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== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
The city is beautiful, and literally shines by day. There are laws against littering and spitting | The city is beautiful, and literally shines by day. There are laws against littering and spitting to keep it as clean and resplendent. It hosts diplomats from all over the world, and is the most-visited city in southern [[Terandria]]. | ||
While it has plumbing and sewers, it is not to the extent of a Drake Walled City, where everyone could have a private toilet.<ref name=":0">[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/09/21/9-16-r/ Chapter 9.16 R]</ref> | While it has plumbing and sewers, it is not to the extent of a Drake Walled City, where everyone could have a private toilet.<ref name=":0">[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/09/21/9-16-r/ Chapter 9.16 R]</ref> | ||
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Streets and buildings do not break in the inner city and barely flex during earthquakes, thanks to the magical material they are founded on. Later additions are held to a similar standard. The streets are covered in smooth, flat tiles of semi-lustrous stone in various colors, and some citizens can tell on which street they're on just by looking. They are so fine that even the heaviest cart couldn't dent them, and are easy to clean.<ref name=":0" /> | Streets and buildings do not break in the inner city and barely flex during earthquakes, thanks to the magical material they are founded on. Later additions are held to a similar standard. The streets are covered in smooth, flat tiles of semi-lustrous stone in various colors, and some citizens can tell on which street they're on just by looking. They are so fine that even the heaviest cart couldn't dent them, and are easy to clean.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
Many spots of | Many spots of interect within the city have light-based names. Chelinese Tower is a building with a different restaurant in different styles on each floor. The Gardens of Twilight is a publicly-accessible garden with plants from many different biomes, selected for beauty. Other places include Sunbreak Bridge, the Midday Plaza and the Starlight Peak.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
The Skybridge is a bridge of crystal spanning the gulf of the lake that changes colors depending on the light of day and night, making it look like one is standing on pure light. It is forbidden to sail under it.<ref name=":0" /> | The Skybridge is a bridge of crystal spanning the gulf of the lake that changes colors depending on the light of day and night, making it look like one is standing on pure light. It is forbidden to sail under it.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
=== Palace === | === Palace === | ||
Instead of walls and floors, the throne room is surrounded by starry space with stellar objects passing | Instead of walls and floors, the throne room is surrounded by starry space with stellar objects passing thourgh, and gravity is weaker within. It is filled with floating daises of crystal and light, connected by stairs of light. The royal dais burns like the sun, and was once the throne used by [[Dragons]]. It has a crystalline pair of high-backed thrones for the current human monarchs, which glow with the strongest light in the room.<ref name=":1">[https://wanderinginn.com/2022/09/25/9-17-r/ Chapter 9.17 R]</ref> | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
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== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
== References == | == References == | ||