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Initially a humble village located in the heart of the [[Ithmia]], the [[city-state]] of '''Hashan, Court of Shadows''', is [[Sapience]]'s third major city established in the year 222 AF. Due to territorial conflicts, the [[expansion of Hashan]] and its early existence endured rough beginnings, challenged by [[forestal]] organisations and their respective patrons Lord [[Lupus|Lupus, God of the Beasts]] and Lady [[Gaia|Gaia, Goddess of Nature]]. Nevertheless, | Initially a humble village located in the heart of the [[Ithmia]], the [[city-state]] of '''Hashan, Court of Shadows''', is [[Sapience]]'s third major [[city]] established in the year 222 AF. Due to territorial conflicts, the [[expansion of Hashan]] and its early existence endured rough beginnings, challenged by [[forestal]] organisations and their respective patrons Lord [[Lupus|Lupus, God of the Beasts]] and Lady [[Gaia|Gaia, Goddess of Nature]]. Nevertheless, statehood was successfully established by Darthus with the support of [[Twilight|Twilight, God of Darkness]] and later [[Valnurana|Valnurana, Goddess of Sleep and Dreams]] and [[Ourania|Ourania, Goddess of the Moon]]. | ||
Hashan | Hashan displays a tenacity to survive any hardship, its policies marked by supreme self-interest. It famously touted itself as a haven of political and cultural independence, where diverse characters of Sapience could live in harmony and community without fear of prejudice, oppression, or bigotry and where citizens were free to pursue their own interests without outside interference. For centuries, Hashan was home to [[Achaea]]'s first [[Serpent]] organisation, the [[Cult of the Serpent Lords]], as well as defunct [[Spirit Walkers]] and the disestablished [[Sect of the Black Lotus]]. | ||
688 saw the stirring of an ancient and unknown nexus of energy beneath the Crown of the Ithmia. Surging from deep below, it tore the city from its roots, lifting its foundations to mysteriously float above the scarred woodlands. The wide gash in the earth resulting from the displaced structure was named the [[Sunderlands]]. | |||
The leaders of the city soon agreed that it was their responsibility to both understand and harness this power, closing its great [[Houses]] so that all resources could combine and be put toward this unified goal. To mark this revival in civic purpose, Hashan redubbed itself the ''Court of Shadows''. In a post-[[House Renaissance|Renaissance]] world, the [[Somatikos]] and [[Krymenian Academy]] now safeguard and advance the city-state's new aims. | |||
Hashan is actively guarded by fierce [[viragos]], court constables, mounted [[tsalmaveths]], knights of the Atrament, and hooded [[nocturni]]. | |||
==Laws and Policies== | ==Laws and Policies== | ||
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The Court has been known for Achaea's first complex legal system, having surpassed both ancient Ashtan and Shallam in governmental politics. The Seneschal [[Elentari]] originally wrote the comprehensive city charter. The policies of Hashan are recorded in a single, albeit large, text called the '''[[Laws_of_Hashan|Great Canon of Hashan]]''' which can be found in a bookshelf in the [[news]]room. | The Court has been known for Achaea's first complex legal system, having surpassed both ancient Ashtan and Shallam in governmental politics. The Seneschal [[Elentari]] originally wrote the comprehensive city charter. The policies of Hashan are recorded in a single, albeit large, text called the '''[[Laws_of_Hashan|Great Canon of Hashan]]''' which can be found in a bookshelf in the [[news]]room. | ||
Under Elentari's leadership in Hashan's early years, her constitution was widely regarded by the intelligentsia as "the finest document of its kind yet written". It was Hashan that began the trend of formally binding guilds to cities, a trend that | Under Elentari's leadership in Hashan's early years, her constitution was widely regarded by the intelligentsia as "the finest document of its kind yet written". It was Hashan that began the trend of formally binding guilds to cities, a trend that was later followed and formalised by each city. Hashan was also lauded by [[Sarapis]] as the best organized of the city-states. | ||
==Government and Political History== | ==Government and Political History== | ||
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==Famous Faces== | ==Famous Faces== | ||
Of the famous faces that hail from Hashan, four are remembered most: '''[[Liirup]]''', Hashan's notable rat-eating madwoman, retired Seneschal '''[[Elentari|Elentari Lokelinde-Danial]]''' who ascended to Godhood through the collective will of the [[Pantheon]] to become [[Ourania|Ourania, Goddess of the Moon]], '''[[Damaris|Damaris, the Learned]]''' who teaches in Hashan's multi-roomed Academy as one of the world's most brilliant minds, and '''[[Aringar|Aringar Claros]]''', the first | Of the famous faces that hail from Hashan, four are remembered most: '''[[Liirup]]''', Hashan's notable rat-eating madwoman, retired Seneschal '''[[Elentari|Elentari Lokelinde-Danial]]''' who ascended to Godhood through the collective will of the [[Pantheon]] to become [[Ourania|Ourania, Goddess of the Moon]], '''[[Damaris|Damaris, the Learned]]''' who teaches in Hashan's multi-roomed Academy as one of the world's most brilliant minds, and '''[[Aringar|Aringar Claros]]''', the first person to reach the 99th [[level]] of [[experience]] and become a [[Greater Dragons|Greater Dragon]]. | ||
[[Category:City-states]] | [[Category:City-states]] | ||