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The Last City
The Last City
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THE FOUNDING
Those living in the city know the story of the end of the world. Those in the old world were greedy and drunk on the power
of the arcane doomed the world. Blind for power people throughout the world magic became commonplace but the more
magic they had the more they craved. Until the day the world had enough of people taking claim over everything she had to
offer. The world froze and the monsters that once were hunted to extinction now populate the world.
Except one city. This city was founded by Annon Cannith, an inventor from a powerful noble family. He foresore this
calamity and with the help of 6 guilds he built the city and the great harth.
One of those guilds joined their ranks because Annon Cannith fell in love with the leader of a mercenary guild. Her name
was Reaya Castamere. She went on you start the Castamere family pledging to protect the city from the darker things from
outside the city. To this day Castameres are treated as not “true” founders.
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The Seasons
Summer: The hottest of the seasons. This season is when it’s time to shut down the Great Harth and repair the
damage done over the previous seasons. food is plentiful and it’s the most relaxing season
Autumn: The wet season has high monster activity and weather threats. Not worse in either regard than winter
or summer.
Winter: The coldest season. This season is a battle against the elements. The cold takes the city in its icy grip
and we all must work together to survive. Castamerers spend most of this season trying not to take risks, to risk
their standing leaves them no room or time to recover before spring.
Spring: The season of life. This season food production is up. It is a time of feasts and mild weather but it has
one drawback. Every spring new powerful monsters start appearing and in mass. This is the biggest time for
The Castameres as they have to be on their game. this season is the only reason the other factions don’t move
against it. The Castameres must have their best fighters ready for this season
T H E C A S TA M E R E FA M I LY
“Adaptation and Survival”
- Reaya Castamere (Founder of the family)
S – Class
Castamere
A – Class
ranking B – Class
system C – Class
D - Class
S - C L A S S T H R E AT S
A-class threats should be dealt with by all available S-class Castameres. If an S-class is unavailable or needs assistance all A-
class and B-class as support are sent to deal with the incident.
Some noteworthy people in the city in the current day also hold the rank of S-class. Most of these names are hidden even within
the family but the known others are Solomon Ela’vostov the leader of the enforcers. The other is a Castamere prodigy and the
son of Ardane Castamere, who defected and joined the church of the Great Harth and has never been seen since.
Ardane Castamere
{Strongest Castamere to ever live}
A - C L A S S T H R E AT S
B - C L A S S T H R E AT S
A-class threats should be dealt with by:
S-class only if the number of B-class threats are great.
1 A-class, 1-5 B-class, 5-10 C-class
D-class can join but only when joined by higher rank
C-CLASS
C A S TA M E R E S
C-class refers to those who are now capable fighters, usually still in training,
and inexperienced. They are now trusted with more of the secrets and inner
workings of the family. They are now trusted to go on all levels of mission.
Though they aren’t the backbone of the family they do serve as skilled fighters.
C-class Castameres are on par with other guild fighters
C - C L A S S T H R E AT S
This can be dealt with by most ranks C-class and D-class still
must take on threats in groups.
D-CLASS
C A S TA M E R E S
D-class are the students, the next generation of the family. They are
both pushed to grow in a dangerous world and not always make it.
They are fiercely defended by the family as no future for the Castamere
family is no future for the city.
D - C L A S S T H R E AT S
On par with a rank-and-file soldier.
THE COUNCIL
OF THE CITY
High council members stand above all others. Their votes are equal to 3 votes
from the normal members. High engineers and the church of the Great Harth
were both groups created by Annon Cannith. He believed they should lead the
people.
Professor Yannik Muller
{The High Engineers}
Like all the high priests before him, Abraham is blessed with the
honour of holding the name Cannith. He is the 13 th to do so.
Just like the other high council member Abraham’s health is on
the decline and is expected to announce the next high priest
soon.
He is known as a cold and cruel man. Never hesitating to do
ugly things for “the good of the city”. He believes those like the
Castameres, more monstrous races and magic users to be
“unclean” and is never afraid to make that point known.
The Church of the Great Harth.
The church of the Grath Harth does not worship a god but instead
worships the harth heating the city and the words of its builder Annon
Cannith. Other gods are openly worshipped in the city but the only
rule that must be followed is “everything for the city” –Annon
Cannith.
They control information within the city, running the Great Flame
Information Centre. It’s the only legal printing press in the city.
They hold a central position in almost everyone’s life in the city. As
long as there is no Mayor in the city the church runs the city like
kings.
COUNCIL
MEMBERS
Solomon Ela’Vostov is the definition of a self-made man. Grew up in the poorest part of
the outer district “the Slicks”. Known as the slicks because it always have a layer of slick
ice on everything that far out. He grew up doing what he needed to survive. When he was
young, he figured out he was psionically gifted, able to read minds and manipulate things
around him. He took over the crime family in the area and felt invincible until the
enforcers came knocking. Knowing about his gifts the enforcers took him and whipped out
the crime ring.
He was trained and conditioned into the enforces with the previous leader seeing true
potential in him. His gifts are greater than any enforcer before him. He proved himself as
an effective spy and cunning in the world the enforcer lives in.
By the age of 18, he had taken over the enforcers after the death of the previous leader.
Since then the enforcers have been more unified than ever, with no power struggles, very
few enforcers overstepping their place unless told and never have the enforcers felt more
like they have ears everywhere than right now.
Some debate the strength difference between Solomon and Ardane, most believe Ardane is
the stronger of the 2. To be even put on the same level as Ardane makes Solomon a truly
horrifying enemy to make.
The Enforcers
Farmer’s Guild is all about feeding the city. Running both food
production in places like hothouses and food distribution from
places like public houses and cookhouses. Most of this is run in
the outer district but the middle district holds a valuable service
for the guild. The middle district grows all the more specialized
crops. A lot of them in smaller greenhouses cared for by a few
workers who usually live in an attached building.
General Wilfred Harcourt Beesbry
{The Watch}
The normal police/town guard and the normal military for The
city. They usually are just domestic police but at times like bad
springs or riots they are deployed in numbers. fighting alongside
The Castameres or other guilds.
Watchmen a lot of the time have other jobs, but many are career
soldiers.
Rose Knights
The elite and heroic among the ranks of the watch. Most of the
time is the name given to career soldiers who have been given
veteran status. Either through a long service or a great deed
needing recognition or just status or nobility.
Karis Castamere
{The Castamere Family}
Sofia Berroth is the only Tiefling to ever sit on the council. She
led the first group to found the town of Iceharth. A hardened
warrior and a leader who demands the best and loyalty from her
men.
When she first founded Iceharth the council sent a
“representative” to take over running the town from her. She
refuses and kicks out the representative and his men.
After that, she was made into the council member for Iceharth.
She allows no one to use her race against her. Her pride is her
greatest strength and weakness.
Currency
The brothers Ardane and Karis stood on the front lines of almost every battle
over the season. The official tally of their kills was set at 2,578 in direct
combat.
The real killer of the season was a newcomer a woman with a kill count double
the S-class champions alone. Nadier Castamere earned the nickname “Earth
Shaker” during the season for her War machines raining explosives from miles
away. She flattened giants of the land around them, the shaking of the earth
could be felt in the city. Her official tally landed on 6,145 giants but most
believe it's a lot higher as the land was just miles of bits of giant bodies and her
number is mainly estimates.
Despite the exceptional work of the S-class’s the Castamere family suffered
brutal loss. Before this spring, their number was at their largest since their
foundering. When the dust settled after the giant threat was ended close to 70%
of the families’ fighting strength was gone through deaths or injuries. The
council member of the healer’s guild and last surviving founder was killed
when a giant fell on the house healing.
The Castamers’ numbers have not been this low for hundreds of years and the
ones that remain have a lot weight they must carry. Only 240 fighting members
are left in the Castamere family
Jonahtan Castamere was the previous council member and S-class Castamere. He was also the
father to Karis, Ardane and Gia Castamere. In his prime, he is close to power to Ardane just
less indestructible. He led the family to its golden age, yet he is only remembered for his last
act.
Before telling you his actions you need to know he loved his family. He wanted nothing but the
best for them all. Father to 3 S-class children he took more pride in his family more than
anything else. You also need to know his daughter Gia got her powers from the fey wild and it
manifested in “wildfire”
While on a mission hunting an A-class monster Gia chased it into a public house in the middle
district. The battle was hard fought but the creature was ended by Gia. Before she could leave
enforcers that were meant to be keeping out the crowd at the front door. The crowd came
storming seeing the state of the burned public house and the monster ash. A couple of angry
voices in the crowd turn the peoples’ superstition and ignorance towards Gia. Gia tried to calm
the crowd knowing that her power would kill them all. Before she could even get out a full
sentence a man had hit her over the head with a pipe taking her to the ground.
Jonathan Castamere The state Jonathan found Gia will not be described out of respect for the family. He showed up
to the public house with a crowd still there. He walked through the crowd and when he saw
“The Killer”
Gia he froze. A still silence hung in the air cut off by some idiot not paying attention saying,
“Witch got what she deserved”. 200 people were there that night only 3 survived and they all
described him as calm with a blank expression also like something broke behind his eyes (see
image). Within 15 seconds 197 were dead, within 10 minutes 145 watchmen, 9 enforcers, and
100 more citizens were dead. After about 30 minutes he had fought his way in the council hall,
he then proceeded to execute the leader of the enforcer by smashing his head against the
marble council table with his hammer, then did the same to the leader of the flame keepers and
was about to do the same to High priest Abraham.
It was at this point Karis Castamere and Ardane Castamere arrived to stop their father. A huge
fight between the three broke out. Ardane decided he couldn’t stop his father after what
happened to Gia (he wanted to join his father, but it caused me so much turmoil that he became
catatonic near the end of the fight. It was Karis to put down his father. When all was said and
done Jonathan had committed the largest Massacre by the person in the city’s history, killing
2149 people.
Reaya Castamere
The founder of the Castamers. She started her story in the story leading a
mercenary group hired by Annon Cannith to protect the city from monstrous
threats.
The First person the city could call S-class. Her Aasimar blood gave power
and when channeled through her obsidian blade he wields some truly
terrifying power.
Her moment of true greatness was when the city was attacked by the lich
queen Vlaakith. During the battle, Reaya felled both Vlaakith and her great
wyrm red dragon, along with single-handedly killing 3 more red dragons.
Years after that day Reaya and Annon fell in love and got married. Ruling
together until they both died 200 years after with Reaya sharing her magic to
keep them both alive longer than natural.
The Castamere believe she gives them all power, granting her love to the
family to grant them the strength to fight. To pledge yourself to the family is
to promise yourself to her love. To break that love is to die, those who do
shall be cast down. Those who embrace it rise to her embrace.