Islerion

Islerion is an Daelyrian city located in the Caraeneryon province, ruled by Lord Deskest Hystrix. It is located in the ocean in between Daelyria City and mainland Helmia, and is known for its ocean and airborne floating style.
==History==
=== Founding and Construction ===
Islerion was founded and built by Miksa Silverhand in the time of the old Daelyrian Kingdom. It was one of the original founding cities, known as the richest in the land and famed for its structures of diorite and birch wood atop the ocean. Built around a small island in the ocean, any and all expansion was made through sea-floats. 
This city would prosper until the first Halond Rebellion, where Miksa fled the nation, leaving his city in Deskest's hands. The city would spend most of its life abandoned after this event, though some would come to settle in the ruins and the shadows of the under-construction floating islands.   
== Government ==
Islerion's government is managed by the Architect, who rules and plans the cities actions from his seat at the Sacrarium. He is supported by the Islerionic Council, made up of the 4 leaders of each branch of the city: The Overseer of the Sentinel Guard, the Sage of the Conservatory, the Custodian of the Museum and the Lorekeeper of the Library.
This council is further supported by the Adepts, scholars who have risen in their fields above their brothers and promoted. While these ranks exist, discussion on Islerion policy and rules is open to all and even discussion by low-level Neophytes can be heard by the Architect if he has chosen to join the conversation out of interest while passing. 
A unique aspect of Islerion is its entry system. Citizens are not instantly given access to the city, instead arriving as 'Candidates', and being given a temporary house on the ocean floats. Once a Candidate has proven their interest and good intentions, they are allowed to ascend the tower, becoming Neophytes.
From this rank they may interact with the scholar city, but are considered new arrivals until contributing their first piece of knowledge to the city. At this point they are considered full Scholars, and will remain at this rank until being promoted to Adept, elite scholars who commonly meet with the Architect and the council. 
== Branches ==
The four pillars of Islerion are the Sentinel Guard, the Conservatory, the Museum and the Library. Each of these branches have 3 levels of membership, the beginner rank, intermediate rank and head rank.
Respectively they are Sentinel, Conservator, Curator, Librarian as the beginner ranks, given upon a Scholar's decision to join a branch and follow its rules. Branches are usually joined near the beginning of a Scholar's time in Islerion, some choosing their path right after ascending to Neophyte. Members are free to join multiple branches at a time, but this is discouraged as the workload can be too much.
After achieving significant status in these branches Scholars may ascend to the next rank, those being Guardian, Preserver, Antiquarian and Chronicler respectively. After reaching this senior rank, the next step is the leader of each branch.
When one of these four step down, they will select a member of their branch to take their place. These ranks are Overseer, Sage, Custodian and Lorekeeper. At this rank they become a member of the Islerionic Council, and assist the Architect with managing the city, along with leading their branch. 
== Architecture ==
Islerion architecture is mostly made up of black and blue colours. Blackstone is widely used, with deepslate as a popular alternative, and warped wood is frequently applied to highlight builds. Alternatives such as oxidised copper and prismarine are also occasionally used.
Floating islands make up the entire upper city, with one exception: The Islerion Tower, a giant deepslate pillar from the entrance zone to the sky level, holding up the central island. This giant tower is the sole entrance to the city, whose defence is the Sentinel Guard's primary responsibility.
Above this tower at the central island lies a meeting space, market and common area. The city's primary landmarks surrounding the tower are the Library, Museum, Conservatory and Sacrarium Tower, on each side of the tower forming a cross, with houses and miscellaneous buildings positioned around, forming the city. These buildings include the Tea House, Gift Shop, sky farms and sky animal pens. 
At the head of the city, above the ruins of the old castle, the Sacrarium floats: a giant floating tower without any natural island elements. It is purely a floating castle, the home of House Hystrix and meeting place of the Council.
While its appearance seems mostly decorative, it also contains the teleporting elevator to the Vault, a sealed room at the bottom of the earth in a separate claim only the Architect has access to. The items held in the Vault are secret and unknown, but any person can request items for storing within. 
The lower Islerion area is mostly made of wooden floats and the shantytown area. This surrounds the Entrance Zone, the a diorite-walled island of Silver Isle, containing the central Islerion Tower. This heavily guarded area is mostly separate from the town of fishermen and bar workers surrounding them, both living their lives without paying attention to the other. Some floating farmlands exist here also, along with a smaller marketplace, but it's mostly home to the housing and the bar. 
Below Silver Isle lies the Islerion underworld. Those who commit crimes against Islerion's knowledge are exiled to this area, where the jail resides. After serving their sentence, instead of leaving, some citizens wish to return to the city however, so there are mines, mushroom and glowberry farms for an exile (so called "Undersiders") to gather stone using the massive stoneforges to assist in the construction of new islands. There is now a small slum area outside the jail, watched closely by the Sentinels, where disgraced scholars can attempt to earn back their citizenship. 
== Culture ==
Citizens of Islerion are mainly focused on the gathering and development of knowledge, as the members of a scholar city would be expected to be. They are driven to not only gather the world's knowledge but appreciate it in whatever form, be it books, drinks or artefacts created by others. The items stored in Islerion is not just for admiring from a distance, books are read and artefacts are inspected, as long as they are not damaged. Islerion meals largely involve fish, being abundant around the city, but due to extensive sky farm variety enjoy many other crops and meat from all parts of the world.
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