Mearia
The city of Mearia is located in the Evening Isles on both the southern end of the southern eleonian island and the northern aguilean island. This makes it unique, as it is not only located on two seperate islands but also in two seperate kingdoms. The two main parts of the city are connected by a very impressive arched stone bridge high enough to allow even large sailing vessels to pass underneath. Both sides have a large harbour, and while there are other passages from the Western Sea into the Silver Sea, passing through Mearia is a very popular choice due to the presence of merchants, gastronomy and accommodation as well as the sight of the bridge.
Mearia is both a trading hotspot and a popular touristic destination, both due to the beauty of the city with the bridge, among other things and due to the fascination of the wide, mysterious expanse of the Western Sea, which begins to the immediate west of the city. The Evening Isles as a whole are known as the Gates to the Silver Sea, but the bridge of Mearia is also known as the Gate to the Silver Sea, which sometimes creates confusion. Generally, Gates, plural, refers to the Isles while Gate, singular, means the bridge.
Mearia is also the ancestral seat of House Mearis, and the Evening Isles were the smallest of the lordships that united into Eleonis in 612 CE. Since then, the territory was a point of conflict between Aguilear and Eleonis, until both sides decided to share the islands equally, which led to the former lordship to be divided between the two kingdoms. This put not only the city, but also the lordship, into an interesting and unique position of belonging to both and neither kingdom. However, the stronghold of House Mearis is located in the northern part of the city, making it technically eleonian.
Mearia is both a trading hotspot and a popular touristic destination, both due to the beauty of the city with the bridge, among other things and due to the fascination of the wide, mysterious expanse of the Western Sea, which begins to the immediate west of the city. The Evening Isles as a whole are known as the Gates to the Silver Sea, but the bridge of Mearia is also known as the Gate to the Silver Sea, which sometimes creates confusion. Generally, Gates, plural, refers to the Isles while Gate, singular, means the bridge.
Mearia is also the ancestral seat of House Mearis, and the Evening Isles were the smallest of the lordships that united into Eleonis in 612 CE. Since then, the territory was a point of conflict between Aguilear and Eleonis, until both sides decided to share the islands equally, which led to the former lordship to be divided between the two kingdoms. This put not only the city, but also the lordship, into an interesting and unique position of belonging to both and neither kingdom. However, the stronghold of House Mearis is located in the northern part of the city, making it technically eleonian.
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Giant Touristy Bridge! I love it! Also, the settlement being in two kingdoms yet in neither brings up some interesting political intrigue. What happens when the two kingdoms disagree? When one tries to take the city for itself? I want to know! To take your article to the next level, I recommend thinking about what exports are coming in and out of your trading center. What's being sold, and to who? Does anyone come back from the Silver Sea with rare treasures? Who would want to buy such rare treasues? On the technical side, take some time to kill the colony of commas that seems to have taken root in your article. Run-on sentences can fatigue the reader and make it hard to digest articles. I look forward to seeing where you take your worldbuilding next!
Hey, thank you so much for your like and comment! I'm glad you thought that Mearia is worth a read. As for your further questions, all of them are surely things I need to think about further. Considering that before SummerCamp Mearia had nothing but a name and a vague location, I think I've made it quite far already. (The Giant Touristy Bridge was completely unplanned, I swear.) Still, your questions are intriguing to me too. :) Also, thank you for the writing advice! The thing with the sentences that stretch on and on forever is a problem I've always had. I'm trying to work on it, but it is hard to break that habit.