Jacinto (City)

Jacinto is the largest city and de facto capital of the free cities of Vespia. Built on the Elamdinn-side mouth of the Rigel Strait, Jacinto was the first city founded on the then unexplored Vespian region. Jacinto is home to the Adventurer's Guild, the most prominent organization of adventurers and dungeoneers in all of Eingrad, which was formed at roughly the same time as the city's founding. Exceedingly diverse and modern, Jacinto is a hub for both guild activity and trade; it is indisputably one of the most economically and culturally important city in Eingrad.

History
Until about 100 years ago, the lands west of the Eagle Pass River and northwest of the River Algol, known as the Vespian region, were previously unexplored due to its formidable terrain and sweltering inner climate. At this time, however, Aldurian adventurer Faustine Zavala was sponsored by King Ingobert IV to gather a group of explorers for the first formal expedition into the unknown Vespian frontier. After crossing the Rigel Strait, their first encampment would become the foundation of the city. Zavala eventually named their now flourishing base of operations "Jacinto," the Aldurian word for hyacinths, which grew prevalent in the area. Aldurian support eventually ceased after Ingrobert I's passing, as his successor King Jeremetrius I would institute a new period of fiscal conservatism for the country. In the absence of Aldurian support, the colonization effort of Vespia was instead sustained heavily by new interest from Avalonian farmers escaping famine. Zavala was chosen as Jacinto's first governor, and under her leadership Jacinto became the autonomous city it is today.

As explorers from all nations came to Vespia on the promise of adventure, fertile lands, and a new life, they would primarily pass through Jacinto to explore further east. Jacinto's position at the head of the Aldebaran Gulf gives almost every seafaring nation in Eingrad easy access to its ports. In almost every respect, it is the gateway to the Vespian region as a whole. The eventual need to organize the efforts of frontiersmen and explorers paved the way for the founding of the Adventurer's Guild by the legendary adventurer Tex Wyldwood. Within Jacinto, the first Adventurer's Guild hall was established, organizing adventurers by liaising them with clients and preparing them for their missions. It is worth noting, however, that while the Guild is an integral part of Jacinto, it is an entirely separate entity from the city-state's government.

Currently, Jacinto's governor is Robert Lee, an Adventurer's Guild member-turned-businessman. He works together (albeit reluctantly) with the Guild's current president, Cornelia Bastrop, in managing the city and its relationship with the Guild.