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{{DomainBox
 |type=March
 |domain=Avonna
 |house=Unknown
 |liege=To Be Determined
 |resources=Undefined
 |population=104790
 |income=0 weekly, 0 per annum
 |size=2994 km^2 (1156 mi^2)
 }}
Picked out on a map as one of the western Marches, '''Avonna''' shares its
borders with three other Marches (Brayston, Dastur, and Gailiech), the
barony of Perche, and the county of Endridge.  The land is rocky and
windswept, with great lengths of snow and rain that circle from the oceans
and inland to break upon the Tarn Mountains at Avonna's western border. 
With a mostly humid continental climate, the lands become ripe for
vineyards during the summer, and indeed most of Avonna's wealth is
attributed to their fine grape wines.

The other half of the land's wealth comes from its ample granite quarries
and iron mines, which dot the Tarn Mountains like so many sores, bleeding
natural resources.  The main hub of mining efforts in the area is the
unoriginally named Quarrytown.  Thought to be one of the dullest places in
the whole Five Duchies, Quarrytown is the home of miners, a few
sheep-herders who travel the Tarn foothills, and cheap wenches with even
cheaper ale.  Nearly all of the mining investments along the Tarn Mountains
have a garrison of soldiers on standby, in case of Hillman raids.

At the approximate center of the Avonna March is the stronghold city of
Avonna, a walled community that sprang to life around the heavily fortified
Avonna Keep.  The city is the most populated area in the sparsely populated
March.  Most of the area's trade passing through Avonna City at one point
or another before being sent through Endridge and to the capitol.  Known as
the ancestral home of House Azadar, the ownership of Avonna Keep has only
changed once since Varian ab Aldair in year 23, when in the year 349 it was
transferred to House Beauparlant.  The transfer was short lived though as
the Harmon Plague wiped out the young House, leaving the seat for an Azadar
buttocks once more.

The Avonna lands, while wide and beautifully rustic, are mostly miserable
with lengthy seasons of rain, humid heat, and harsh winters.  What wealth
is made from vineyards and mining will soon be spent paying the salaries of
border garrisons and Endridge trading tariffs. 
 
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