Old Gask

This section of Gask includes the capital of Setteven and most of the northwestern corner of the region.

History
The region of Old Gask was first conquered by the Settives, a people from the western woodlands. They swept east, claiming everything between the western coastline and the Woduns, including Narashtovik. The Gaskan capital currently resides in Setteven, though it hasn't always. For some time the capital was Narashtovik, though due to frequent raids on the city the position was relocated to Setteven, significantly farther west and inland than Narashtovik. Gask is around 800 years old in its current form.

Before the Settives conquered most of what's now Gask, they had a law regarding the punishment of murderers. The murderer, along with his older brother (or younger, lacking an older, or his best friend, lacking any brothers), were made servants of the victim's family. It was the muderer's companions duty to punish the murderer as necessary, up to and including killing him if he eventually killed another member of his first victim's family. This story was relayed pointedly by Cassinder of Beckonridge in the early stages of the Chainbreakers' War.

Following the Chainbreakers' War, Gask was forced to give up its claims to Narashtovik and the Norren Territories, and soon after were forced to sell their claim to Gallador Rift following a series of bad investments by King Moddegan.

Culture
Gaskans as a people are notably pale-skinned, and much of their fashion includes practical long coats and fuzzy hats, similar to the styles in Narashtovik. There is an Old Gaskan tradition for receiving guests, where the guests are served tea by a prominent member of the household and each person's presence is acknowledged by the host, who makes eye contact with everyone. Gaskan buildings typically have pointed, snow-shedding roofs. Modern architecture is fond of sets of parallel lines while more classical architecture features more arches. Iron coins are often referred to as 'hammers'. Meetings between Gaskan sorcerers don't typically involve excessive hand waving or shaking, since that could quite easily be mistaken as an attack by another sorcerer. Instead, all hand and arm movements are kept visible and obvious, with the palms held together in front of the stomach. Most Gaskan sorcerers are trained at the Endless Pillars in Setteven, where they are kept largely isolated from the non-magical populace. The Gaskan nobility in recent years has developed an intense interest in norren art, following the end of the Chainbreakers' War and norren slavery, a fact that was leveraged to their economic detriment by "Lord Pendelles". The current fashion is to wear the hair long and wavy. The nobles often have wide, flat noses. About sixty years past, the besette (a rapier-like sword) was a popular weapon, particularly for duelists.