The Province of Augustine
“It’s a land of masters. They made this armor. Without Augustine, there is no Somberguard.”
A smaller Angelan province, Augustine lies below affluent Messaline, the two maintaining lucrative trade. It is known for its highly skilled craftsmen and blacksmiths, responsible for the Somberguard’s armor, the Colossus of Talos, and a majority of the weapons used by the Blightlords.
It is the seat of power of House Temperantia, vassal of the Imperial House Angelos.
Walking their trade routes, it is possible to see their golem cities moving alongside you. Almost entirely self-sufficient, it is entirely possibly for cities to disappear for months on end, only to reappear at a moment’s notice. They are piloted by a team of navigators by night. While they serve no greater purpose, Angelans see them as innovation being sidestepped for creativity.
Angelos had previously attempted to employ the use of golems in warfare, however this proved to be expensive and ineffective. Talos is the most combat effective, as an automaton, but he defends only Evangelos and the methods used in his construction have since been lost.
An infamous golem city stained in tragedy. Ravaged in the wake of the Flavian plague, the city’s resources soon ran dry with no respite in sight. It started with the livestock, then strays, then pets disappearing. Eventually, children began vanishing in the cobbled streets.
The people of Hemagogue soon learned that the city guard had been luring children and cannibalizing them out of desperation. The men responsible were hanged and the guard was disbanded, but the city was left in an even more vulnerable situation.
Hemagogue fell into decline and was last spotted over a century ago, but has yet to resurface.