This was a border city within Duke Streim's Territory in the Kingdom of Mithra.
It was the only city in Duke Streim's Territory located directly on the territory's border and adjoining the kingdom's interior. Though it was a city within Duke Streim's Territory, half of it lay beyond the territorial boundary, making its complete affiliation with Duke Streim's Territory somewhat ambiguous.
In the past, the Streim Family had clashed and disputed with the neighboring Marquis Laxadi's Family several times over ownership of this city, even breaking out into small-scale wars.
Later, because Streim was a ducal family whose privileges and status within the kingdom far exceeded those of an ordinary marquis family, the kingdom had provisionally assigned the city to the Streim Family. Yet due to its awkward location, Marquis Laxadi's Territory, which bordered Duke Streim's Territory, seemed to have remained reluctant to let it go.
In truth, this issue could have been resolved simply by redrawing the territorial boundaries.
For example, if all the land around Jeritry had been assigned to one noble, this sort of situation would not have arisen.
But because neither the Streim Duke Family nor Marquis Laxadi's Family was willing to surrender their own land to the other, the matter had remained deadlocked, causing the kingdom no small headache.
The royal family had even complained about it more than once, wondering what the people of the past had been thinking when they divided the territories in such a way and created such disputes. But no matter what, the overall arrangement had long been settled. The question of Jeritry's ownership remained unresolved, and the city could only continue existing as it was.
Precisely because of this, Jeritry's defensive forces were much stronger than those of an ordinary city. Stationed here was the Streim Duke Family's Second