Syluce

= Syluce, Ambitious Frontier =
Syluce is a coastal city on Klaime’s southern border along the Lakhuala Coast. It has one true neighbor to the North in Miengo, and Lassango lies to the east across [Big River]. It has access to the bounty of the sea and the large river, but neither option are choice for the city. Syluce’s coast is rocky and treacherous to sail, making its sea neighbor Lassango the better location for the docks for large boats. The River is deep and deposits little of its silt, creating a deeper, faster flowing zone that doesn’t connect to the easy to exploit delta Lassango has access to. Miengo has better access and habitat for the Miengan Lobsters. Miengo also claims much of the Coppervein forest between the two city-states, leaving Syluce out of uncontended unique resources.
Syluce was founded prior to Lassango’s annexation by Klaime, as an attempt to establish a coastal power that Klaim had authority over. However the rocky coast was poor for sea dominance and now acts as a transport hub between the two city-states and Grey’s Mark’s port far to the north. Once the trade went limp after the war between klaime and Grey’s Mark, Syluce’s port was good for one thing: Stone Crabs. Not as enticing or renown as Miengo’s lobsters but still an exotic and delicious food that the city takes pride in. Once ever few months is a giant crab feed where the crab is cheap and grilled and stewed by street vendors all afternoon into the evening when Sylucian lights make the waters of the ocean sparkle.
Since its abandonment as an ocean powerhouse, Syluce has been eager to achieve something that sets it apart from the other cities. Their Statesmen have always been ambitious and greedy, seeking to put the city ahead of their Lian neighbors Miengo and Lassango for fear of being abandoned by the crown just like Lanchent. With the rise of Artis I’Qwee to Klaime’s throne, that sentiment has only gained more traction, spurring a strong sense of nationalism for the Sylucian people. 
Syluce as a city has become a jack of all trades, and master of none. Despite its sea and river access, Miengo and Lassango exploit their bounty better. Their artisans and carpenters haven’t learned and mastered how to turn the Coppervein trees into great works of art, as well as having lower mineral content wood than Miengo. The City is chalk-full of special buildings, such as a Royal Mint, a Society of Heterogenous Knowledge and several holy Temples. Most Sylucian buildings have a plaster lime coating to both improve their appearance and protect them from the sea wash of the Casdo Ocean.
== Important Figures and Culture ==
=== Statesman Sieckel Lothrom ===
Sieckel is a charismatic, and handsome man with a charming smile. He sports golden hair marking his Aumen heritage. He’s young and sports a small harem of pretty girls eager to be the statesman’s wife. Any number of these women can be seen hanging around him when he is out and about on the town. He has a decorative walking cane that appears to be made of solid gold, but it is in fact Goldwood from Kintendei. He is capricious and hedonistic, looking for thrills and excitement to fuel his ambitious lifestyle. He is fond of throwing parties and festivals for the city to boost the mood of the Sylucian people.
He is never seen without his enchanted cane when he walks around, making him easy to spot. Additionally, he often wears a ¾ length extravagant coat lined with exotic furs and colored and patterned with green chevrons. He wears a pointed hat (What’s a robin hood archer hat called…?) with a fancy crested eagle feather in it. The jingle of jewelry and coin can always be heard whenever he takes a step. He is a follower of Altre Mei in public, encouraging his people to seek out new and exciting experiences. However, he is secretly a follower of Stripteshi, encouraging his secret agents to spread the worship of the Angel of Luck.  
=== Captain Arna DuCose ===
“Captain” DuCose is the naval commander of Syluce’s vast navy of a handful of skiffs. While the title of Captain would normally go to Klaime’s captain of naval forces, due to Syluce being a poor shipyard the Captain of Syluce mostly manages agriculture and ocean products. He sits as one of the chairmen of the Cartography Guild and handles matters between Syluce and Lassango’s maritime border and trade. He leans heavily into the privateer motif and does his best to embody the spirit of nautical adventure.
The Captain wears a tricorn hat on his head. He has a loose white tunic which he wears a leather jacket over that has its trim decorated with feathers from all the exotic coastal birds he’s encountered. He adorns himself with exotic coastal finery in an attempt to look like a great swashbuckling pirate! He generally attempts to avoid talking about Lassango’s famous Admiral Kelten, who has more years at sea and has touched more of Devidica’s coasts than DuCose could ever hope to. Despite her obvious superiority to him, he admires Admiral Kelten and dreams of going on grand voyages as Admiral and Captain, braving the great blue sea as true daring explorers!
=== Debutante Augustina Garde ===
A rich powerful woman who oversees managing the Sylucian mint primarily. Due to her status and access to coin she often dabbles in the commerce and trade of Syluce as well. She is the oldest of the Sylucian nobility and is getting ready to pass the torch to her middle child, Athaliah Garde, the Royal Mint’s current curator. The Garde family has one of the largest land holdings in Syluce, with their family being one of the earliest settling families. She has many loyal followers to are attracted to either her prestige or coin. Despite the superficial nature of her power, she sits as a shrew and calculating woman who has only in recent years began to lose her edge.
Augustina is often seen with an entourage of bodyguards and hangers-on that make it seem like there is a parade wherever she goes. She is the de facto captain of the guard and directs Syluce’s military and border guards. She holds her head high as she walks at just the right pace through Syluce’s busy market streets. In her old age, she has taken to enjoying life with her other old lady friends, visiting various businesses to test their quality and ability to accommodate nobility.
=== Starmaiden Wish d’Chassic ===
Wish is a woman full of all the joy and love and hope you would expect of a priestess of the “Girl who made Koiphew Smile.” She was born in The Chasm, one of the most notorious, crime-ridden districts of Klaime. She started her life as a cat burglar, seeking the thrill of breaking into dangerous homes and vaults and leaving a calling card while pilfering enough to get by. While she was good at it, her luck had to run out eventually, and she eventually found that powerful people in the Chasm wanted her dead. So she fled, eventually ending up in Syluce and starting her life as a priestess of Altre Mei. 
The Starmaiden has recently spearheaded Syluce’s expansion of produce, causing great friction with Syluce’s northern neighbor, Miengo. The Starmaiden believes Miengo is keeping the resources of the forest and river to themselves for selfish reasons, while Miengo sees Syluce’s actions as provocative and threatening. She has had an on-again off-again relationship with Captain DuCose and is currently single.
Info Dump of Syluce. Needs Polish
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== Important Locations and Culture ==
=== Revelry Plaza ===
The Revelry Plaza is a place of merriment, games, and song. It is advertised as a judgement-free zone where people can be themselves and relax. However, it is actually just a front for the operations of religious dissidents and free thinkers, where they pose as followers of Altre Mei but engage in the worship of Daggami’s Angels and Rojas Vale.
=== Sea of Stars Observatory ===
The Temple of Altre Mei in Syluce. It is the tallest structure in Syluce, which acts as a Lighthouse and observatory for the city. It boasts the most advanced telescopic devices in Klaime outside the mountainous Jagged Pass. 
=== Royal Mint ===
Through some cunning networking and cutthroat politics, Syluce was able to secure itself as the location of the construction of Klaime’s Royal Mint, where Syluce produces coins. Sylucian Coins have a lighthouse on the tail end, and the face of klaime’s first king on the heads.
=== Heterogenous Society of Knowledge ===
When it was suggested at summit that western Klaime should have a place to learn about and harbor fairies, Syluce was all too eager to secure itself as the location it would be built, despite most fairies being born in the elementally charged Jagged Pass and Miengo.
=== Lord’s Eye: Cartography Guild ===
When Klaime was still attempting to explore and push the western limit of the Casdo Ocean Syluce was the staging location for expeditions. What started as a small shipwright eventually turned into a full fledged mercenary compound dedicated to exploration and discovery. The Lord referred to in the name is Syluce’s second Statesman.
== Products and Culture ==
=== Stone Crab ===
Syluce’s one unique resource are the Stone Crab that make their primary nesting and habitat around all the stony, rocky outcroppings around Syluce’s coastline. The crabs are easy to catch in a trap and relatively small. The right claw of a caught crab is tightest and broken off, and the Crab is released. In a couple seasons, the crab will regrow the claw larger than before. Stone crab is a staple food of Syluce, along with ocean and river fish.
The Great Gumbo: Despite the turmoil between Syluce and Miengo, both city-states have a love of seafood. The rivalry between the two has developed an interesting competition between the two. What is better in gumbo; Crab or Lobster? Chefs and families from either city gather along the river between the city states and have a grand time creating the best recipes they can for the honor of winning “Best Gumbo”.
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