Asarius

Asarius, also known as the City of Beasts, is a mid-sized city near the western border of Xhorhas. The city is a part of the domains of affiliated with the Kryn Dynasty.

Description
Asarius is surrounded by a ten feet stockade wall of sharpened purple vermaloc planks with watchtowers towering along the outskirts. The southeast gates are each about ten feet wide and fifteen feet tall, higher than the surrounding wall and with a slight arch. Outside the walls, there are fields that surround the eastern end, growing "roots, tubes, and other strange and hardy produce" in the the unexpectedly cultivable land among Xhorhasian wastelands.

Asarius building has an even, grounded spread of heights, "whether it be from limitations on the people who constructed it or a cultural indifference to trying to make things with multiple floors". Roughly in the center of the city, they surround the Aurora Hold, a single three-story, cathedral-like spire made of gray stone and dark glass, drawing inspiration from elven archetecture.

In 836 PD, Asarius had a heavy millitary presence of armored and armed soldiers in a state of preaparation for a conflict and protection of their city. In the same year, it filled with smells of "animal hair, wet earth, and dung" and was a parking place for horizonback tortoises carrying settlements on their backs.

Points of interest

 * The Four Corners Tavern
 * The Aurora Hold
 * Scowl Square

Demographics
In 835 PD and 836 PD, Asarius was very diverse with populations of bugbears, kobolds, gnolls, goblins, ogres, orcs, minotaurs, drows, and few humans. 41% of the population were goblinoids, 32% were gnolls, 10% were dark elves, and 17% were other races with the total of 48,025 individuals.

Religion
Kryn Dynasty soldiers and den members, as well as some inhabitants of Asarius, worship the Luxon.

Background
Asarius is a cultural and military hub established by the Kryn Dynasty as a home for the waste folk of northern Xhorhasian. Prior to the founding of the city, the land was fought over by various factions of waste folk. The Kryn persuaded these folk to join their civilization by promising protection, resources, and religious enlightenment. While the establishment of Asarius was initially rocky, the city eventually became a symbol of unity and community for northern Xhorhasians.

War of Ash and Light
During the war, the Kryn Dynasty capitalized on Asarius' strategic location and turned the city into a major military hub. Many Asarians were enlisted into the Kryn army, and military tents littered the western outskirts of the city.

When the Mighty Nein stopped in Asarius, they discovered two abyssal rifts beneath the city. One rift was in an underground moorbounder breeding pit owned by a goblin named Zorth, and the other was in a cavern adjoining a well in the middle of the city. The source of these rifts was an Abyssal Anchor, which had been deliberately placed by agents of the Angel of Irons cult.

Trivia

 * Nott referred to Asarius as "Monster Land".
 * The city was misspelled "Assarius" in and.