Altandon¶
Altandon is the capital of Brusau and, in the Sancturi campaign's last season, a city under Sancturi control: "General Yutoshi of the III Nightshade Legion is in control of the city, reporting to Warlord Diasamu" (S189). It is a harbour city of old Aquitanian temples, a royal palace and keep, a Rakkari temple with its Vigil, and the Great Library, "the largest of its kind among the Riven Kingdoms" (S190). Also called Altendon and Altenden in the same month's notes; the gazetteer spelling is used here.
The city¶
The session gazetteer (S189) lists the city by ward:
| Place | Note |
|---|---|
| Farmers Market | Held in ancient Aquitanian temples, produce and meat kept separate. |
| Shrine of Tyche | |
| Altandon Keep | Also the Tennerua Stronghold; the Merchant Ward lies north-east of it. |
| Highborn Estates | |
| Royal Palace | |
| Temple of Uaros | Uaros, god of the sea and tempests. |
| Dockside | Warehouses. |
| Observatory of Arcantus | A house of the god Arcantus, whose worshippers the occupiers hunt. |
| Public Harbour, Harbour Tower | |
| Bluebridge | Royal Navy headquarters. |
| Fisher's Town | "now city of the (un)dead". |
| Grand Market | |
| Navy Ward, Marine Training Grounds | |
| Temple of Rakkar | With a Vigil and monks; Rakkar is Brusau's patron. |
| The Great Library of Altandon | Below. |
| Blackpoint Manor | Home of Edrix the Black. |
The Worthless Horse Inn has a window on the main street (S189). The III Nightshade Legion's headquarters stand just outside the city (S190).
The Great Library¶
"The largest of its kind among the Riven Kingdoms. Holds many tomes on various subjects" (S190), in five sections: Mystical and Extraplanar (small), Divine and Philosophy (medium), Science and Industry (second largest), Arts and Literature (largest), and Biology and Organics (small). An Eldritch book from its "Ancient writing section" turned up in Miralt (S170), and a hidden sect of Arcantus in Brusau looked to it (S186).
Under the occupation "the Sancturi have begun purging the library and a dozen Sancturi Sages led by Temple Master Harukata have seized control of the library. Many of the old monks have been killed (their bodies are still in the library). Others are currently being tortured for information" (S190). "The mystical section has been entirely torched (in in ruins) after a few Namakan Rune Tomes were removed. The divine section is currently being aggressively sorted (destroyed)." Some monks escaped through a portal hidden in the mystical section, now closed, which two Penitus monks were investigating (S190). The party emptied the library into their sanctuary and recovered the books that went south, among them a History of Holy Sites of Arcantus and the journal of Khadri, the Lightstone Ascendant (S189, S190).
The occupation¶
Beside General Yutoshi, "Principate Sadau of the Onyx Order (Arbitori Bannerguard) is overseeing the assimilation of the natives along with Arbiter Raiden of the Magisters of Tennerua" and "Abbot Fugoro of the Penitus at Tennerau Abbey"; "High Consallon Toshidae of the Onyx Order ... is charged with responsibility to recover the Eye" (S189). The Arbitori Bannerguard and the Sancturi Military are Factions pages. The same notes record the "Great Burning of Altandon. 2,000 civs dead" (S189); see Sancturi Campaigns.
In Play¶
The Sancturi Campaign came to Altandon hunting the Eye's pursuers and to rescue the Owl, "imprisoned at the center of the III Nightshade Legion's Headquarters" (S190, S191). A Sancturi ranger of the party, Iris Yuloka, bought a large house in the Merchant Ward with six slaves, two of them an Arcantus initiate and an old Arcantus priest (S189).
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No source gives Altandon's population, its founding, or the look of its walls and streets beyond the ward list; nor what became of the Royal Navy at Bluebridge after the treaty.