Auguste

**Auguste** is the capital city of the Auguste Empire.

## Description

Auguste is a major city whose population mostly consists of humans, with some elves, dwarves, tortles, and the occasional gnome. The city has three tiers, which can be traversed via waterways. Tier 3, the lowest, contains the bulk of the city. Tier 2 is reserved for upper-middle and upper class citizens. Tier 1 houses the royal castle, warehousing, and castle grounds.

The eastern side of the city is walled off, and all that can be seen beyond the wall is an eerie green light and a dark cloud. This is the Blight Ward.

Auguste champions the Community Outreach Program, which is meant to enrich the lives of those outside the capital within the Auguste Empire. The castle collects supplies, mainly books and medicine, and distributes them to small communities that have strained relationships with the capital, that are difficult to govern properly. Some among Auguste nobility are not fond of this program.

## Campaign One

The party came, they went to a party at the castle. They saved the Royal Children. They discovered one of the Royal Children was evil and trying to kill some other Royal Children. The party rescued the Royal Children from the Evil Royal Child. The Evil Royal Child teamed up with a vampire. The party killed the evil vampire and made the Emperor stop being in a coma. The Emperor killed the Evil Royal Child and all ended well.

## Campaign Two

Renilla Auguste has become the empresses, her uncle Ghislain acting as her advisor. The party has visited a couple of times, delivering a letter to Empress Renilla, to deliver a message to one of Renn's mother's contacts, and later to find the kidnapped Julia. Beneath the Blight Ward is a structure built by a trio of celestials to protect one of the obelisks locking away Vecna. After the departure of the gods, the barrier keeping the zombies within the Blight Ward dissipated, releasing the zombies upon the city.

## Notable Locations

* The Agast Ghast (bar)
* Broken Mast (inn near the docks where Gibley was rescued)
* The Discreet Whisper (dive bar in Tier 3)
* The Jealous Pigeon (bar)
* Mandrake's Root (apothecary)
* Murky Buffalo (motel)
* The Naughty Princess (bar)
* The Teeny Tortoise (bar)

## Notable NPCs

### Elise Auguste

Temporarily the empress of Auguste during 893 A.C. She took the crown after she poisoned her father, the then-current emperor Auguste. She had initially tasked the party with securing several powerful magical items for her, but when her villainy was discovered, they took steps to take her down. She and her ally Renard Blackwood were defeated, and Auguste, healed, killed her in punishment for her actions.

### Ghislain Auguste

Ghislain is the son of the previous emperor Lambert Auguste. A recluse, he was very interested in the pursuit of necromancy magic. He provided the party a safe haven during the infiltration of the castle against his sister Elise, recovering as best he could the ashes of the destroyed Renard Blackwood after their defeat. When his niece Renilla took the throne, he supported her as an advisor and support. In an attempt to create a protective force for the city, he created an undead creature in the sewers below the city, which was destroyed by the party during campaign two. He has gone missing since the beginning of the war between Auguste and Oceanside.

### Renilla Auguste

The daughter of the Severene, Renilla is the current empress of Auguste. She is a kind soul, but young and in need of guidance, which her uncle Ghislain generally provides. She aided the party with several tasks during 923 A.C., including granting them access to a secret portion of the city in pursuit of Elizrae. It is implied that she is in a relationship with Justinian Guwain.

### Other Notable NPCs

* Alban Kellet (captain of the guard)
* Gibley
* Gildebrond (dockmaster)
* Guillame Auguste (prince)
* Justinian Guwain (lord)
* Korvis (tabaxi working with Maitho)
* Kurzin (doctor in Tier 3)
* Maithos Kabiru (local broker)
* Parner
* Stanislas (former emperor)
* Tulio
* Vysora (former empress)
* Elliard Methuss