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======The City of Cities======
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  * Rastaban was once a great city and the seat of an Empire which spanned the world. 
  * Now large swathes of the city are abandoned. The population has declined massively. There are isolated pockets of people living in clusters - almost like small towns - within the city's expanse. 
  * According to legend, Serjet, a Shaper of great reknown, contructed most of the buildings in the city.
  * His most impressive works include the Imperial Palace and the Embrace of Empire - huge concentric walls which enclose the city completely. 

=====Power in Rastaban=====

  * Rastaban is officially ruled by the Silent Regent from the Imperial Palace. 
  * The Imperial Palace is, according to rumour, largely abandoned. 
  * The only people currently allowed inside the Palace District are the Imperial Commission - and even they are restricted to their immediate buildings and private Gate. 
  * The practical day-to-day concerns of running the city are handled by the Council of Seven.
  * All of the most powerful factions in Rastaban have a seat on the Seven. 
  * Specifically, seats belong to the three Great Houses, the Shapers Guild, the Foresters Guild, and the Imperial Envoy. 
  * It is unknown where the Seven meet and who they are. 
  * The Imperial Orders are a powerful faction in the city. 
  * Not only does their Envoy have a seat on the Seven, it is rumoured that the Grandmasters of the five Orders meet on a regular basis. 
  * It is understood that, whilst the Envoy represents the Paladins at the Seven, they habitually abstain from voting. 
  * Officially the Five Orders report directly to the Silent Regent and therefore are not answerable to the Seven.

=====Districts of Rastaban=====
====Imperial Palace====
  * A vast forbidden region of tall majestic buildings, surrounded by its own inner wall.
  * Contains palaces, parks and all the former bureaucratic buildings. 
  * They are abandoned, now. Dilapidated, but awe-inspiring. 
  * The Imperial Commission lies in its own sub-district to the southeast. It has its own Gate, the Gate of Eyes. 
  * The Gate of Triumph which connects the Palace to the Boulevard has been shut ever since the Emperor disappeared. 

====Imperial Boulevard====
  * This grand region leads from the Gate of Beginnings in the south to the Gate of Triumph in the north.
  * It was originally built to honour the Empire's military conquests and contains hundreds of triumphal arches. 
  * Now, this is home to the Orders of the Throne, Rod and Torch, whose Sanctums are here. 
  * The Boulevard is often used for ceremonial purposes, and many public festivals are held here. 

====Esteban====

  * A flourishing merchant district on the part of the river Eriden that remains unpolluted. 
  * Many people live in Rivergate Town, the largest settlement within the city walls.
  * The House has their headquarters in a giant fortified manor house which serves as both bank and residence. 
  * It is pressed up against the walls of the Imperial Palace. 

====Telemere====

  * A canal district whose picturesque beauty is somewhat warped by the close proximity of the congruent planes. 
  * Several powerful members of House Telemere have merged the planes permanently to create places of power for themselves. 
  * This warping of reality has spread out to affect the entire district, with sightings of denizens greatly increased. 



====Rom====

  * Many hundreds of years ago, this district was one of the most populous in Rastaban, or so they say.
  * However, with the decline in population, the park in the center of the district expanded, and gradually the area reverted to a kind of quasi-countryside. 
  * Rom contains several hamlets and small villages, ruled over by the Great House from their castle in the center of the district. 
====The Barrens====
  * This sprawling region, once home to the laborers and agricultural workers of Rastaban, is now almost entirely abandoned.
  * "Great House" Keelen now claim ownership of this District and enforce a kind of street law in this territory.
  * Occasionally, the Imperial Orders will conduct raids to purge the Barrens of their most pernicious elements. 

====The Wastes====
  * The River Eriden, which once made this a pleasant and affluent region, has long been contaminated by the sinister effluvium disgorged by the Imperial Commission. 
  * Nowadays this region filled with mutants and aberrations, making it highly dangerous.
  * The Imperial Orders ensure that none of these twisted creatures stray into the Boulevard.  

=====Beyond the Embrace of Empire=====
  * Great roads leave the city travelling to the North, South, East and West.
  * For a time, the territory is mostly farmland and villages with a few outlying estates -
  * Then, the Wood of Loss encroaches, blocking travel in all directions. 

=====The Blessed=====
  * Recently, individuals have been born with a strange mark in the shape of a circle upon them. 
  * Not much was thought of this until a young child with a terminal disease came back from death itself, fully revitalized in the peak of health. 
  * From this moment on the child recovered from all physical ailments with remarkable speed.
  * She is known as Lyra the Blessed and has already assembled a small cult around her.
  * All players have the blessed mark upon them. Whether or not they are open about this is up to them.
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