Filadeia
Overlooking the Corian Strait, Filadeia is one of the three Gate Cities of the Coriani Republic. Meant to prevent illegal trade into and out of the Republic, corruption has prevented this city from fulfilling its task.
History
The city of Filadeia in the Coriani Republic is named after Filadeia Remaki, a human woman who was born c. 140 BDC. She was well-known in the region at her time as a leader of the people and helped to establish the settlement near the cliffs then called Korofni. She and her partner Vaso, a fiendling, each rode a pegasus and helped to drive off calissae with spell and sword. With their help, Korofni began to see prosperity in an age of ruin. Filadeia and Vaso stayed steadfast and even had a son and daughter, twins, during their years there, which was rare for a couple like them.
When a flight of dragons laid claim to their cliffside home in 99 BDC and demanded fealty, Filadeia and Vaso would not give it. Instead they fought back with the people of Korofni at their side. The Battle of Korofni is one taught to every Coriani child, and well-known. Nearing the end of their strength, Filadeia took flight on her pegasus out over the cliffs, over the water, luring the ancient dragon that led them. She then cast a great spell that dealt a mortal wound to the dragon, who in his death throes grabbed Filadeia in his mouth and they plunged into the sea.
After her death, Vaso assumed responsibilty of the settlement and renamed it to Filadeia in her honour. He was a strong and just leader, and his children after him saw the end of the age of the callissae. Their story went down into legend, and after the Withering the cliffside near the city was carved into massive likenesses of Filadeia and Vaso, each on either side of the inlet facing each other. They are depicted riding their pegasi as if flying out of the stone out over the water, Filadeia with a staff extended, and Vaso with a glaive.
Valyn Tino's Day
Adamo Tino was an author and playwright living in Filadeia in the third century DC. Although he was never very successful during his lifetime, one of his plays is quite popular in modern Coriani and has even inspired a holiday. The play, originally titled Ten Days in Filadeia, is a love story retelling Adamo's own courtship of his husband Valyn, albeit exaggerated with some dramatic elements. Decades after both of their deaths, the play became popular in Coriani due it being a favourite of a powerful senator's wife. It started to become a common practice for paramours to shower the target of their desire with gifts on the day of the play's final act, Solgel 45th. Over time, the day started to be celebrated as Valyn's Day, sometimes using his full name, Valyn Tino's Day. It's a day celebrating love and intimacy, and typically involves gift giving or pronouncing your love and affection for someone publically. Flowers, jewellery, wine, or expensive food treats are common gifts due to them being involved in the play.
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