Verse

The western of the two cliff-perched cities, Verse and Ekho, that overlook the Earthfall Vale. A home for the classically trained artists, musicians, and dancers of ballet, it is the location of the famed, and rival, Bardic College Silver Strings of Solfege, to the institution located in Ekho, which favors those with a modern and avant-garde flare.
A community named for their dedication to the oldest and what some consider to be the purest manner by which the arcane energies of the world are tapped: the chanted word. Beings of the world accessed these powers long before the science of mages and theories of scholars understood the makings of the arcane folds. The most basic of spells require only verbal invocation, but it was not the spoken word of one man, but the harmonized word of many, understanding and embodying the essence of its meaning, that is known to have produced the first arcane sparks. Even now, as much as they loathe to admit it, academic practitioners of the arts deliver their required oratories with passion and gusto, not in the dry and flat manner they would a dictation.
One's thought that Yio, The Breath and Song would be the predominant deity of worship in Verse, is both correct and incorrect. It is true the the god of music and muse is their beloved patron, for he is the creator of all art. However, it is the Versists' belief in origin and purity, that have them reject those principles and ideals of Yio that do not support this claim. As such, they worship a fragment of him called, S'olfege, revered to be the incident source of all art, as expressed principally by its first form, song.
Architecture: Idyllic construction of buildings from white and grey stone, with classic and cohesive designs, resembling that of an impressionism painting
Commerce: Traditional and classic art, and entertainment. Bardic College
Population: Human, Elf, Dwarf, Dragonborn,
Society: Triple Threat Council: Singer, Dancer, Actor
Miscellany: Between Ekho and Verse, there are famed formal and informal music competitions where schools from rivaling cities have a battle of the bands that spans the chasm. Verse begins by choosing a piece of music and sending it across the Earthfall Vale. Ekho then responds by echoing back their remixed version of the same music.
Post Fall: The all encompassing global changes have exerted their effects on the entertainment industry as well. The heavy presence of returned souls in the forms of deities has polarized both the practitioners and expression: Both dirges and hymns, as well as harbingers and choirs have become more prevalent, to herald either the end of days, or hope of salvation. Reports of invoking spirits of the dead, higher and lower planes, with music and art, have increased. Fortunately, none of these occurrences have ended in more than overly stimulated spectators who temporarily went weak in the knees.