Titanis

Titanis was the great, sky-borne empire of the Titans, consisting of nine sky cities, vast complexes of interlocking cloud palaces held up by ancient and incomprehensible sorceries. The centre of the city was the core, surrounded by a number of hub districts, each one the anchor and gateway to a number of sprawl districts.
Each of the cities had its own internal government, and representatives of the nine cities, as well as the leaders of various powerful organisations, met in a ruling council called the Ayet. Initially, the Ayet met in a different city each time it gathered, but as the larger cities gained prominence, the largest of all, Titania, became the permanent home of the council.
In the time since the Titans fell in the Colossus War, the cities have been held by the Giants. The Orden survived The Cataclysm of Ladon more or less intact, but in decline. The Titans had never imparted the deep secrets of their science to the giants, and the only ones who might have helped them to maintain the cities were the Eladrin, who did not survive the Cataclysm. The centuries have thus worn down much of Titanis' glory.
The cities of Titanis were:

• Titania - Largest and most powerful of the cities, Titania was the effective capital of the empire and home of the Ayet. Titania remained aloft and mostly whole until about a century ago, acting as the seat of power for the Storm Giants and capital of the Orden, when first outlying manors and then the remaining city as a whole came to earth in the far north of Yethera.
• Eurosia - Second city of the empire and home to the bulk of the Titanisan air fleet, Eurosia weathered terrible assaults during the Colossus War. It remained afloat for millennia, but with much of its infrastructure crippled its population degenerated into a brutal pirate state, before time finally brought the city down in the Sea of Fate. Its populace still hunger for conquest, but also for a more reliable home than the brink of the Cataract.
• Astraea – The academic jewel of the empire was home to many great sages and libraries, but was destroyed during the Colossus War.
• Caldaea - Noted for its healers, Caldea survived the Colossus War, but broke up a few centuries later. Some of its mansions fell to earth, while others remain aloft.
• Thosis - One of the few sky cities which remains largely intact, Thosis was the great necropolis of Titanis, where the mortal titans came to be buried. It was often attacked during the war, and almost its entire population were slain, but remain as deathless defenders of the mausolea.
• Aenion – Known as the City of Steel, Aenion was home to the greatest artisans and forges of the empire. It produced many of the most terrible weapons used by the titans during the war, which was probably why it was targetted and destroyed by a vast flotilla of Outerfolk warships.
• Xandias - The City of Domes was the home to Titanis' greatest astronomers, who studied and catalogued the stars set in the heavens by the Old Gods. They were the first to observe the approach of the Colossi, but went mad with the sight of them. Most of the population killed each other. The city remains aloft, but its streets are empty and haunted.
• Atrea - The bread basket of Titanis, great farm platforms hung below Atrea's floating manors. These were ravaged by Outerfolk raids during the war, leaving the city underpopulated and destitute, its surviving population preying on the surface for food.
• Mecheri - City of Hammers, Mecheri was an ordered and efficient society, focused on the creation of mechanisms and automata, including the Forgeborn with which the titans sought to bolster their numbers. It remains aloft to this day.

Type

Geopolitical, Empire