The Aethir Empire represents civilization and a single point of light, in a world of savage darkness. Literally, the Shining City is the sole source of illumination in the world. h3. Some points of interest include: * [[The Shining City]] - The …
bq). "The Capital is the only place in the world that even matters, anymore. It's as glorious as it is filthy, as massive as it is confounding, as Holy as it is corrupt. I call it home." - Dolo the Quick. h4. Places of Interest: *[[The Spire | The …
bq). "Ya take a world of peoples, each from their own towns, traditions, and cultures, and you shove them into one giant city, all stacked upon each other like crates. That's the Block. Someday it'll all blow up." - Tiber Straif The Block is a 500 mile …
The Volo Canal is 1000 miles across, connecting the IA Ocean in the West, to the IO Ocean in the East; it bisects [[The Shining City | The Shining City]] and by extension, [[The Block | The Block]]. It is said that Volo the Maker sundered the canal …
bq). Cidertown is where they grow the best apples in all of the Empire. They ship 'em everywhere, even the Court! - Bellrose bq). The High Hunter, [[:aethir-solta-grith | Solta Grith]], was born and bred in Cinderton. Heck, I even drank some Applejack …
bq). The lowborn races will never see the forbidden delights of the High Court Palace. And if they did... The High Court Palace is a massive structure, that encompasses the upper third of [[The Shining City | the Shining City]] Spire. It is a tangle …
Skyport is the central zeppelin station of the spire, found just below the [[High Court Palace | High Court Palace]], and above The sprawl of the [[Block]]. While the Skyport used to be very busy, with hourly departures and arrivals, things have …
The upper city citadel is called [[The Spire]], and is home to the _higher races_; the Aethir. At the very peak, is the the statue to the [[Lady Thyr]] below which lies the Garden. Above the smog, the Citadel rises still higher to the [[High Court …
The Dimlands are the realms outside of the [[The Radiant Ring | The Radiant Ring]], which reach out to the [[Twilight Lands]]. Years ago this region was called " The Dimlands have much less sunlight than the [[The Radiant Ring | The Radiant Ring]], …
Vulthia is a nation found to the far North of the Empire, in a hostile and mountainous land. Before the [[Dimming]], the [[Vulthien | Vulthien]] lived beneath the hills, in fear of the Sun. Now that it is gone, it is believed that their numbers have …
*The Librarium* - An open vertical tower, with balcony after balcony of shelves, rising up into the haze darkness. In the center of the Librarium lies a gilded statue to Partharam, the Saint of Knowledge. Nickname: "The Smoking Room" as the Librarians …
A gallery of linked pools of water, some ice cold, others steaming hot, some the size of a room, others hundreds of feet long. Folks come here for secret meetings, quiet rendezvous, and quiet introspection. Most of the time, the baths are empty, aside …
bq). "I do wonder how much longer it is before the darkness swallows Greypool." Greypool is a town in the outskirts of the Empire, at the edge of the Dimlands. It is named after a shallow lake that provides small, grey fish and humid afternoons. …
The City of Tamerville is a fortress-city between the Shining City and Keod. Tamerville Rhy is a strong whiskey, made locally by Solta Augmar Koth. Tamerville was nearly destroyed in a decade long siege by the Emperor Ratha the Mad, over a Dresna, a …