Persamon

Persamon, formerly Yanna (457 - 641 A.S), is a coastal town on the easternmost coast of Sevicia, overlooking the Anaean Sea. Less than fifty miles from the Sevician capital of Morosea, it has been a popular destination for Sevician nobles and the elite since its settling more than 200 years ago. It was renamed Persamon in 641, following the death of Cloe Persa, Sevicia's monarch, who ruled for six years between 634 and 640.
== History and geography ==
Persamon was founded under the name Yanna in the middle of the fifth century by settlers from Morosea who wished to create a quiet, private retreat on the eastern coast of Sevicia. Over the decades it grew in size, though it still remains significantly smaller, and more elite, than other popular coastal cities.
The town is situated atop a series of minor escarpments that overlook the Anaean Sea and includes a number of white-sand beaches and palm trees that provide ample place for relaxation during the hot Mandera months. Persamon has a mostly mild climate all year round, though its proximity to the Anaean Sea leave its Mandera season more humid than other settlements further inland. Its most attractive feature is its villas, which litter the hilltops and down by the beaches, usually available to only the wealthiest of private citizens.
== Population ==
Persamon has a permanent population of roughly 10,000 people and a temporary population of roughly 15,000. A popular resort for its picturesque beaches, coastal weather, and relative isolation, Persamon is home to thousands of wealthy senators, politicians, and elites, many of whom remain in the town for a few months a year before leaving. The town's permanent population is almost entirely ethnic Sevician, though a small number of Jastian settlers also live there all year round. In accordance with Sevician law, the 13th to the 16th of Mandera III and the 19th of Saturna II are public holidays for religious observation, and each year the town celebrates the advent of the harvest season for the first nine days of the first month of Saturna.
== Notable residents ==
* Cloe Persa, known better as Cloe of Ida, owned a private villa beside the beach to the east of the town, which she purchased with Myrine Engarden, a popular Sevician socialite and painter. The two would spend a great deal of their personal time there. After Cloe's death in 640, the town was renamed to Persamon, in honour of her family name, Persa, and Engarden moved to the town permanently, where she remained until her disappearance in 646.
* Eris Farlan, a Sevician business magnate, senator, and general, known to many as the richest man in Sevicia, owns a villa on the west side of town, known to locals as Farlanville for its size and glamour.
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