Eblisi

Eblisi is the capital of the United Elf Kingdoms and the largest city of the North and home to the best academy for wizards in the entire world. Eblisi is a city which values magic above all other things as magic is the only thing preventing Eblisi from being completely swallowed by the Frost. Now, Eblisi is built on the ruins of a long-gone world, still desperately clinging to the old ways.

Demographics

Approximately 65% of Eblisi's citizens are elves, or at least call themselves elves, despite their diluted blood. Humans make up for about 25% of the population, and the others make up 7%. Though the elves of Eblisi don't have quite a grudge against the others as the Seraphim do, they are still uncomfortable in their presence. The final 3% is made up of Seraphim who have come to live in Eblisi in order to study and hone their magic.

Government

Eblisi is run by a woman known as the Headmistress. Though only a half-elf, she's the strongest wizard in all of Eblisi and debatably the entire world. She is also quite learned for her relatively young age and was elected Headmistress fourteen years ago. Since becoming Headmistress, Eblisi has prospered. Eblisi holds elections every ten years and a person can run as many times as they like. However, as many elves still cling to the idea of kings and queens ruling until they died, someone has to do a particularly bad job in order to not be reelected. As such, many people predict that the Headmistress will continue to rule for the remainder of her life, however long that may be.

Industry & Trade

If Aasimon feeds the world, then Eblisi is what powers it. Wizards offer protection from the Frost, using their magic to make and maintain massive force fields around cities and villages. Wizards are essentially generators to that extent, a battery, something easily replaced with a new one once a wizard grows old. The normal people also help power the world. Long ago, when the Frost first began, the elves of Eblisi grew frantic and burrowed into the earth. There they found a startling surplus of coal. The normals now mine that coal and distribute it throughout the world in exchange, primarily, for the food that they cannot grow on their own anymore. Not since the Frost claimed their lands, that is.

Guilds and Factions

There are two main factions in Eblisi. The wizards and the normals. Wizards are seen as fundamentally superior to people who cannot perform magic as they are the only thing stopping the Frost from swallowing the entire country, if not the entire world, whole. As such, they are given certain advantages to normal people, such as the best schooling and resources the country has to offer. This, unsurprisingly, upsets quite a few of the normal people. There are whispers of rebellions, deep within the mines by those who remember a world where elves used to rule.

History

Eblisi was once an entire kingdom all by itself, ruled by an elf of the same name. Eblisi was a ruthless tyrant who conquered the entire North. His reign did not last long and after his death, his land was split among his children and supporters. The land continued to be divided up even further and all of the pieces were constantly fighting. And then came the Frost. Many of the elves were forced to give up their hostile ways and surrender their positions of nobility to the wizards. Most of which were also elves, but there are a few notable humans lines. The wizards were the ones who united the elven clans into what they are to this day. A union. However, those old tensions still exist, just beneath the surface. All it would take is one spark to catch flame.

Architecture

From the Seraph Faction to the Other's Empire, Eblisi has the most diverse architecture found around the world. Primarily it is because it was built on the ruins of an old kingdom and then modernized. Eblisi was designed by wizards and it looks it. It's chaotic. There are a surplus of towards and winding stairs that don't lead anywhere. There are secret passageways and doors without handles. The entire city was built without coordination but most natives will say they've never gotten lost. It's almost as if the buildings in Eblisi had a mind of their own.

Geography

Eblisi is located in the North and where the Frost is said to be the worst. It is burrowed in the mountains to lessen the effects of the brutal winds, which has also given it a natural defense and access to a surplus of minerals, which they trade with the rest of the world for food as they cannot farm.

Type

Capital