Curasenna

Curasenna is a city in Upper Artan sitting on the eastern flanks of Rasenna's Backbone, from where it once dominated the region. With the Sultanate's dissolution, Curasenna's cabal is cautiously seeking to restore its hegemony over Upper Artan.

History
In the time before the Othalian Sultans, Curasenna claimed the divine favor of Rasenna, the Ascendant Serpent Queen. Possessing a walled city on a hill long before other settlements even grew to over a thousand people, Curasenna claimed preeminence in the region for a century before Caladan Othalian's arrival from the south.

Culture
Curasenna, before the conquest of Caladan Othalian, was ruled by a cabal of Rasennan priests. Three temples to her adorned the city, now repurposed to the twelve deities of the Sultanate. Despite this, many of the quirks of Rasennan worship remain, such as the vast pythons that grow fat in the temples.

As a part of the new year ritual, Curasennan citizens discard an article of clothing and don one that has not been worn before, perhaps in symbolism of a snake shedding its skin. This tends to be a good time for beggars to gain new blankets.