Isi, Capital of Runeheim

In the middle of The Everice lies the city of Isi, what used to be the capital of the great Empire of Runeheim, but now is just the origin of the vortex of blizzards that curses the heart of Arhinda.

History

During the last years of the Runeheim empire, Empress Frida turned her eye to expand to beyond the borders of the continent. While the main forces of the empire were travelling to the coasts to take ships to the first of the islands on the agenda, factions led by Frida's children Skarde, Randi and Revna began to vie for power more openly than ever before. Assassinations and battles abounded until it came to a head with the trio in a magical showdown that was so strong it tore a permanent path to the plane of Winter itself, changing the landscape forever. The city became uninhabitable and soon so did the surrounding area. The empire fell with the lightest push of a foreign alliance.

Architecture

Great gothic architecture marked the grandest buildings in the city: pointed archways, flying buttresses, stained glass, elaborate tracery and statues on buildings. While at the same time smaller houses were of simple limestone and tiled roofing. A whole section of the city was said to have flooded during construction, which forced its evolution into a canal district where people's front doors opened into a river requiring gondolas to traverse. Paint on outside walls was unheard of, though many of the more affluent houses had the faces of their homes engraved with detailed runes describing their family's ideals.
Many pillars and statues marked squares and crossroads, each either memorializing a grand event or personage in the empires past or an exhibition of wealth and power of the city's more noble peoples who wished to have everyone's envy.

Type

City

Location under

The Everice