Sien

The most technologically advanced city to be found in Eleron, Sien boasts incredible military power, trading influence and political reach. Inventors, artificers, mages and alchemists all flock to great city for a chance to study at the academy, the less fortunate fill the alleyways and docks, while towering constructs make their way through the city streets carrying heavy loads.
From fancy balls to competing criminal syndicates to the poor struggling to get through another day, a short visit to Sien is sure to be an adventure.

Demographics

Sien features a large gap between the lower and upper classes, with a thin middle class. While the middle class may be lucky enough to learn letters and numbers, higher education is essentially upper class exclusive, with only the nobility able to afford the cost of study.
Though varying races often don't encounter a problem in Sien, the upper class and royalty are largely human. Stranger or more 'monstrous' races may not be permitted into the city itself, depending purely on the disposition of the guards on gate duty at the time.

Government

Sien features a King and King's Council, whose purpose has grown from merely advising to the King, to being capable of overruling him if deemed necessary.

Defences

The city is surrounded by massively tall and thick walls all the way around to the coast, with three gates on the north, west and southern sides of the city. The Upper District has a second wall, though only the outer is mounted with Repeating Ballistae.
The palace itself, alongside the academy and armoury, have layers of protective abjuration magic to shield them. The gatehouses are equipped to detect any magic entering the city.

Industry & Trade

Sien is a highly industrious city, renowned for its production of clockwork, enchantments and magic items, refined tools and weapons.
Sien is the home of inventions such as constructs, alchemist's fire, and guns. Multiple factories greatly assist Sien's productivity, leading to an export of mass produced refined goods.

Guilds and Factions

The Clock

The high-class criminal syndicate of Sien, The Clock work mostly for the nobility, covering an array of tasks including assassinations, smuggling, blackmailing, forgery, kidnapping and extortion. Incredibly expensive and effective, their name is enough to strike fear into the public.

The Road

The second largest underground organisation, The Road specialises in thievery and smuggling, and in refuse to take assassination jobs, not wishing to get involved in the volatile political atmosphere of the city. The Road tends to attract the streets rats, homeless and lower class as a to survive. Though skillful in their own right, the public mostly views them as ruffians.

Alternative Name(s)

The City of Invention

Type

Large city

Related Ethnicities

• Siennian

Included Locations

• The Viridium Sanctum

Owning Organization

Kingdom of Sien

Related Materials

• Shadowglass