High Cromlech
High Cromlech is a large city-state located on the northwest of Rohagi, around the Shatterjack Mountains.
High Cromlech is known for its perpetual scent of flint dust, rot, ozone, myrrh, and embalming spices, as well as its singular architecture. One of the city's major roads is the Bonestrasse, which seems to be where the thanati nobility live. The great houses that line the side of the Bonestrasse rest on ornate catafalque, and at the end of the thoroughfare is a majestic view of the Shatterjack mountains. Leaving, and presumably entering, the city requires taking the funicular railway. Castes
Thanati
High Cromlech is a strict, caste-based nation ruled by undead nobility, called "thanati." Thanati are addressed with the title of "Deadman" or "Deadwife". The Quick
The living (called "the quick") are a minority in High Cromlech. Most of the living are bred and raised on "farms", and are eventually "snuffed and recast as zombies." Some living are reared by the thanati, to be "slain and welcomed to dead society" once they come of age, but this is rare. A small fraction of the living are born free. The freeborn living life in Liveside, a ghetto. The freeborn living survive by doing work that is too skilled (or too dangerous) for semi-sentient, and expensive, zombies. Well-to-do living are addressed with the title of "Liveman" or "Livewife". Ab-dead
At the bottom of High Cromlech's social ladder are the "vampir", which are referred to as "ab-dead" to distinguish them from the thanati. The vampir are considered little more than vagrants and addicts, living in shanty towns and coming out at night to beg the living for blood. Duels
Duels between thanati nobility are not uncommon, and occur with some regularity in the city.
Overview
Populated by various types of un-dead and ab-dead, as well as living humans, High Cromlech has been described as incredibly quiet. High Cromlech is known for trading labor and spices in return for artworks and secrets. High Cromlech's primary workforce is composed of expensive zombies, although the living supplement the zombies by doing work that is too delicate or too risky.Culture and Politics
ArchitectureHigh Cromlech is known for its perpetual scent of flint dust, rot, ozone, myrrh, and embalming spices, as well as its singular architecture. One of the city's major roads is the Bonestrasse, which seems to be where the thanati nobility live. The great houses that line the side of the Bonestrasse rest on ornate catafalque, and at the end of the thoroughfare is a majestic view of the Shatterjack mountains. Leaving, and presumably entering, the city requires taking the funicular railway. Castes
Thanati
High Cromlech is a strict, caste-based nation ruled by undead nobility, called "thanati." Thanati are addressed with the title of "Deadman" or "Deadwife". The Quick
The living (called "the quick") are a minority in High Cromlech. Most of the living are bred and raised on "farms", and are eventually "snuffed and recast as zombies." Some living are reared by the thanati, to be "slain and welcomed to dead society" once they come of age, but this is rare. A small fraction of the living are born free. The freeborn living life in Liveside, a ghetto. The freeborn living survive by doing work that is too skilled (or too dangerous) for semi-sentient, and expensive, zombies. Well-to-do living are addressed with the title of "Liveman" or "Livewife". Ab-dead
At the bottom of High Cromlech's social ladder are the "vampir", which are referred to as "ab-dead" to distinguish them from the thanati. The vampir are considered little more than vagrants and addicts, living in shanty towns and coming out at night to beg the living for blood. Duels
Duels between thanati nobility are not uncommon, and occur with some regularity in the city.
Language
See: Quiesy
Type
Geopolitical, City-state
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