Esûron District

is a district within the located in the  in western. The current keep at dates back only to 687. The original keep was constructed by in 304 near the site of an ancient  tribal fortification. The earthworks of the old hillfort are still plainly visible and it is not uncommon for ancient artifacts to be turned up by local peasants working their fields. During the spring planting of 718, a spearhead of archaic design but miraculously free of corrosion was unearthed. The enterprising man who found it now exhibits it to travelers and curiosity-seekers for two s each.

District Legar Endal Cadrune, 37, is a member of one of the Republic’s most powerful clans and has difficulty hiding his ambition to be the next provincial. His clanhead is Senator Fandinon Cadrune, the current Treasurer of the Republic, and Endal hopes that his exemplary service as will pave the way for eventual promotion. Unfortunately, the Cadrune patriarch’s mental faculties are failing and the office is likely to pass out of family hands. Without the senator’s influence, Endal sees little chance for advancement, as his clan’s rivalry with the Nordakas is well known.

Astur Exenion commands the, one of the smaller s in the Republic. He supplements his income by falsifying muster rosters. Reservists who do not wish to appear for duty can give up half of the pay owed for their reserve service to Astur to record them as present. The cohort’s legionnaires rarely venture into the wild hills in the north of the district. Their primary activity is patrolling the paved as it passes through the district. The road is well traveled, with little excitement to be had, which suits the cohort commander just fine.

The district’s fertile land produces a surplus of and other agricultural goods, much of which goes to. Various s and s are grown in extensive s in the settlements of the northern uplands. The district is known for its.

The village of is home to a unique religious sect with origins that go back to the earliest human habitation of the. The cult is dedicated to the worship of “Mother Thârd,” a divine embodiment of the river. Membership is exclusively female, with no more than seven women and girls in the sect at any one time. When a member dies, a new postulant is recruited from one of three interrelated families. The sect has no real and while their ritual observances are not shared with outsiders, most locals revere the women as s with the supernatural world. They are consulted on a variety of topics and their predictions of the spring flooding are highly regarded.



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