Batiban
on an island at the center of a crater lake lies the jeweled city of Batiban surrounded on all sides by waterfalls hundreds of feet high. Batiban is constructed from bismuth and thus shines radiantly during the day The only way in or out is by flight, a skill which is mandatory for any living within the city for Sols purified grow feathered wings or float on their own.
Demographics
While traders and visitors are allowed within the city they are not allowed citizenship. The cities citizens are only those who have been purified by sols rays which is to say the inhaabitants here are not as human as they ought to be they are taller stronger and faster than a normal human but lack teeth have wings (feathered or not)
Government
The city is ruled by the pop a being of any gender, despite the name, whos soul was so pure that when put through the trial of sol and gazed at the sun their soul remained the same the pop retains all of their emotions and are by no means ugly like most purified. the pop resembles a classic angel and is an image of perfection.
Defences
The City is naturally defended by the ring of waterfalls circling its crater lake meaning that only those with flight may actually enter be it mechanically, biologically, or celestially inclined to flight. Furthermore the entire cities population is of purified Solarian Warriors who would use the cities naturally strategic layout to quickly hunt down and destroy any invaders.
Industry & Trade
Batiban being the capital of Cattoric society makes most of its funds by trading their warriors services as bodygaurds or tactical advisors to topsider settlements who would surely fall without them.
Beyond military services Batiban is a lucrative but exceedingly dangerous stop for the bravest of merchants who can trade for purified weapons and armor as well as Sol Food though merchant beware Solar Purification is not the only danger in Batiban due to the very nature of Cattoric society nearly every transgression against the cities numerous laws is punishable by death.
Infrastructure
Batiban is completely self sufficient with floating gardens on the lake and drinking fountains pumping fresh water from below the city.
While most of the purified no longer have a need to eat or drink, visitors do and free food and water is offered to those willing to listen to sermons.
There are no toilets in Batiban visitors must store their waste in whatever containers they have on hand and take the waste with them when they leave. any visitor violating this rule will be executed.
The waterfalls that ring the crater lake batiban is found in have a dual effect of focusing Sols rays and its Solar Purification into the city a Sun Stone is mandatory for any trader who wishes to enter the city lest they be purified.
Assets
Batiban is the largest producer of Sol Food Batiban also offers stores that sell equipment fused with Solar Purification creating shining blades and armor that are invaluable during Nightfalls to ward off Venarian acolytes but beware these enchanted items are just as capable of purifying its wielder as the sol light itself.
History
Batiban is one of the only places known on Yarth to have harbored humans that survived without hiding within the The Network Batiban was initially a commune of the blossoming Cattoric religion before the coming of even Venari Ant through the strength of their faith and their warriors managed to survive Venari's arrival.
It is said that the city predates the pit and the lake that surrounds it, in fact official history from the central library states that Batiban is the reason both are there as using the power of Sol they prevented time from affecting the city pushing away any accumulating soil or water effectively sinking the city over the Millenia.
Architecture
There are no need for roofs in a city that worships an ever present Sol and the building materials themselves are Bismuth homes are merely large chunks of the gem that have been hollowed out or even "grown" in some cases, streets are paved with it. The city is rather low to the ground with only the grand cathedral in the center of the city rising over 4 stories most buildings are roughly two stories tall.
Geography
Batiban is situated on an island at the center of a crater lake and that crater lake is situated in the middle of an inland sea. A waterfall rings the entirety of the crater lake feeding into it and giving Batiban the appearence that it is in a hole (which it technically is) this massive waterfall is fed by an inland sea which surrounds Batiban on all sides.
Natural Resources
Solar Purification items can be mass produced here.
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