Noble District

Overview

Noble District has traditionally been thought of as the city’s ruling district, even though Castle Teraknian isn’t technically a part of this district. Yet Sasserine’s trust in its rulers has been shaken, and nowhere is that loss of faith more evident than in this district. Today, the citizens of Noble District spend too much time bickering with those of Champion’s District and trying to organize their district into a self-sustaining society. Idle talk of seceding from Sasserine is commonplace in Noble District bars. The other districts increasingly view the Noble District as a place of decadence and vanity, and eagerly await the district’s fall under its own excesses. However, this has been slowly turning in the opposite direction with the influence of the Ryanna Lidu at the helm.

Demographics

If you’re from Noble District, you’re not necessarily the member of a minor noble house, although if you’re not, you probably have friends or associates who are. You may be from the middle class, in which case your family serves one of the noble families in some regard. Or your family could be involved in the arcanist scene, in which case you are no stranger to magic. Finally, you may be a student at the House of the Dragon, recently graduated (or worse, flunked out) from higher education. Citizens of Noble District are clean, cultured, and eschew physical labor, preferring to hire muscle or use magic to take care of tough jobs. You likely worship Kharos. If you worship Navashtrom, you keep your faith secret. If you’re a specialist wizard, you’ve probably chosen conjuration, enchantment, illusion, or necromancy as your field. Other specialist wizards are not unheard of, but those who opt to specialize as evokers or transmuters are often thought of as blowhards with something to prove.

Government

Dawn Council Representative

Noble District’s representative nobility is the Lidu family. With the end of the Teraknian family line over 200 years ago, the Lidus became the oldest noble family in the city. The family matriarchy, Ryanna Lidu, is a kind-hearted noble who may be too gentle and forgiving to succeed in Sasserine as a successful noble. Her major concern today seems to be the reconciliation of the churches of Kharos, God of Magic and Navashtrom, God of Strength and Harmony .

City Watch

The Noble’s Watch are masters of subtlety. They do not patrol the streets of Noble District openly, as the local citizens have long since made clear their distaste for seeing guards in public places. As a result, the Noble’s Watch do their jobs undercover, posing as travelers, entertainers, merchants, or even petty nobles as the case demands. Newcomers to Sasserine seeking a place to ply criminal acts may be tempted by the seeming lack of guards in this district, but the Noble’s Watch wastes no time in dealing with crime as it appears. This, combined with the fact that anyone nearby could be the law, makes Noble District one of the safest in Sasserine.

Quick Links

• The City Sasserine
• Factions List
• List of all Merchants and Services
• List of Taverns, Inns and Brothels
• Worshiped Gods in Sasserine

Locations of Noble District

1. Highwall House (Knowledge {geography} sage)
2. Shrine of Locharit, Goddess of the Written Word
3. Church of Raya, Goddess of the Scales
4. Shrine of Gaen, Goddess of Light
5. Actor’s Guildhall
6. Shrine of Jode, Guardian of Song
7. High Market (general goods, exotic wares, jewelry, magic)
8. The Pearl and the Parrot
9. Imp’s Folly (tavern/gaming hall)
10. Musician’s Guildhall
11. Sasserine Opera House
12. Coffinmaker’s Guildhall
13. Meravanchi Family Manor (minor noble)
14. House of Lords (Knowledge [nobility and royalty] sage)
15. Shrine of Asche, God of Cities
16. Courtesan’s Guildhall
17. Noble Garrison
18. Lidu Family Manor (district representative)
19. Instrument Maker’s Guildhall
20. Cartographer’s Guildhall
21. The Curious Chimera (bookstore)
22. Thenalar Academy (finishing school)
23. Cloudcrystal Academy (finishing school)
24. Shrine of Texla, Goddess of Fey
25. House of the Dragon
26. Tutelage for the Wand (Knowledge [the planes] sage)
27. Blenak’s Bazaar (magic shop)
28. Temple of Kharos, God of Magic
29. The Crystal’s Whisper (curio shop)
30. Ancestor’s Rest (inn)
31. Whispers on the Wind (fortune teller)
32. Sasserine Crematorium
33. Scarlet Spire (tomb of Sasserine, city founder)