Roan

Summary

Roan was originally a castle built during the first century Post-Departure. It is believed that it was named after Sir Roan - a pious knight who served during the final years of The Cataclysm. However, it was claimed as the seat of the Vaena Kingdom; during the conquest of the lands by Terick Vaena, whilst a new capital city was built in Terick’s East.

By 920 PD, Roan had long been usurped as the capital by Zenytha, and is now a bustling city built within and around the long standing castle walls. It is a centralised locale for trade and procurement of services for the other towns in what is now called Lower Terick.

Lore

Roan was but a small, nameless, remote village nearby to no water and with no good land for crops. That was until one day when a man from afar named Sir Roan - with obvious piety - arrived and called out the gods for help. It is unclear who; or which, heard his call but the ground to the East began reform into the small plateau that exists today. The cavity it left behind was filled with clean water that proved to be endless.

Sir Roan was chosen as the namesake and it’s leader for this miracle and he proved instrumental in the soon-to-be city’s development in the early days of The Departure. He stayed in power until Terick Vaena claimed the city as the seat for the Vaena Kingdom in 101 PD.

Places of Interest

4 districts - trade, faith, politics, military.

Fortune Markets

District of trade, coin and finance, and entertainment.

”Old Town”

The original location that Roan expanded outwards from.

• The Rowdy Roan - A busy pub from when the town was first built. Has passed down a single family line for as far back as is recorded. - Currently run by Grez Klimmet - A couple staff have mysteriously been disappearing as of late.
• The Witch’s Wardrobe
  • A magical shop that can; for a price and with time, providing magical resources and services to the party.
  • Run by Cynthia Glint; a middle aged Arcanist who used to work in Zenytha.
• The Double-Edged Deal
  • A weapons shop that sometimes stocks uncommon and rare materials.
• Bubbles, Brews, & Botanicals
  • A potions shop that also sells potion materials etc.
• The Sanguine Script
  • A gothic book store run by a Human woman; Avendra Blythe with long black hair and red lips. She’s particularly fond of romance novels.
    • A Crown Of Petals and Snow is her current favourite book.

Adventurer’s Guild

A city function that pays adventurers for completing tasks within and outside the city walls. Only a few jobs are open to beginners but more open up as you gain favour in the institution.

Other Locations

• The Steel Fist Tavern
  • Run by a former military commander who retired due to a sudden injury. Gruff but serves fair liquor for a fair price.
• A carnival grounds, various rotating stalls with games to play and wares for purchase.
• The Book Nook
  • A more family appropriate book store that opened up recently. Run by a Half-Elf man named Gus Binder.
  • He acts like he’s above it but he’s a gossip and then some
  • He has a tip about the missing staff.

Maiden’s Ward

District of worship, faith, and ceremony.

Castletown

• Castle Roan
  • The Ceremonial seat of power within the city.
  • A large, granite stone castle that seems to have been extruded from the ground below it.
• Veiled Visage University
  • A prominent school operated in conjunction with The Hall of Records and The Arcane Will from Zenytha.

Churches

• Roan Chapel
  • A general-purpose religious site that services Deities without dedicated churches in the city. City-scale celebrations occur here on ceremonial days etc.
• The Scaled Shrine
  • Lascyan’s church
• The Everlasting Forge
  • Malleoy’s church
• The Sun’s Embrace
  • Icaron’s church
• The Lawful Reliquary
  • A temple in honour of Ordessa
• Storm’s Sanctuary
  • A temple in honour of Wroth
• The Cloaked Cathedral
  • Sacred site for followers of the The Fate-Cloaked Maiden

Other Locations

• Pete’s Pious Possessions
  • A weird little Gnome man who offers to “possess” you, allowing one to speak with any of the Gods.
    1. Drink this bottle
       • (actually contains a type of Fey creature called an Ectoplasmoid which can temporarily take control of a mortal if willing. )
    2. say a prayer to a god - any god
    3. close your eyes and let yourself be taken
    4. humming and then - boom!
  • Also sells trinkets pertaining to various Archons.

Slums

There are two slum communities in Roan’s Southeast - The Ratways and The Creeks. The ground looks dirtier, and the buildings are run down. They aren’t event drawn on the map.

• The Ratways
  • The Dealt Hand
  • Located to the North West of the slum town.
  • Over 1000ft below the surface - luxuriously decorated

Order District

District of law, judgement, and politics.

• Court of Lions
  • The seat of Government within Roan, ruled by appointments from the Vaena Kingdom.
• Tower of Inquisition
  • A legal institution; tasked with investigating and charging criminals, built into a large tower with 20 floors.
  • A collaboration between the government, and followers of Lybre and Ordessa.
• The Hall of Records
  • A large building operated by followers of Lybre. It acts as the city’s archives.
• Grand Gaol
  • A large building that descends into underground. Historically it was used as Terick’s maximum security prison but has been replaced by a larger structure in Zenytha.

Wrath’s Quarter

District of war, combat, and military focus.

• A small gladiatorial and sporting arena during times of peace.
• Training facilities
• Commander Dae’hya’s Quarters
• Stormfight Stadium
• Storm Corps HQ

Structure

Roan is a city within the Vaena Kingdom, and is such ruled by a High Governor. The current High Governor is a Human man named Hellum Finsk. There are three corps; Storm, Civil, and Cloak, who act as the three facets of law enforcement & protection for the city.

Corps

Storm Corps

They are the city’s external military to repel invaders - recognized by their gunmetal/grey armour and navy cloaks.

Civil Corps

Granted the charge of internal law enforcement - recognized by their bronzed/tan armour and white cloaks.

Cloak Corps

They are know to be the High Governor’s covert ops/investigation - recognized (if seen), wearing all black leather armour.