Chiave

Formerly a port for the Kishochi known as Arun Korhiniru, Chiave is functionally a second capital for The Caelex Empire. The fort at the center of the town is supposedly built around the exact spot Vonaero Kinzaro-en Firebringer made her historic sacrifice that allowed the modern Kinzran Alliance to even exist. Originally built to defend the coast from potential retaliation by the alliance, the fort has become a central governing building in the centuries since.
Chiave has a very strong artisan presence for an imperial city, with a significant portion of the city around the old fort having become artist's spaces, workshops, and their ilk. Further out from this section, called the paint belt, housing and more "mundane" workspaces tend to squat in low, stone buildings, none approaching the height of the city's fort due to local ordinance. Inmota manors can be found along the coast to either side of the fort, and are the only buildings to come close to the fort's imposing presence, but even they are dwarfed by the massive stone walls.
Unusually for a lapidorsae settlement, Chiave has no building dedicated to the Church of the All-Stone. Instead, the fort has a few small shrines interspersed throughout its outer wall where locals can pause and pay their respects. Tributes left at these shrines are regularly collected to keep them looking clean, and as a small bonus to the city's coffers.
Inmota Vius resides in Chiave when possible, though it is widely recommended that visitors not attempt to interact with him. The Inmota is reputedly exceptionally hostile to locals and tourists alike.
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