Lock
The Grand Clock
Built primarily by gnomes, Lock is a marvel of modern engineering, a city only rivaled by rival settlement Kalom-kalom in splendor and design. Lock handles much of the heavy-production of industrial, military, and public technologies not handled by Kalom-kalom while also boasting numerous large terraced pyramid-like structures and irrigation channels for various crops and flora to suit the typical citizen within. Towards the center of the city is a park designed much like a temperate forest and occupied by an adult dragon. Lock reflects the balance we can form between heavy engineering and the natural world.
Demographics
Largely gnomish and other smaller races, curiously large dragonborn and half-orc population
Government
Oligarchy. Moderate taxation to fund the many public works within which are free to citizens.
Defences
While seemingly unguarded in times of looming danger, heavy metal and stone walls rise up from below their subterranean housing. Intricate tunnels bored into the bedrock below them allow for soldiers to travel throughout the city unseen or for citizens to escape in times of military occupation. Intricate machines stand guard, ready to engage attacking armies or repel dangers such as turrets, traps, and mechanized soldiers.
Infrastructure
Numerous experimental and traditional systems power much of the city such as waterwheels and windmills alongside tide and geothermal power. Factories for mass production of textiles and metal tools and so on are placed beside large ziggurat-like structures and extensive irrigation channels for farming and gardening.
Assets
Huge swaths of farmland both surrounding and within the main city itself. Lock grows trees, fruit, and other crops throughout it while also using resources imported through the Railroad in heavy industrial goods ranging from farm tractors, irrigation systems, and machines of war.
History
It is widely believed but not yet verified that long before the Sundering, Lock was founded by a trio of companions: a stout halfling woman named Biera, a forest gnome man named Baux, and a rock gnome man named Beaux, the result of the 3 of their wildly different hobbies and talents working together as one.
Architecture
Built primarily from dark stone and metal. Structures are often repaired with a mixture of metal dust and clay giving homes unique patterns more beautiful because of their defects rather than despite them. Heavy metal pipes and monolithic stone structures are oftentimes buried under thick vegetation forming a unique aesthetic of heavy industry and natural life.
Geography
Deep southwestern plains along the coast
Alternative Name(s)
The Grand Clock
Type
Metropolis
Population
22,450
Inhabitant Demonym
Lockians
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