Haftan

Haftan is the capital city of the Merindian Empire. Haftan was designed by Emperor Wulfrum personally to be the most glorious and impressive city ever created. Haftan is typically a very rainy and cloudy city, with often also very windy weather. In the skyline of Haftan there are many dark metal towers that are connected to a series of massive bridges that span over many parts of Haftan, underneath the bridges there are usually large amounts of rooms that look down over the city and huge hanging monorails. These metal towers can be elevators, parking areas, or roads when connected to the bridges, and they also serve as airship docking towers, as they accommodate for the many airships patrolling the cloudy skies of Haftan. Much of Haftan features large amounts of plant life, prominently featuring towering cedar trees and other large trees native to the lands where Haftan was built.

The Three Layers of the City

The Center

The middle section is a glorious testament to the Merindian Empire's glory, featuring an extremely precise and mathematically perfect grid of wide roads that lead to countless massive wonders of architecture that tower over the wide city streets, and huge Merindian banners line the important government buildings which make up the center 1/3 of the city. The center of the entire city is Emperor Wulfrum's personal palace, a massive and granite citadel that towers over the entire city. Wulfrum's palace also features a large tower on top of it, where Emperor Wulfrum himself lives, and the assembly, which is a huge area where Emperor Wulfrum gives speeches to a large crowd, and can fit tens of thousands of people. The center of the city is surrounded by thick square stone walls that can endure tank and artillery fire.

The Middle Layer

The second layer of the city is also very mathematically designed, featuring a precise grid format. The second layer is filled with typical city buildings, although the most noticeable feature is the many dark towers that rise far above the ground, and often serve as docking stations for airships.

The Outer Layer

The Third layer is also very organized, although it lacks a wall. The third layer features many of the buildings of the second layer, although it also features a lot more apartments and houses.

Public Transport

Haftan has an extensive monorail system that hangs below it's great bridges and towers. The gondolas of these monorails are huge, featuring 2 floors and wide downwards angled windows, giving everyone in them a perfect view of the city from above. There are also smaller trams on the ground, and even public transport airships that carry people from one side of the city to the other.

Government

Haftan is the home of Emperor Wulfrum's palace, which is the seat of power of the entire Merindian Empire, most of the citie's government is held within the Palace grounds, which is a large complex with the palace in the middle.

Defences

Haftan have 2 layers of thick walls, the first surrounding the outer city, and the second surrounding the inner city. These walls have guns all across them, with huge cannons atop it's bastions and powerful anti-air guns all along the walls. The walls protecting the inner city are thicker than the outer ones, as they protect more important areas and the city would still be able to function even if the outer walls were taken. There are also railways running along the walls. These rails connect to munition factories to easily supply the weaponry on the walls.

Infrastructure

Haftan has an extremely organized city layout, with all roads having the same width and length. Above the city however there are several very large bridges that transport cars and trucks, these bridges are made out of massive black bolted metal. These roads end in large and wide towers which have bridges inside of them, and Airship docking stations on the top.

History

Following the collapse of the Shorian Empire the newly made Merindian Empire didn't have a capital, but instead of just claiming an already existing city as their capital, they founded their own capital city as a symbol of their independence, and set up their seat of government there.

Architecture

the architecture of the buildings in Haftan mostly consists of dark grey coloured metal and wood, their buildings frequently feature metal arches and domes, their buildings would look similiar to victorian era buildings, with black or brown metal frames which are held together with large bolts being visible and dark wood, metal or stone between the metal framing. Many very large and tall metal towers rise above the rest of the buildings in Haftan, these towers connect to bridges and have Airship docking stations at the tops of them. The architecture in the city is the greatest example of Merindian architecture.

Geography

Skappra was built in a flat area of forest.

Type

Large city

Population

7 million people

Location under

Merindia

Owner/Ruler

Emperor Wulfrum

Owning Organization

Merindian Empire