Fallsea

Flag of Fallsea

**Fallsea** (pronounced *FALL-see*) was a port city on the eastern coast of Tretch. It was founded during the heydays of the Breckish Empire and over the course of the next hundred years would become one of the most important trading hubs for the Empire, its successor state the Breckish League, and most of northeastern Tretch in general.

## History

The site of the city that would one day become **Fallsea** was home to numerous small fishing villages and farms during the early years of the Breckish Empire. Recognizing the area's natural harbor and defensible geography, Baulisaurius Breck decreed that a great seaport would be built on this location. Over the next few decades, the newly christened **Fallsea** would grow quickly as many of the guilds formerly based in Lakeshield and Breckeep would relocate. The new city would swiftly become a trading and industrial hub for the rest of the Age of Empires.

The first emperor of the Breckish Empire, Baulisaurius Breck, founded a naval academy in the city in 9092 AR. Since that time, the leadership and general staff of the Breckish navy were headquartered in **Fallsea**.

### During the Breckish Civil War

Correctly identified as one of the most important cities of the newly formed Breckish League, the forces of the Sylvan Queendom were quick to blockade **Fallsea**'s harbor for most of the war. This had the effect of both starving the League of important trade goods and materiel but also helped to foster a culture of smuggling and blockade-running that would persist long after the Treaty of Ease.

### Recent events

In 9782 AR, the Breckish Colonial Company was founded in the city, under a charter issued by the Breckish League. By 9874 AR, that company had founded a colony on the western coast of Yulia they dubbed First Landing. **Fallsea** served as the primary point of resupply for the colony and would regularly send shipments of both food and prospective colonists.

The harbor district of **Fallsea** was destroyed in late 9879 AR in an apparent explosion. While it would later be determined that the cause was a magically enhanced bomb, both the rulers of the city and the Breckish League believed it may have been planted by the Sisters in retaliation for their colonial enterprises. The perpetrators would later be discovered to be agents of a rogue cleric of Cyric known as Osa. Even so, this event inspired the major powers of Tretch and the Sisters to hold a series of talks, coalescing into the Summit for the Wide Ocean.

## Geography

**Fallsea** was built atop three rocky peninsulas that together created three interconnected sheltered natural harbors. The heart of the city was built atop a large, partially collapsed crag overlooking those peninsulas. The name "Fallsea" was derived from the appearance of that rock formation as the first inhabitants believed it looked like the rocks were falling into the sea.

## Government

Since the founding of the Breckish League, most cities of the nation were ruled by magistrates appointed by the League's merchant council and/or the First Craftsman. As such, **Fallsea** was ruled by a High Magistrate who was chosen by the central authority in Breckeep. In practice, the High Magistrate would often defer the day-to-day governance of the city to a guild council made up of representatives of **Fallsea**'s most powerful mercantile interests as well as a representative from the Breckish Colonial Company.

## Organizations

**Fallsea** was home to many organizations both official and unofficial, some of which are listed below.

* **Blackguard**
* **Breckish Colonial Company**
* **Breckish Navy**
* **The Family**
* **The Goodbrothers**
* **Haberman's Continental Consortium**
* **The Looking Glass**