Skaenic

Skaenic is a fictional city-state commonly used in speculative fiction and tabletop role-playing campaigns. It is typically presented as a coastal polity that blends maritime trade with urban complexity.

Located along the Skaen Strait, the core urban center sits on a main island with surrounding islets linked by a network of bridges and ferries. The terrain features quays, warehouses, hillside neighborhoods, and a temperate, windy climate.

Skaenic is depicted as a constitutional framework with an elected council and a chief magistrate or mayor, along with a rotating executive committee responsible for defense and diplomacy. Civic life centers on markets, guilds, and public squares.

The economy emphasizes shipping, fisheries, crafts, and small-scale industry; the harbor serves as a hub for merchants from nearby shores. Culturally, Skaenic stories stress resilience, urban folklore, and lantern-lit gatherings; music features wind instruments and percussive rhythms.

Skaenic appears across novels, role-playing sourcebooks, and comics, with lore that varies by author. The name is generally treated as a fictional setting rather than a real place.