Castle Pithica

The military seat of the Unseelies, Castle Pithica stands on an enormous cliff, making it perhaps the most difficult region in the Feywilds to lay siege to. The titular Castle itself is on the highest part of the cliff, with a large thousand-stepped staircase leading up to it. Smaller castles are sprinkled all around the cliff, with villages and towns encircling them. The Unseelies, militarized as they are, are ruled over by a warrior-king they refer to as the Supreme Commander. Claudio Castrus, a rather imposing seven-foot tall Bugbear, currently holds this title. Pithica is, in a phrase, a police state, with over half the population serving in the army on a rotational basis. In fact, in times of emergency, the entire population may be required to mobilize, with no exceptions. Guards thus cover each and every inch of the region, with an extensive network of informants and spies keeping a close eye on newcomers.

Anything or anyone deemed to be a threat is swiftly dealt with, by the city guard, or often by Claudio himself, who delights in such endeavors. Given its overbearing military might, Pithica is constantly pushing for new ways they might sabotage the Seelies or the Mulan, often resorting to fairly repulsive tactics. Of late, they have inched increasingly closer to winning the war, owing to their extensive experimentation. Selewyn, the head of the Laboratory in Pithica, successfully created a small army of obedient, powerful constructs. These constructs now roam the streets alongside the regular guard, but answer directly to Selewyn and Claudio.

Recently, things have gotten increasingly tense within the city. Belthor, the head of the city guard, is concerned about the frequent breakouts of some kind of magical plague, unsure who or what is causing it. With the recent reveal from a traveler, Methis, Claudio is after the three children of Oberon (Lethus, Zanivus, and Wendy), seeking to kill one of them and capture the other. To add to all this, as revealed by Cacophony, a Mulan spy posing as an Unseelie soldier, Pithica is to be attacked in two days by the Mulan. What will happen remains to be seen - whether Pithica, in all it's advanced military might, will be razed or emerge victorious.