![]() ![]() For the past twelve years, the Haagen, Ruggbroder, and Steinhäger families, having divided up the Teugen businesses amongst themselves and secured their continued domination of the council, have run Bögenhafen without a challenge to their power. Although this caused some griping amongst the smaller guilds, there was little they could do about it. The Teugen seat on the council was abolished and another seat given the Merchants' Guild. These events changed the politics of the town. ![]() Their power in Bögenhafen was broken forever, the state seized their businesses and sold them off, and the remaining family members were carted away by the witch hunters and never seen again. The details of Johannes' corruption and death never became public, but what is known is that his schemes were discovered in 2512 and the Teugen family suppressed harshly by witch hunters. The usual rumours circulated-Johannes was using dark magic,(had a contract with demon Gideon) he was in league with the Ruinous Powers, and so forth-but in this case there was truth to the gossip. Its fortunes had been steadily declining for the previous twenty years but Johannes managed to turn things around in dramatic fashion in only two. Things in Bögenhafen changed in 2510 when Johannes Teugen took over the family business. They were able to control the town council and make sure that the politics and trade of Bögenhafen were favourable to the Merchants' Guild in general and their families in particular. For many generations the guild-and thus the town-was dominated by four merchant families: Haagen, Ruggbroder, Steinhäger, and Teugen. For most of the town's history, this has meant the Merchants' Guild and the families that control it. Since Bögenhafen's interests have always been commercial, the mercantile elite have always run the town. Lead and silver are brought down from the mountains and then shipped here for distribution to all parts of the Empire. Goods from Altdorf, Marienburg, and Nuln come to Bögenhafen by river and are traded for local wool and wine. ![]() It is also about midway between Altdorf and Montfort on the Axe Bite Pass trade route. It sits astride the River Bögen, at the highest point of the river that is still navigable by large sailing vessels. Bögenhafen is a prosperous market centre with a population of roughly 5,000. ![]()
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