Laeth

For the last seven centuries, **Laeth** has been the seat of the largest empire since the ancient Xelaran empire which fell over a millennium before Emporer Arryn I created The Empire of Lûeth. As the capital of Lûeth, Laeth has always been at odds with the Tyri people, the second in the empire in terms of strength.

Of late, the capital has come under a lot of fire due to the Second Imperial Civil War, in which Emperor Quanis Raam I, the first emperor without Arryn blood, was overthrown and replaced by Empress Eliana Arryn I, the first female to sit on the throne for five hundred years.

## Locations

### Imperial Palace

The Imperial Palace is home to many important people in the Empire, including the Empress herself and the Queen of Lûeth, Felicia Godwinson. Here, the Grand Inquisitor, Fenris Armando, also resides, always on-hand to the Empress in case she needs his advice. The Grandmaster of the Eight Colleges, Céannon Ashcrest, often frequents the Palace to check in with both the Empress and the Grand Inquisitor. The Palace itself is filled with meeting rooms and bedrooms for guests, but also several armouries and libraries, sporting its own garrison, which, while small, consists of some of the most elite soldiers and wizards that the Empire has produced, always ready to defend the palace's own walls if the need should arise.

### Assembly of Iron

The Assembly of Iron is where all business concerning trade occurs within the Empire. Important business meetings, deals with other nations, trade route disputes, it all happens in the Assembly of Iron, overseen by the High Merchant, Antonia Adelaide.

### Angelico Trading Company

The Angelico Trading Company is the High Merchant's personal business that was founded by her father when she was young, which she has now turned into a merchant empire that spans the Empire of Lûeth, mainly due to some lucky deals she made with some trade caravaners in Xelaphos in her youth. The company is highly successful and often takes smaller trading companies under its wing, though they refuse to deal with trading with other nations - their trade is strictly within the Empire.

### The Inquisition

The three orders of the Inquisition are housed in Laeth, each in a different area of the city, lead by the Grand Inquisitor in the Imperial Palace. The Inquisitors may have abodes outside of the order building, but a certain number are required to stay within the building in case of attack or the immediate need for inquisitors somewhere in the city.

### Eight Colleges

The Arcane Collegiate of Eight Academies, or the Eight Colleges, resides in the south-eastern part of the city, the walls surrounding it reinforced in case of catastrophe, hopefully offering the city around the schools some protection, though a stone wall will do little to stop a city-sized explosion or horde of demons. Here, the eight headmasters of the schools of magic live, as well as Grandmaster Céannon Ashcrest who oversees the teaching of magic here, in line with the Inquisition's guidance.

### School of Tactical Arts

The School of Tactical Arts tries its best to rival the standing of the Eight Colleges, though in reality it doesn't hold nearly as much respect as the arcane schools do. This school trains its students in the art of warfare, training the Empire's finest generals, admirals and specialised soldiers, including field commanders, spies and assassins.

### Laeth Hospital

The hospital of Laeth is a centre of revolutionary medical technology and research, though they are nowhere near as prestigious as the hospital of Port Wren, which is both bigger and offers its services for free, while the hospital of Laeth charges steep prices for its services, tending mainly to the wealth of Laeth.