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Tol' Mireen

What does Tol' Mireen mean?
The word is a contraction in the local Genasi dialect.
"Tol" stemming from Tolnathor, a word in Primordial meaning "Unfortunate/Unintended" and "Mire' Ene" meaning "Home".

Demographics

Greater Races of Tol'Mireen
Genasi
Merfolk
Siren
Merrow
Most of the common Tol'Mireese are of some sort of half-breed Genasi hybrid. The main larger families are strictly purebloods and this is maintained even in Siren and Merfolk communities.
Lesser Races of Tol'Mireen
Sahuaghin
Grindylow
Aquatic Kobolds
Aquatic Goblins

Government

Guilds/Centers of Power
Civic/Law -- Construction, City Watch
Culture -- Diplomacy, Siren Choirs
Military -- Priesthood, Storm Guard
Religious -- Storm Guard, Storm Heralds
Trade/Commerce -- Merrow Merchants, Armor-smiths, Weapon-smiths
Exploration -- Merfolk Explorers, Rift Divers
Extraplanar Affairs -- Governorship, House Committee
Manufactory -- Coral Shapers
Arcane -- Water Shaper Guild, Elementalists

Defences

Children who show talent in shaping water and bending arcane power are brought to the Stormlord's Sanctum to begin their training to be Stormguard. When the children become of age they are given the choice to stay and protect the rift or go back and serve their people. The ratio is about 2/3 stay to leave.   Those who stay form a tight comradery and are a force known to few but feared by all those who do. These elite Genasi & Siren mages are rarely called from their charge and fight. When they do, the combined force of the sea and sky are brought down upon their foe.

Architecture


1st Spire: Artisans Column
The cultural HUB of the city. The Genasi regard themselves highly, so they admire their own history with a certain reverence. The Siren will also participate by orchestrating beautiful music, reciting the history of the founding families. They are Snobs. All of them.

Lead Families:
-- Riftbinder Family
-- Shearwater Family
V.I.P:
  • Veera Riftbinder
  • Laguna Riftbinder
  • Segeryan Shearwater
  • Sprinkle Clearwater


  •   2nd Spire: Governmental Column
    Most of the governing in regards to the rift itself is taken care of here
    Very much like a roman republic where the families decide at the behest of those they are charged to represent
    The law is strictly enforced due to the nature of some of the citizens

    Leading Families:
  • Greywater Family
  • Reefbreaker Family
  • V.I.P's:
  • Lakelet Greywater
  • Siltus Reefbreaker
  • Coralius Reefbreaker

  •   3rd Spire: Military Entrenchment
    Garrison for the protection of the rift and the families of the city. Martial Law is key and it is taken with the utmost concern. Aberrations and otherworldly creatures inhabit the lower levels of the city, the portions closer to the less policed areas of the rift.

    Lead Families:
  • RipTide Family
  • TideCrasher Family
  • V.I.P's:
  • Crucius Tidecrasher
  • Lady Sahuura RipTide


  • 4th Spire: Stormlords' Sanctum
    Home of the Preists and Priestesses of the Storm
    A Holy Sanctum to the under-sea folk and is revered highly.
    Statues and busts are carved into the spire itself.
    Leading Families:
    -- Mystwave Family
    -- Stormender Family
    V.I.P's:
  • Empyrean Stormender
  • Tidus Mystwave
  • Pondorius Sirensbane
  • Geography

    The base of the city itself sits in the very center of four pillars that stem from the ground and create a four-point cage around the Tolnathor Rift. The rift itself looks like a foaming inverting wave that constantly pulses and churns. The Stormguard is charged with maintaining the strong currents that pull into the tear and are capable of shaping the rift itself into small openings to allow travel to and from the Plane of Water.

    Each pillar represents each of the ruling families and their responsibilities.

    Coral reefs, thermal vents, and phosphorescent plant life stretch out from the base of the rift extending out for miles. The Merrow and Sahuaghin live in this area and are paid by the other greater species to navigate the sea floors and keep them clean of aberrations that are unwelcome. This area is referred to as the "Merrow Reefs". The spectacle is a wonder both day and night, for the glow from beneath the rocks creates a sort of underwater aurora that lights the city.

    Light doesn't normally make it so far down into the trenches of the seas so capturing small glowing fish and crustaceans is a full-time gig for the Goblinoid and Aquatic Kobold bottom dwellers. They sell them as sources of mobile light to the greater races like lamps.
    Type
    Large city
    Population
    1,678
    Inhabitant Demonym
    Mireneese
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