Magnapolis

Flag: a purple field with white columns on both ends, a yellow sun in the middle with a gold eight-pointed star in the center

Current Metropolite: Louveria Heartcourt

Military: 7th Air Brigade, "The Dragonflies"

Magnapolis is both the name of one of the Eight States of Chronan and its capital city. It lies on the eastern peninsula of the continent, next to the woodland realm of Reignstone and on the other side of the Gulf of Mirages from Gardenoor. It is the smallest of the Eight States when it comes to surface area.

The capital of the state is located in a grassland peninsula known as the Mellow Pastures, at the site of the ancient gnome kingdom of Maeg Nach. The city is known for its many acclaimed academies, including the Marvellan Academy of Artificers and the Kelvin Academy of Historical Research. In fact, the whole city has become known as "the Grand Academy". The citizens consider themselves highly educated and possess a complex set of social norms and customs. In the city there is a large population of gnomes and their construct companions, Autognomes.

Gnomes and other small species also populate the towns of Tippertop and Ventwharf. The Magnapolis military and the air brigade hold a fort at the coastal town of Leveridge. The village of Heartcourt near the capital is known as a seaside retreat for the rich and famous. In the middle of the Mellow Pastures, Millstone Village houses a famous inn and restaurant.
Hobgoblins and their goblin minions have formed the settlement of Gizmabob on Gizmo Island off the coast. They have mostly been left to their own devices, although some times loud noises emanating from the island have caused concern.

In a valley between the windswept Blustering Bluffs and the looming Grandwood lies the secluded village of Wickerwork Downs, whose inhabitants are rumored to still cling to old traditions.

To the north in the Wycliffe Point region is a large factory complex known as the Gadgetory, owned by two renown gnome families, the Loosescrews and the Whirlycogs. The main product of the Gadgetory are Autognomes, although they also manufacture steam vehicles. Many of its workers come from the nearby village of Gearwich, which suffers from the environmental damage done by the factories.
At the southern point of the state rises the Clockwork Tower , the abode of a recluse master artificer. He has installed power cords running along the ground into a series of mills along the Grinding River and the Blustering Bluffs to feed energy to the tower. Lately, strange larvae have begun to gnaw on the cords, causing power shortages all over the state. The source of these creatures have been traced to the Obnoxian Swamp.

History

The peninsula is an ancestral home of the gnomes, and a trio of gnomish gods have been worshipped there since the Gilded Age: Kreusstross of the rock gnomes, Baeragam of the forest gnomes and Gogoljan of the deep gnomes. Only the first was inducted into the pantheon of the Gods of Time and Order, while the other two were mostly forgotten.
During the Ashen Age, a powerful forest gnome wizard Maeghaldyn Nach founded a prosperous magocracy she named after herself as Maeg Nach on the peninsula. When the Founder Queen finally died, her greatgrandson Yooru ascended the throne at the age of 13, but after just a year of reigning, the Child King was assassinated by his jealous uncle Hohoru. The Usurper King's granddaughter Siovan followed him to the throne, and became much beloved by the people of the kingdom due to her philantropy. Siovan's son Curu founded a bardic college that still exists in the City of Magnapolis today. He recorded his voice into the legendary singing sword Taliesin, which was buried with him.
Curu's successor and oldest daughter Mirvan became interested in the lands beyond the peninsula, and while she was away on her expeditions, her younger brother Lorridan ruled in her stead. Mirvan never returned from her final journey, and after Lorridan's death, her granddaughter Morrighan took the throne. A horrible pestilence struck the land during her reign, killing more than half of the population and earning her the title of the Plague Queen.
Morrighan's son Trustan survived the plague but was left physically ravaged by it. The Weak King could not maintain his rule when his daughter, Princess Trussalotte claimed herself a chosen of the god Kreusstross, and together with the other seven Prophets established the faith of the Gods of Time and Order, and annexed the old magocracy into the state of Magnapolis.
Despite the mages losing power over the lands, the work research they had done for it remained in the myriad academies in the state, and many famous artificers and scholars rose to fame from Magnapolis. The most notable of them was the deep gnome Bombasticus Marvellan, who founded the Marvellan Academy of Artificers and created the first autognomes. His daughter Hibiscus continues his work as the headmistress of the academy, while his more recluse son Gnosticus built the monumental Clockwork Tower and invented the use of wind power to provide cleaner energy than by using coal. The founders of the Gadgetory also studied under Bombasticus.

Maps

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  Magnapolis

  Map of the state of Magnapolis.

Type

State

Related Ethnicities

• Autognomes

Inhabitant Demonym

Magnapoleian

Location under

Chronan

Included Locations

• Clockwork Tower
• Magnapolis City
• Millstone Village
• Tippertop
• Wickerwork Downs

Owning Organization

The Metropolites

Related Historical Events

• Circa 1000 AA
  Gnomish Kingdom of Maeg Nach was founded