Lichtenward
A city all but abandoned by its founders.
The Golden City of the Gods, resting upon a lake of crystal waters and adorned with majestic spires soaring miles skyward to the heavens.
Demographics
The city is composed mainly of artisans, craftspeople, bankers, clergy, mages, and the manual labor forces necessary to keep a metropolis of this size functioning.
Government
The city is a Theocracy, run by a council of the high priests from the different temples, headed by the defacto monarch, the High priest of Svyros, the sun god.
Defences
Tall walls and guard towers ring the inner city, bordering the lake. Nine bridges connect the outer city on the edge of the lake to the inner city at its center.
Industry & Trade
The capital city is an important trade hub and cultural center, with the majority of the wealth flowing into the city in the form of taxes, tariffs and tithes, which then flows back out into the populace as the temple complexes are constantly commissioning new works of art, public works projects, furniture, feasts, and other luxuries.
Infrastructure
Aqueducts, Canals, paved roads, over a dozen temple complexes, a secondary street system running along the sides of the third story buildings (forming an "upper" and "lower" city), and ten massive spires (reaching over a mile upwards) of gold and granite arranged in a circle with one at the center ringed by nine others. Below the city, underneath the lake, are vast catacombs, once sealed by the gods, used to seal away weapons from the dragon war.
Guilds and Factions
The major political factions are the different temple complexes, with the most prominent among them being the Temple of Svyros, the Sun God, the Temple of Horos, the Moon God, the Temple of Zarya, the Twin God of War, and the Temple of the Lady of Light, the former Sun Goddess.
History
The City was founded by the Lady of Light at the end of the Dragon war and has served as the capital of their domain for almost two thousand years.
Architecture
Primarily roman with flairs of Gothic. The temple complexes, however, resemble mezoamerican step pyramids. Most buildings in the upper city are constructed of marble adorned with gold lief, while the lower city is mostly comprised of brick.
Geography
Lichtenward is situated on a lake at the center of a caldera. most of the surrounding terrain is farmland.
Natural Resources
The majority of the natural resources in Lumenward are fish from the lake and crops from the nearby farmland. Any and all other material is shipped in to the city from settlements elsewhere in the caldera and beyond.
Alternative Name(s)
Lichtenward, The City of the Gods
Type
Capital
Population
312,890
Inhabitant Demonym
Lichtenwarden
Location under
Owner/Ruler
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