon the banks of the Vilpuikimas River (to the city’s east), but its western boundary is now the Shumoas River.

The capture of the city of Gyven (then called Ahainn Malaart in elven) was considered the turning point in the humans’ Liberation Wars. From that point on, the humans were assumed to have their own government and were not simply a rebel force.

Gyven is second only to the elven capital of Ceanna Luchi in population, assumed to have just under a million people living in and around it. (This includes only the near suburbs and not all of the farming villages within its control.)