Casasha

Casasha is a country in the Ravel universe. It is considered a reasonably advanced and well-developed country, and for cultural reasons is more appealing to ravelers than its neighbors, such as Antaurb.
==Environment==
Casasha is a densely populated city built at the source of a river. Parts of it towards the edges contain farmland, and there is a well-trafficked highway in the center that leads to the royal household.
==Society==
===Royal Family===
Casasha is currently ruled by King Karaz Swanpennon and his wife Queen Auriny Swanpennon (née Mantispennon). The heir to the throne is their daughter Sharabel Swanpennon following her rescue of Adarin and Zeviana Sorelas from the enamouring raveler Chelasi.
===Pennon Families===
The pennon families make up the nobility of Casasha. There are 128 pennon families in Casasha, each of which has a corresponding pennon with an animal on it. There are extremely complicated but only mildly sexist rules determining who is marrying into whose family when pennons intermarry. Because of how the Heir Crown works, the pennon families try to be well-behaved, if only for selfish reasons.
===Crowns and the Heir Crown===
There are three crowns of Casasha, one of which is magic. There's the crown for the monarch regnant, the crown for the monarch consort, and the heir crown, the last of which is the magic one. The monarch regnant crown belongs to whomever previously wore the heir crown after the previous holder of the regnant crown dies or steps down, and the consort crown belongs to the spouse of whoever currently wears the regnant crown.
The heir crown will magically float if placed on the head of someone who meets its standards of worthiness. The standards are not well defined, but valid quests have tended to involve personal risk, rescuing people who need rescuing, and the person having some reason to undertake the adventure besides wanting the crown. It is permissible to bring assistants as long as the crown candidate substantially participates and the assistants are at least loosely peers or inferiors in experience and ability. Legally- with no connection to the crown's magic- princes(ses) have exclusive access to the crown until the monarch dies or the youngest prince(ss) turns 21, after which point the pennon families may attempt; if no pennon families generate an heir, commoners may attempt.
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