Panaet
Panaet is the Faction City of Jewel as well as having one of the ancient arenas, with carvings around the top only wizards and sages can read. Jewel took over Panaet about 50 years ago and has since used the ancient arena in place of the inferior facility in its previous faction city. Panaet is considered beautiful; the faction colors of blue and silver decorate the public buildings, including a few still standing from the time of the ancient ones. Mosaics of tiny chips of semi-precious stone adorn the temples here, especially those of Selena, the Peaceful Lady, and Sifkra, Who Loves Coins. Ottiark Sasithorn Wi Gom has an impressive mansion inside the city, but she also has a country estate a few miles to the northeast where she spends a great deal of her time.
The faction arena is a popular attraction that brings in plenty of coin for Jewel. In addition to sponsored gladiatorial duels, organizers bring in groups to do shows with trained animals, including elephants from deep in the forest. They also feature faction youth in ostrich races and sometimes invite teams from other factions to compete.
There has been some talk in the area of banning the ostrich racing. In the past few months, travelers on the road from here to Xonburi have been plagued by attacks from ostrich gangs. These are groups of armed youth on fast ostriches who swoop down on a caravan, take anything they can grab or cut away from a saddle, and then dash away. Certain people blame the racers. Others reasonably point out that the young people who do the ostrich racing are certainly not involved in the crimes as they are very serious about their birds and would never subject them to such hard usage, and that canceling the racing would do nothing to stop the bandits.
Settlement
Panaet, City of
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