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Nova Cathagi is the capital city of Cathagi, the seat of power in that greying empire of glorious antiquity. Nestled in the fertile banks of the great river delta streaming through the continent, There is no record of the city before the apotheosis of the Dragon’s coming, the city is as old as the Dragon and the Dragon is as old as the city. How old that is not covered in the briefing, but you went paid enough attention in Sandag Mass to know that the city was old when Adam and Cain were young. Ancient and imperial, when the land that would be become the mighty nation of Man called Cantôn was still a cold, untamed northern realm of beasts and barbarians shrouded in mist and sorcery. It remains unclear whether the great Beast is a rare species, the last of its kind, or perhaps the only one of its kind. Sir de Ferros comments, somewhat unhelpfully, that the Ordo Reginate is more concerned with current affairs than history lessons. But he does suggest the Aethenuem Caste would be the ones who might know more outside of the secretive Medusae.
To your surprise the Reginate expresses little interest in garnering intel about the Dragon himself or his dealings. The Dragon has not left the borders of the Cathagi Empire since the youthful years of the Brothers Adam and Cain well over eight-hundred years ago. Admittedly the borders of the Empire today are a fraction of what they were at its height all those years ago. In fact, he has not ventured from the city of Nova Cathagi itself in centuries and remains reclusive in his gigantic palace. The last ex-member of the Guard even alluded to the Dragon perhaps being incapable of flight, apparently due to a mighty crippled wing. Your only instruction regarding the is to confirm this firsthand <span class="mu-s">if</span> naturally presented the opportunity through casual observation.
The briefing makes it perfectly clear that the Ordo Reginate is particularly interested in the apparent divide between the Medusae and Merchanta castes, and who precisely speaks for each of this major political parties within the Cathagi Empire.
The Medusae Sect is officially the ruling party of the Empire. They are the personal handmaidens of the Dragon, and it is they alone who speak for him and enlighten the populace as to his decrees. They do so from the Crescent Palace, a mighty citadel purpose-built so that the mighty Beast can wander its towering halls at ease. The Palace alone is larger than the entirety of Cantôn’s capital city Aubrey, dwarfing any other man-made construction in the known world. Almighty knows how many poor slaves perished in the construction of that monolith…
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