Avantia

The island city-state of Cirkosa was once an obscenely wealthy trade port; the only point of rest and solace for those brave enough to sail trade routes across the Archiveran Sea. Furious that the people of Cirkosa not only encouraged, but gave shelter to those that would violate her domain, Kharbydis brought the most terrible storm she could muster upon them, literally upheaving the entire island and sending it crashing beneath the waves. Those who survived the terrible impact of the storm were sent plummeting into the treacherous dark of the Archiveran Trench, where they would drown, be hunted by voracious sea-creatures, or be crushed by the pressure; but the goddess Avenine appeared, seemingly from nowhere, and declared that she would not stand by as this terrible massacre took its toll. She gave the Cirkosans her blessing, and transformed them into the Avantians, a new race of aquatic Humans, who then pledged themselves to Avenine's service, as her holy soldiers in the fight against the Sea-Devil.
Today, Cirkosa has been rebuilt in the northernmost cradle of the Archiveran Trench, and renamed Avantia. Its people are deeply pious and insular, single-minded in their eternal war against Kharbydis. They regard the outside world as an insignificant distraction, interacting with them only on brief occasion when necessity demands it. Indeed, many surface-dwellers do not even believe the Cirkosans survived their city's destruction at all.
Category:Settlements