Scaena

Scaena is a city within -, it mainly known for it's interesting takes on the idea of what comes after death and it's strict role system that controls who does what within the city.

## The Grand Personas

The persona within Scaena is basically who you are within the city, it is believed that people will reincarnate after death and then later in their life will reclaim their former persona.

### Larva

The Larva are these highly decorated masks which every person that lives within Scaena wears, these masks show which persona they are.

These masks are seen as a person's true faces and are needed to be recognized as themself, so if someone isn't wearing their mask for whatever reason they will no longer be seen as the person they are with the mask meanwhile if someone wears someone else's mask they will see

### The persona's

#### Basic

##### Noble

The noble persona is the persona of the ruling class though without a defined role they can never truly become full rulers, they control powerful markets, some land (mainly farm land or land used for mining) and some purly rise off the wealth of past members of their families, normally past family that had defined roles or even where the first of a defined role.

Their Larva tend to white porcelain with gold details, though some prefer non-porcelain masks to prevent their mask from becoming damaged.

On casting day these masks tend to be hidden within rich neighborhoods, near rich estates or within rich schools.

##### Craftsmen

These masks are for those within Scaena charged with making things, blacksmiths, seamstress, musicians, artists, writers, woodworkers, basically if it's a craft then it belongs to this class of persona. Members of this class have a few rights that others don't, namely:

* They are the only class allowed to make masks or repair masks.
* They are the only class that can customize their mask without being a defined class, though it has to be themed around their job.
* They are the ones to decide just what or whom is a defined persona and are the ones to make their new mask.

These Larva tend to be hidden within neighborhoods with shops or otherwise closer to being "middle class", along with buildings related to different crafts.

##### Military

These masks are for those that fight for Scaena, mainly within the military but they can also become bodyguards, city guards, bounty hunters, hunters or other jobs that involve violence, most people believe those with these personas are likely to be more violet or otherwise unstable, so are looked down on, still they have access to careers that despite people's distance for pay well so those with the least it is appealing to have a child that picks up a Military persona.
Their Larva tend to made out of some form of steel that has padding inside the mask for comfort and are hidden within very poor areas or areas with high crime rates.

##### Commoner

This is the most common mask and really just means the person is normal, they could be anything from a farmer to selling goods.
Their Larva are rather plain and tend to be made out painted wood and Larva are hidden just about anywhere other than very rich areas.

##### Outsider

These masks are for criminals, heretics, & those that Scaena wants gone, just wearing the Larva isn't enough to jail them but they are less likely to be able to get jobs and places within churches which leads to them being more likely to have to turn to crime or otherwise disliked things to survive.

Their Larva are damaged versions of the Commoner Larva, cracks, discoloration and missing parts are all common. The Larva are brought out later into Casting Day often by the time they are put out and hidden almost all the better Larva are gone meaning most children are left with the options of staying but as a outsider persona or coming home empty handed and soon to be exiled to one of the other city states, likely to become physical labor.

Of all of types of personas this is the one with the lest defined roles, and most of those defined roles are more punishments for people that fell from grace in one way or another from a better persona.

#### Defined Roles

Defined roles both sit neatly within the persona system and right outside it, someone with a defined role is much more strictly pushed into a life, much could be anything from career choices made for them to even whom they will marry already decided for them but they also have special rights and privileges that others don't have that is tied to their role.

To gain a Defined Role someone must have done something very notable for better or worse within their life, though being grated a defined role can be done posthumously so can account for those whom's actions were only notable with hindsight sight.

Here is a list of the roles.

## Defenses/Military

### The Army

Their Military is small but strong, made up of people trained since they were children on how to kill and maim, and made up of a mix of magic and non magic users.

There is a high arcy within the army, going from highest to lowest.

1. The Royal family, they can veto any order and use the army for whatever they'd like.
2. The noble family of -, whom own the resources the army uses & can veto any order other than from the royal family itself. They also decide when the army is used.
3. Commander, they are the one with the most leadership skills for a battle field and is normally the one to decide how the army will go about things.
4. General, they give orders on the battle field and make the decisions for minor things or things that can't wait for higher command to decide.
5. Field Caption, gives orders to smaller groups within large battle fields or orders during a mission.
6. Whoever Yells The Loudest, aka what happens when soldiers lose the very lacking leadership they have for some reason, happens a fair bit due to how most of the actual leadership has to take orders from people that know nothing but the theory of war.

### Defenses

The city state is surrounded by other cities so can rely on them to prevent outside country's from attacking but the city does still have walls around it and has a city guard to protect from harm, normally caused by groups that are already within the city.

## Art & Leisure

The arts are a very important thing to the people of Scaena