Sacena

The city of Sacena, is the ruined capital city of Tassimar, a kingdom that has also fallen into anarchy.

15 years ago the city was struck by a fallen star, a meteor that none foresaw. The meteor plunged the city into chaos, disrupting the power structures of the city to the point that the city and later the kingdom was plunged into civil war.

The Founding of the City

The city was founded by the first King of Tassimar, Gawaiin Thielsson.

The Civil War

The ensuing chaos as a result of the meteor disrupted the governance of the city to the point that order could no longer be maintained. All members of the royal family disappeared, including the King Edmund von Thielsson, his wife, Queen Lenore von Thielsson, and their daughters Princess Katerina, and Princess Evelyn. The small council of the city was similarly disbanded, at least those who were still present did not have the power to fend against the invading forces of those who immediately tried to seize control once the power vacuum was created.

Multiple noble families would seize on the vacancy of the throne to assert their suitability resulting in a multi-front civil war, with Sacena at the centre. Yet the fighting in the city would not last long, as the inhabitants of the city would soon find out. From the crater of the meteor would rise a fog, later known as delerium haze that drove most of the survivors from the city.

Instead the fighting mostly took place on the outskirts of the city, and throughout the Kingdom, as warring nobles reached for power, yet in the end the war had no winner, as all sides were worn down to the point where no one could muster the power to seize the city itself. And so 10 years after the meteor fell, the city was laid bare to the wilds, and the wild moved in.

The City Today

Today, in the period called the interregnum, the city is as busy as ever but with chaos instead of commerce. Large numbers of Ratlings, Gnolls and Minotaurs have moved into the city, drawn by the eldritch power contained in the delerium. Darker creatures still live in the shadows, yet to be discovered. Concurrently multiple organized factions have also manifested/converged on the city. The old city guard of Sacena (rebranded as the Hooded Lanterns), expelled from the city following the infestation of delerium haze, has returned establishing a new headquarters at Templar's Gate. The Amethyst Academy as well have become more active in Tassimar and Sacena as the discovery of Delerium has proven to have magical application. Amongst the surviving inhabitants of the city, brigands and cutthroats calling themselves the Queensmen have banded together under a mysterious Queen of Thieves, laying claim to the underbelly of the city. And a burgeoning new religion, calling themselves the Acolytes of the Fallen Fire has begun to amass as well at the edges of the city, spurred on by their leader, former High Flamekeeper of the Eternal Fire, Lacrecia Mattias. And lastly, bands of Caspian soldierrs and nobles can oft be seen in the city; once the closest allies of the throne of Tassimar, the Caspians now come seeking glory and the reclamation of Caspian artifacts long lost in the City.