Kimir

""You broke the stone, or the stone broke you.""

- Colm Onren

Kimir is a Noxian mining city in northern Valoran. The city is currently led by Steward Colm Onren and is the leading exporter of Noxian granite in the north.

Lore
Kimir's walls and battlements were made of fine stone. These walls had been hewn and laid by Kimir's progenitors, as Kimirians were are known as skilled sculptors and miners. The cities quarries were manned for generations by its able-bodied men and women, everyone who can drive a pick took shifts mining stone. This produced tall and strong individuals which were impressive even for Noxian standards.

Terrain advantage and the Kimir's willingness to trade kept the city free for decades until the Noxian empire took over.

Locations

 * Graveyard: Kimir's graveyard is located just outside of the city. Its burials are adorned with gravestones and statues in the likenesses of the deceased.
 * Longhall: Kimir's founders had raised its longhall many generations ago, not far from the quarry whose stone laid its foundation.
 * Quarries: Kimir's oldest quarry was unequaled in the north. It was nestled between a trio of high foothills, the inverted ziggurat slowing biting into their height. From a certain hill, one could see the mountains to the east, the forests to the north, and the city's walls just a short trek southwest. Soapstone, alabaster, clay, limestone, slate and granite can be found in these quarries.

Blue Stargazers
Blue Stargazers are a type of decorative flowers that grow around the city of Kimir. Its blue hue is used to as a dye for clothing as well as limestone and shale. A well-placed bundle of blue stargazers won the war with the city of Morrin before it began.

Culture
Competition over herds with other tribes transformed into trade negotiations and border skirmishes. The stone lent the founders strength, walls, industry. They passed traditions to children stories to families. From the quarry's wellspring, Kimirians developed a sense of self.

Government
General= As city conquered by the Noxian empire, Kimir was shortly led by Warleader Hama until Colm Onren was chosen as its first Noxian steward. Kimir leaders are also referred to as elders, a remnant of the pre-Noxian days.

Stewards
Stewards are the provincial rulers of Noxus. They are tasked to enforce Noxian rule in occupied territories as well as cities outside the capital.

Military=

Kimirian Guard
The Kimirian guard were the original protectors of Kimir before the arrival of Noxus. They also functioned as the cities army.

The city also had career soldiers. Mostly trackers and trappers, their battles fought in skirmishes, each engagement a planned retreat.

Trivia

 * Kimirans most likely have descendants of Hearth-Home master craftsmen since their city is located close to home.