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The [[Horde]] that decimated the city of Caanae in the year 100 AA did not travel further south to attack Stavenn, which ultimately led to the city's rise to dominance over Aetherius in the early [[Second Age]]. Survivors of the attack on Caanae fled to Stavenn and begrudgingly became citizens, and the city was allowed to flourish for several years with almost no outside interference; the greatest threat to Stavenn actually came from within. Underground groups of [[magick]] users alarmed Stavenn's High Council and provoked [[Gautier Lajos]] to pass a law in the year 150 AA that prohibited the use of magick within the city. | The [[Horde]] that decimated the city of Caanae in the year 100 AA did not travel further south to attack Stavenn, which ultimately led to the city's rise to dominance over Aetherius in the early [[Second Age]]. Survivors of the attack on Caanae fled to Stavenn and begrudgingly became citizens, and the city was allowed to flourish for several years with almost no outside interference; the greatest threat to Stavenn actually came from within. Underground groups of [[magick]] users alarmed Stavenn's High Council and provoked [[Gautier Lajos]] to pass a law in the year 150 AA that prohibited the use of magick within the city. | ||
The law did not stop [[Ayasha Gazali|Ayasha]] and [[Galen Gazali]] from finding fellow practitioners of magick and banding together. Their sect became known as the [[Noctusari]] | The law did not stop [[Ayasha Gazali|Ayasha]] and [[Galen Gazali]] from finding fellow practitioners of magick and banding together. Their sect survived underground and they developed their skills in secret, and they went unnoticed for almost five years before being discovered. When citizens of Stavenn learned of this threat lurking just beneath the shadows, a massive wave of anti-magick hysteria led to the systematic persecution and murder of anyone suspected of "witchcraft". | ||
The few members of the sect that managed to survive vowed to avenge their fallen comrades, and formally became known as the [[Noctusari]]. They also began to worship [[Nemesis]], Goddess of Wrath. Over time, the members of the Noctusari secretly gained power within the ruling structure of the city. | |||
===Stavenn's Imperialism=== | |||
In the year 200 AA, Stavenn began to establish the imperialistic rule over the lands of Aetherius that it is still known for to this day. Scouts and exploration parties were sent to discover new lands for conquest, which is how [[Jaden Magnar]] came to discover the village of [[Kinsarmar]] in the year 207 AA. The villagers there were survivors of the fall of Caanae and were immediately hostile to the Stavennites, which incensed the city's leaders, such as [[Mahina Idris]], and encouraged them to return in the year 209 AA to easily seize control over the growing settlement. [[Misae Jerica]] was appointed as Kinsarmar's first governor and established a series of stiff taxes and tariffs against the citizens of Kinsarmar. | |||
Not everyone in Stavenn and Kinsarmar supported its imperialism. In the year 300 AA, a woman by the name of [[Lyria]] began a rebellion with a surprise attack upon the city guard and the Stavenn-appointed leaders. The [[Night of Morr's Embrace]] succeeded in liberating Kinsarmar, but only for a brief period of time. It was also during this time that a group of pacifists in Stavenn openly opposed the High Council and were marched out into the [[Shaahri Desert]] to die. The survivors found their way to a fertile oasis and developed a small settlement there, which would grow to become the city of [[Antioch]]. | |||
In the year 400 AA, Kinsarmar again rose up against its oppressors and succeeded in expelling them from the city, but it did not take long for the Stavennite military to begin marching towards Kinsarmar in a quest to regain control. This time would be different, though, because as soldiers passed through the [[Khandava Forest]], the very trees and wildlife resisted their movements and fought back against them. Very few survivors were able to return to Stavenn and quickly rumors spread of the attack being led by lithe humanoid beings with blades. When Kinsarmar learned of this, they sent people into the forest to find evidence of this phenomena, and it was then that they discovered the [[elves]] and [[lycaeans]], led in part by Lyria, the rebel who first overthrew Stavenn rule. | |||
==Notable Denizens== | ==Notable Denizens== | ||