Miengo

A quick Infodump of the Klaimian City. Requires Polish
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= Miengo, Another Man’s Oasis =
Miengo boarders [Place between it and Lanchent] and the Jagged Pass on its norther boarder, and Syluce on its southern boarder. It is connected to Ssarklien across the [Big River needs a name] by the [And this Bridge] Bridgeway. The city itself is rich in many resources and serves as a trade artery between Syluce and Central Klaime. Because of its advantageous position, Miengo is rich and diverse in culture and amenities.
Miengo was settled and founded by the now infamous Duke of Water, a man fueled by greed and delusions of grandeur. Discontent with the bountiful fertile lakes of the Basin, the Baron, [Name here], sought to expand the reach of the water with advanced aqueducts and concepts such as plumbing. His ambition and drive allowed Miengo to flourish into the rich cultural city it is today. The Duke was quick to ally himself with the growing power of Klaime across the mountains, eager to establish trade and relations with the growing superpower and reap the benefit of a power ally. 
However, Miengo was still largely cut off from dependable trade routes. When Lanchent fell into ruin, he saw no other choice but to intrude on the Tama Wetlands, sovereign territory of the Dragons of Klaime. He sought to establish a pass between Eastern and western Klaime to his benefit, a circumstance that would come to pass with Jagged Pass’s establishment many years later, and not by one man’s greed and ambition. The Duke of Water was executed for his crimes against the dragons, and his sons and daughters divided the family’s power among themselves, each taking an aspect of his original dream and applying it to Miengo.
Miengo’s divided rule focused on the ideals of Trade, Water, Destiny and Nationalism, split between the baron’s four children of age. Water reigns supreme, holding the ideals of prosperity and survival against harsh odds; the current Statesman is Viscontessa [Name]. Destiny is the ideal of expansion and dominance of Miengo’s territory and surroundings; the title currently held by Baron [Name]. Trade is the focus of wealth and exploitation of the resources of Miengo and Klaime; the title currently held by Baron [Name]. Finally, Nationalism is the might and honor of Miengo and Klaime, instated after the deposition of the Water Baron, whose title is held by Grand Marshall [Name].
== Important Figures, and Culture ==
=== Vicontessa Chevrice Denali ===
Chevrice is a haughty, focused woman who is doing everything she can to keep her family’s holdings within the family, and out of Klaimian supervision. She does not harbor any treasonous thoughts regarding the powerful nation she is a part of, but grows weary of Klaime’s attempts to place nobles in charge of what she believes to rightfully belong to her family. Despite the seemingly grim circumstance, Chevrice remains good natured and happy to interact with others, which she largely credits living so close to the young students of the city’s premier magical academy for.
The Vicontessa is easy to recognize from the deep, enthralling blues and purples and greens she wears, adorned with gold, silver and whatever catches the eye. She has definitely enjoyed the wealth of a prosperous Miengo during her up bringing and enjoys Klaimian rule, as it gives her access to dominance through Miengo’s famous trade. She is very close with her brother, Baron Lambert Denali, who oversees the merchant compound where the boarder merchants are headquartered. Her cousin, Baron Alckse Phembidan who heads the city’s militia, army and rights to expansion is often at odds with her. She and Grand Marshall Anlette Diowndris do not get along, and the grand marshal takes her job of oversight of the puppet statesman seriously, ensuring the Vicontessa does nothing provocative toward Klaime.
=== Trade Baron Lambert Denali ===
Baron Lambert Denali is a kind and diligent man who is in charge of Miengo’s Boarder Merchant compound. He often has his plate full managing inventories, and fluctuating prices throughout Klaime. It is not enough that boarder merchants have the monopoly on bringing goods and culture from one end of Klaime to the other; the Baron’s job is to ensure this is done in the most effective way possible. Planning routes according to seasons and changing markets to maximize profits for Miengo is a time consuming and mentally taxing task. Very few are up to the challenge, and it is why the business has remained safely outside of klaime’s influence.
He wears rich, foppish clothing and is fairly easy to recognize when not in a group of other dignitaries. He generally can be seen with a secretary or two flanking his sides, working together with him on whatever project is currently bothering him. He is believed to have a secret incestuous relationship with his sister, the Vicontessa, due to never having married or produced an heir. Despite having his own budget and mercenary force to guard his caravans, he often disagrees with his cousin Baron Alckse Phembidan on where military and security spending should be diverted. His opinion of the Grand Marshal is stale, neither positive or negative.
=== Destiny Baron Alckse Phembidan ===
Cousin of the Vicontessa Chevrice Denali who was placed into his role through privilege and nepotism. Despite being given what he wants, he cannot help but crave more. He wants to rise as Miengo’s Vicount and replace his cousin, who he believes to be too whimsical and treasonous to Klaime. He is the city’s guard commander and is in charge of the boarder politics and expansion of the city as the Theelio desert slowly recedes and Syluce and Miengo contend for the forest that separates them. He is wholly loyal to Klaime and believes by giving up the city’s autonomy he and the city will gain more wealth and power.
Alckse is easily recognized by the feathers of crested eagles he can usually be seen wearing. He proudly displays them, believing it to be a showing of superiority over Lassango, which lies across the river and to the south east, where the birds were native and trained as war birds before the city was Annexed by Klaime. He has an aviary where he raises them and has delusions of training them to be war birds for Klaime but lacks the skill to do so. He often reaches out to the Lord of Beasts, who summarily rejects him on principle. He wishes to usurp his cousin, the Vicontessa, but klaimian law prevents him from doing anything overt to remove her from power. He disparages his other noble cousin, the baron of trade, as the two of them often disagree over spending and allocation of resources for Miengo’s infrastructure. He is a hanger-on of the Grand Marshall, who he believes to be the true ruler of Miengo due to her connection to Klaimian governmental authority, the Royal Marshals.
=== Grand Marshal, Duchess Anlette Diowndris ===
Have you ever met a woman more tired than Lady Diowndris? She does not oversee just Miengo’s political stability but heads the organization in charge of the stability of all Klaimian Nobility. She is charge of the dispatch, records and reporting of the Royal Marshals of Klaime, and despite not being the city’s statesman, attends the summit where all the statesmen of Klaime meet and report to the King in place of the city’s rightful statesman, Vicontessa Chevrice Denali. On top of whatever is going on throughout the entirety of Klaime, she has the squabbling nobles of Miengo and their family drama to manage. You can see the weight on her shoulders as she walks.
The Grand Marshal wears finery around her home and in casual settings, and armor when out and about around the city on official business. She looks almost out of place, with the style and coloring of her armor and regalia seeming foreign to Miengo. Despite this, she strides through Miengo as if she owns the place, ensuring no one questions her authority as she plays a tense game of airs with Miengan perception. She and the Vicontessa simply don’t get along, but she bears no ill will toward her, believing her to be a competent leader. This is in stark contrast to the Baron of Destiny, Alckse Phembidan, who follows her around like a puppy and agrees with her every word. She understands him for the weak puppet he is and uses him as a pawn in her game of manipulating Miengan political opinion to be as stable as possible. She is quite fond of Trade Baron Lambert Denali for his shrewdness and ability to focus on what is important to progress. In another life, were she not the Grand Marshal….
=== Quirce Lakeplaza NPCs ===
A list and collection of various individuals around the Quirce Lakeplaza and the magic academy
Starmaiden Candice Blueglass
Head of the church of Altre in Meingo, operating out of the Church of Knowledge. She and her counterpart, Keeper Jarod Jadock, manage the Church of Knowledge’s religious services. She’s bright and friendly, but seemingly reserved compared to other priestesses of her order. When not serving at the temple, she is a stage performer in the temple district, acting as the vocalist of the group.
She is a former student of the academy, and famous for her mastery of the parallel The Clamor. Tales of the “Waterfall Singer” still echo down the halls of the academy, despite Candice graduating years ago. Fans of her singing and magical prowess can often be seen hovering around her in the Church when she’s not on duty.
Keeper Jarod Jadock
Head of the church of Koiphew Mei in Miengo, operating out of the Church of Knowledge. He and his counterpart, Starmaiden Candice Blueglass, manage the church of knowledge’s religious services. He is stoic and calm to contrast Candice’s personality. Outside the temple he works as a record keeper for the Quirce Lakeplaza’s warehouses and granaries.
Confectioner Ethel Lansley
Ethel Lansey is an old woman who has greatly appreciated her time in Miengo. As a young student she enjoyed the control of water and moving it. She quickly branched into ice and vapor magic. From these concepts, she found her true passion: Ice cream! Ethel had had icy treats during a trip to central Klaime before, and was enamored by its unique texture and what the temperature did to the flavor. She brought her passion to the forefront by opening a confection shop in the budding Lakeside Plaza. 
When she married, Ethel graduated from the academy and worked in the confectionery full time. The shop enjoyed great popularity, and Ethel would take on other students of the academy as employees to help with production and service. Ethel married and had two children, a girl and a boy. Her daughter has since moved away, and her son died in a tragic accident at a young age. Her husband passed away some years ago, leaving her alone in the home with her pet cat and a clay doll made in the likeness of her late son.
Dollmaker Fuyuhi Nanasa
Fuyuhi is a strange woman to say the least. She owns a shop near the academy where she sources clay from and for the students. She makes pots, plates and other products from clay. What she is most well known for however are the creepy, life-like dolls she decorates her home with. These dolls are also for sale, and she will make these dolls on commission for people. Most of the commissions she takes are for grieving parents who’ve lost young children. She will also make dolls of adults, but the prices are usually steep due to the amount of clay and dyes she requires. If the customers do not provide Fuyuhi with clothing for the doll, she is capable of making clothing for them as well.
Fuyuhi decorates her home with iconography of River Relle, and her dolls of the deceased are a notable way to respect and remember the dead. As a Lassan native, she wears traditional Lassan clothing and wears similar adornments on her clothing. A decorative scryglass in the shape of a mirror hangs on her belt, and Fuyuhi can often be seen looking at it, like a pocket watch. When making her dolls, or other art projects, she can be observed looking at the mirror, as if checking a reference picture. 
People refer to Fuyuhi as a frightening witch, despite her good nature. The life-like dolls give people the creeps, and Fuyuhi’s connection with the dead extends beyond memorial pieces. Occasionally, when entering the shop, you will see a doll resembling someone who has gone missing, or been gored beyond recognition for proper burial. It is as if Fuyuhi is predicting the death of people who go missing, and preparing for their burial. She does not always “predict” these deaths, but it has happened enough to make Fuyuhi an infamous local legend.
Doctor [Name]
Head nurse/Doctor of the school’s medical services. Gotta have one of those.
Society Liason [Name]
Because of the constant magical flow, it’s not uncommon for a spirit to be born somewhere in the academy. When that happens, the confused and scared spirit generally makes itself known and is put down before too many issues arise. However, once in a long while a fairy is found wandering the academy with no idea how they got there. The Society Liason works with the academy to help calm the confused fairy, and ensure they get the help they need.
Ghost Catcher [Name]
In a school full of hormonal teens and adults experiencing weird magic and early-life crisises, omens are bound to pop up. The Ghost Catcher is the faculty member in charge of the omen department most academies have. The Ghost Catcher and the staff and students working under them are tasked to finding and unraveling omens before they can become a problem for anyone.
Jeckel Hidesbury, Gate Hunter
What do the Gate Hunters do to make sure people practicing their conjuring don’t make all the mistakes and summon all the demons? They, of course, monitor the academy and ensure no one’s trying to do weird things with demons. That said, most if not all students aren’t in the study of summoning demons. Their amatuer summoning makes demons and their sightings happen frequently enough that the hunters would rather monitor the situations for safety’s sake, but the students by and large immediately abolish any demons they summon the second they realize their mistake.
Meet Jackel Hidesbury, the man with the job no one envies. He lives in the academy and visits and monitors the summoning circles to ensure the students are being safe. He is a demon hunter, and as such, is constantly on edge that “THIS might be the day one of those demons breaks free and i have to save all these stupid kids.” Of course, Mr. Hidesbury has his opinions on summoning and how it should be taught, but he is not a teacher, and the academy technically doesnt require him to be there at all, so he largely keeps his thoughts on conjuring and its dangers to himself.
Despite being a grumpy old man, Mr. Hidesbury is generally well-liked by the conjuring students and summoners. He might not like all these dumb kids accidently summoning demons every other day, but that sure as heck doesn’t mean he’ll let anyone harm the future of humanity. Bullies and entitled brats alike have gotten rude awakenings from Mr. Hidesbury, who is NOT part of the school faculty and doesnt answer to their policies. If someone is hurting his kids, he makes sure to show them what the real job of the Gate Hunters is: Protecting the future of humanity. He’s a source of stone cold comfort and stability when everything seems to be falling apart, a pillar that a stressed out kid can lean on for a while before getting back up to tackle the world.
Pepper Lisste is a senior student of alchemy and professor of the “School of Alchemical Mixology”. She is a bright spirited follower of Altre Mei who believes that making alchemical compounds can be just as much an artform as painting or cooking. To that end, she founded the School of Mixoturgy, the art of making good, or at least different, flavored potions. She is somewhat of an urban legend among the students, who claim she can make anything taste good given enough time.
While she is the “professor” of Mixoturgy, she remains as a senior student in all of her other classes. Her primary focuses are Alchemy and Enchanting, which she uses to further her efforts to make potions and compounds that not only achieve the desired effect, but also taste decent during consumption. She minors in biological magic such as healing and natural interactions, which closely relate to her target audience. 
Stygia Annosfer, Acher Ondevel
Stygia is a nice freshman girl down the hall from Eirlys and Spring in room 10. Her room mate is Archer, a handsome, strong young man. The two of them get along well, and enjoy the company of others! Stygia has mocha skin and long hair and moves with a certain grace that seems almost unnatural. She enjoys dancing! Archer was a big, strong boy that would be captain of the football team if there was a football team.
Stygia takes Evocation, Hydroponics and Rainbow classes, and works as a lifeguard in the water park. She has a nice figure for the bathing suit, but isnt going to blow people away or anything. Archer, on the other hand, is a big, broad shouldered handsome man! He takes hydroponics, lake studies and state change while working as a lumberjack in the coppervein forest.
Lester Vorthim
Senior student in the Runecrafting Class. He’s been at it for a while here at the academy and has even gone on trips to Kintendei to study runic magic there. The Rune gardens of the academy are a passion project of his, and he has helped make or add to many of the academy’s gardens. He’s a decent looking guy with a mild attitude. His room is one of the older parts of the academy, not was not in the north dorms so he didn't move to the new dorms with the others.
Regina Daniris
Regina is a beautiful, sporty girl with a major superiority complex. It doesnt help that despite being a freshman, she is the swim team’s star swimmer. She has a lovely athletic body, and does well in school and is the star of the swim team. She has an unpleasant attitude and generally looks down on everyone, despite only being a freshman in the collage. Her room was in the north dorms, and as such has been moved to the new dorms following the incident.
Regina studies Hydroponics, Rainbow Studies and State Change. She is directly across the hall from Eirlys and Spring in room 13. She works as a lifeguard at the waterpark.
== Miengo and its Neighbors ==
Miengo boarders three districts that all came to be founded well after the city-state was established. To the north is [unnamed district that separates it and Lanchent], as well as the mountain passed that lead to the Jagged Pass district. Syluce, its biggest rival, is to the south, sharing the same river bank that leads out to sea. All of its neighbors are Klaimian expansions, which were seen as welcome additions at first. The northern district made the trade route between Miengo and Lanchent safer and easier to manage. Syluce was a small coastal town that produces ocean goods that Miengo had to travel to gain access to and the jagged Pass was a life-line that allowed Miengo easier trade with the heart of Klaime. However, as time went on, and especially in light of Klaime’s recent annexation of Lassango, Miengan people have grown weary of their neighbors. 
The north district was left to their own devices, being granted autonomy just for the district to fall into bankruptcy and disillusion. It seemed like a benevolent showing of a government that wouldn’t be overbearing until the district began to wither away. It showed the people of Miengo that klaime would very well leave them to rot if they weren’t worth the powerful nation’s while. Now the abandoned northern district and Lanchent are a  source of crime and contention that the Miengan people believe Klaime refuses to provide proper aid for.
Syluce was the next neighbor and expansion to neighbor Miengo during a time when Lanchent was still prosperous and fresh. Miengo saw Syluce as a little brother and was happy to usher them into the greater market of Klaime. Syluce was all too eager to take advantage of Miengo’s powerful trade connections and Miengo benefited from the resources Syluce was able to produce. The two city states were like peas in a pod until those peas grew too large for the pod they were in. Syluce grew fast and quick, beginning to rival Miengo in size and did everything they could to put themselves above Miengo in their attempt to carve their own niche. Now the two city-states contend for land and resource rights along their rich, hard to define forest and river boarders. Were it not for the stationing of Klaime’s Royal Marshals in Miengo and tactful work of Sky Knights the two city-states might have gone to war, and the possibility always looms on the horizon. Each city-state views the other as unlawful thieves of land and resources.
Miengo’s issues with the Jagged Pass are pettier than the other two. Despite being unhappy with their neighbor, Miengo remains on good terms with them and they both benefit from their relationship. So why does Miengo, more speficially their nobility, not like the Jagged Pass? Simply put, the Jagged Pass gets all of the credit for everything Miengo has done for centuries. Establish hard to maintain, vital trade routes that bring wealth and prosperity to the nation? The Jagged Pass is recognized for being the bridge between western and eastern Klaime! Create marvels of architecture and waterworks that literally turned the former desert into an oasis paradise? Man, have you seen the cool trains they have in the Jagged Pass? No matter what Miengo does and what culture it has, the relatively new Jagged Pass steals the spotlight, leaving a sour taste for Miengo’s leadership to swallow.
Miengo has been a Klaimian territory for much of its history, as its forefathers were eager to ally with the growing power across the mountains, seeking protection from the vengeance of Queen Seita’anna and the rich resources the mountains that were unaffected by Theelio could provide. Imagine the shock of the Miengan nobility when the south western corner of Klaime in which the Jagged Pass, Miengo and Syluce are contained was named Sylucia. It drove just another wedge between the two city states and further disenchanted Miengo. Now days, Miengan natives refer to the region as Miengana, while Sylucian natives call it by its political name Sylucia. Despite the seeming ill intent of Klaime’s Royalty in naming the region, the root words for Syluce and Sylucia come from the words used by the Dragons who settled and named the area before human settlement.
Miengo, like most cities in Klaime, admire and adore the dragons of Klaime and see them as a symbol of honor and pride for their nation. However, Miengo’s history with the dragons was turbulent at best and the long-lived dragons are not quick to forget the flighty nature of the humans or their transgressions. Out of all of Klaime’s cities, Miengo has the second least favorable relationship with the dragons, behind their neighbor Jagged Pass. Miengo’s ruler made the mistake of engaging in open hostilities with the calm-natured dragons, drawing Klaime’s ire and resulting in the dissolution of the budding government. Klaime established a military outpost to ensure the Miengan people would adhere to Klaimian law, which evolved into the Royal Marshal’s fort and academy where the Royal Marshals of Klaime are headquartered. Some people resent the institution, while others praise it as a symbol of Miengo’s honor. 
Miengo’s relationship with Grey’s Mark has been a strange one. Originally founded by people fleeing the wrath of the teenage tribal queen of the Theelio desert, early Miengan’s had a looming sense of fear the Sandstorm Cat would come baring down on them any day. Old, earthen fortifications stand to this day as historical sites that grow Miengo’s more prominent crops such as Rojguina and Candle Yams. While early Miengans feared the onslaught of an enraged woman, it never came.
Miengo reestablished relations with the Gremarian empire as a trade partner, operating through their water route leading to Korengo by following the coast. The Unnamed king of Grey’s Mark sought to exploit Miengo and bring it under Gremarian influence so it could be used as a staging ground to manipulate Klaime. Miengan people were weary of joining either empire at this point, but content with becoming a vital trade link between the two growing nations. Through years of trade partnership, Miengo slowly came to see Grey’s Mark as a potential ally instead of the threat of being eradicated.
This thought train came to a screeching halt when it was discovered that Seita’anna’s children had commit regicide against their own father and reinstated the Queen as the absolute monarch of Grey’s mark. Trade was stifled to a halt as a bloody civil war was waged and the queen brought her nation back under heel. Of course, only the most sensationalized stories reached the ears of Miengans, such as the murder of entire populations, enslaving of communities and the queen herself taking up her bloody daggers once again. The thought on every Miengan’s mind was whether or not the queen of vengeance would come to visit them once her conquest of her own lands had finished.
To the shock and dismay of many once trade was opened between Miengo and Korengo following the stabilization of Grey’s Mark, the queen sent delegates and expressed her interest to see both miengo and Lassango, the two city-states founded from the refuges fleeing the initial bloody victory of the I’qwee trade. Miengo elicited the aid of Klaime and its growing might to protect it, should the queen desire to purge the city. Klaime similarly was interested in this meeting to establish more formal relationships and trade with the Gremarian queen. Miengo tentatively accepted Seita’anna’s invitation to host her, and a vessel containing her was soon arriving on their shores.
At this point, very few Miengans remembered the days of being refuges, and the idea of Grey’s Mark being a threat was passed down only in stories and history lessons. Those who did live in the days of war were now old elders and leaders within the community. Certainly the queen herself was too old to continue her ideals of vengeance and bloodlust at this point? If she still desired blood, Klaime’s metal-clad soldiers would protect miengo.
A young, beautiful Lian woman stepped off the boat, as the Miengan offical announced “Princess Seita’anna I’qwee of Grey’s Mark.” An elder was reported to have fallen to their knees, breaking their brittle bones, in horror as the same beautiful girl who hunted them through the sands was just disrespected by being incorrectly identified. The girl seemed cross, and confused at first, beckoning the crier to explain himself. When the crier said he assumed the queen would be nearer to the age of the elders, and not so young and beautiful, the queen’s laughter broke the tension of the docks everyone held their breath at. This was no avatar of vengeance, but a curious, confidant ruler.
By all accounts, Seita’anna was well received and enjoyed her time in Miengo, unlike Lassango’s cold and uninspiring reception. Old faces regaled the young queen on how she had not changed a day, while the queen was able to reforge bonds with people she had known before the war for Grey’s Mark. Time had healed even the deepest wounds, and Grey’s Mark was happy to accept Miengan trade, and not bring it under its own rule. It was, afterall, adjacent to Klaime’s mountains, while Grey’s Mark was across a desert.
After Syluce was established, trade between Grey’s Mark and Miengo increased slightly. Despite the poor quality of Syluce’s coastal features, it was still better to travel to Syluce instead of rowing up the [Big River]. This was a double-edged sword for Miengo, however. While trade increased between the cities and Grey’s Mark, the personal relations between the two entities was weakened, as all business came through Syluce now. When klaime went to war with Lassango, Miengo was impacted the hardest. Smugglers and illegal traders might brave the trip to Syluce, but not to Miengo or on its behalf.
The annexation of Lassango by Klaime was a point when the fragmented remnants of the Koreut people came to realize they were all their own civilizations now. Lassango petitioned Grey’s Mark, Miengo and the Green Spires for aid, believing the combind power of the Lian cities would be enough to stop klaime’s conquest. However the unforgetting Queen of Grey’s Mark did not pledge her help to the town that had given her the cold shoulder, which prevented the Green Spire’s from pledging their aid. Miengo itself had long ago become officially part of the klaimian Empire. The Koreut people were no more, and had not been for some time.
== Products and Culture ==
Miengo has access to many rich and unique resources that its neighbors do not. Being at the origin of the [Big River], and under the Tama Wetlands, touching the edge of the Theelio Desert and the exotic Coppervien Forest places Miengo in a position to exploit resources from various different climates to create a unique fusion of items and resources that reflects the Miengan lifestyle. Miengo has cemented itself as the cultural and mercantile epicenter of Sylucia(Miengana).
=== Yrluna River ===
This place really needs a name…
Miengo’s greatest asset is the [Big River] on its eastern border. Famous miengan lobsters are farmed and harvested here in floating farmlands that grow much of Miengo’s crops. The Tama Wetlands provide the river with nutrient rich water which allow for the growth of crops on floating mats in the river, like aquaponics. The habitat created by these farms becomes the perfect breeding grown for the lobsters, which are caught in traps and have become a renown Miengan delicacy. To take advantage of this, Miengan people have build walkways and bridges all over the river and created a floating aquaponic industry.
Miengo’s most famous river product is by far the Miengan River Lobster. What stated as a small hunter-gather means of sourcing food turning into trapping, which then turned into the cultivation of lobster habitats and active farming. Many people around Klaime have heard of the unique taste and fame of the Miengan Lobster and have it on their bucket list to visit Miengo just for the chance to have Lobster. River Lobster is a common food in Miengo, generally on the more expensive end due to its availability and labor to harvest.
Miengo boasts a popular fish market during spawning time, due to being right at the location of the fish spawning grounds. Just before Lobster season is fish season, where delicious fish of several different varieties can be caught. The fishing season is long, consisting of several concurrent spawning seasons of fish that spawn in different origins and basins of [Big River]. Miengan people recognize each individual season and everyone has an opinion on which one is the best and which type of river fish has the best flavor.
Mountain berries such as strawberries are a popular crop on Miengo’s aquaponic farms. Many different berries, fruits and greens from the otherwise untouched Tama Wetlands can be found in Miengan markets. The origin of [Big River] retains much of the nutrients and climate needed to sustain the fruits of the Tama Wetlands. The warmer climate results in berries that are not true to the flavor of Tama Wetlands, but are still a unique flavor that would otherwise be unavailable to people.
Foods:
Crisps and Salsa:
Miengan specialty; Chips with spicy Tiacoa salsa. Crisps are made of thin slices of potato, cheese or Dryley skins, fried to be firm and crispy.
Ceviche:
Tart, stinging Rojguina + river fish or lobsters, left overnight in Rojguina juice. Easy to make, and keeps for a long time and can be cooked at leisure and served with crisps.
Dryley Graze;
Diced Rojguina, Tiacoa, Perverla, and Onions and greens for a fresh salad. Its Pico de Gallo
Tiacoa Traipse:
Tiacoa deep friend to make some yummy avocado french fries. In miengo, Traipse will often refer to the method of cooking; frenching the product and deep frying it.
Fried and seasoned Tiacoa frenches. 
Alcohol: 
Tequila from Agave, Wine from Rojguina, shitty beer from various plants. Tequila and Wine more popular than the shitty beer
Azucarado Hyadana
Colloquial name for river fish or lobsters with an agave syrup glaze. Can be roasted, baked, fried, deep-fried, grilled. Yummy honey and cinnamon glazed fish! Rojguina sprinkles for some citrus flavor!
Goat and Cactus
Simple, well known meal in Miengo. Goat and Perverla grilled together on the same grill or in the same pot. Thats what they get for eating our cactus fruits!
River Muddy Snapper
Freshwater Snapper that hunts shellfish in the Yrluna river. Popular food in Miengo and Syluce.
Perverla
A Succulent that grows around the ancient desert lakes of Miengo. In ancient times, it was a towering cactus plant that would grow bushels of its fruits along its sides, wreathed in thorns to protect them from all but birds that would travel from water source to water source. In modern times, the [Name here] Plant has grown to take on more tree-like properties with the increase of water availability. The spines of the [name] are smaller around the base of the plant, and grow longer and more broad as you travel up the length, where a crown of flowers grow in a multitude of colors.
The fruit growing from the side of the plant appears as if it is plump, triangular stalks seeming to push their way through the tough exterior of the plant. The fruits are soft, and can be bitten into safely. They have a flavor similar to pears, with the texture of aloe. The best time to harvest is right before the [Name] Fruit begins to bow under its own weight as it grows longer. Once the [Name] Fruits begin to bow their outer layer becomes tougher and suitable for retaining water while on the ground for scavenging animals and grazers to feed on.
The fruit of the Pervela is a long, triangular shape. Spines of the Pervela cactus grow along the leading edges of the fruit and need to be removed before consumption.
Mountain Goat:
Goats can compensate for the lack of water in Miengana by grazing around the lakes or venturing up into the mountains. After Theelio’s death, the lowlands became a suitable place for them to roam. Because of their versatility in land availability, Goats are a popular animal for food and raw materials.
Dryley Turkey
Large turkey species native to the Miengana region of Sylucia. Can grow up to three feet tall. Herded by shepherds(Turkherds) for their meat, eggs and feathers. Fried Turkey Skin
Eyroun:
Middle English word for Eggs. Let’s do something with this!
Rojguina:
A Rose bush that grows tall and creates bushes that extend their thorny vines down similar to a willow tree. The Blossoms of the Rojguina are white and red, and the petals can be used as a dye for clothing and paint pigment. The fruit of the bush grows on the inside of the protective layer of thorns, making it difficult for flightless animals to get to. However, a pair of long poles can be easily used to push aside the veil of thorns and access the fruits inside. Despite their sharp, uninviting thorns, the collected fruits inside of the bush make Rojguina a popular fruit to farm in Miengo and Syluce.
A bush reaches “Maturity” after four years. It is around this time the bush has grown large and tall enough that a person could feasibly harvest the fruits from the inside of the bush without having too many issues with the wreath of thorns around them. Around this time the Rojguina is about 6 to 7 feet tall, and will reach a maximum height of 8 feet at about 6 years of age. Rojguina bushes will live for hundreds of years, and several Rojguina around Miengo and the Tama wetlands have been named and recognized as landmarks by the inhabitants.
Because of the way Rojguina bushes grow, they are often used as nests for Rose Hawks, which are named for their nesting habitats. The thorny wall helps protect the nest from harm, as well as give the hawk a perch to survey the land from.
Myrthengale (Fusion) - Blend of "Myrtle" and "Night". Refers to the fragrant myrtle bushes that bloom profusely in Miengo during the evening hours, perfuming the air with their sweet scent.
Tiacoa:
The Tiacoa tree is a large, fruit bearing tree that is endemic to the Tama Wetlands. However, it has become most famous for its orchards in human-controlled Sylucian territory, where the fruit of the Tiacoa tree is harvested and eaten. The Tiacoa fruit is located within a leathery shell, with soft, mushy flesh inside. The seed of the Tiacoa is large. Tiacoa is notably not safe for dragons and most other animals to eat, making humans and Lian some of the only creatures in the world to consume Tiacoa.
Its basically an avocado in Miengo!
Candle Yams:
Yams that grow on cliffsides and get their water from the mountains and cliffs, instead of the ground below. Small tubers that grow to about the size of a lemon. The flower is a bright yellow with orange accents in the core of the petal that make it appear like a candle flame.
Caspimum:
Tree bark spice from the Coppervein forest. Its basically crappy cinnamon.
Creeping Root Boi:
Creeping vine that has exposed roots that break above the surface and curl back down into the ground. Moisture and fluids are stored in the exposed roots while the roots in the ground draw in the moisture when it rains. The stored fluid in the root is thick and viscous with a deep brown color. It is chalk-full of capsaicinoids and very spicy. Popular to put into tea and foods for a spicy, healthy kick. Spicy Truffle Liquid
Caspimum Tree:
An evergreen native to the Hot, tropical forests, and the coppervein forest in Miengo. The tree sports an ash-colored gray and black outer layer of bark, and spade-shaped leaves that are yellow on their tops and red on their underside. The striking coloration makes Caspimum easy to recognize among other trees in the forest which is useful for harvesting instead of logging. The Caspimum tree’s inner bark can be harvested and prepared just like cinnamon, although it has a milder flavor and bitter aftertaste.
Caspimum Miengana, the tree native to Miengo, is the least flavorful and most bitter of the Caspimum family. It grows to a medium height and is generally easy to access for its bark. Caspimum spice is popular in Miengo and Syluce as an aromatic and flavor additive for the many seafood options available to the two city-states. Caspimum spice can also be used as a dye, making a burnt-orange color.
=== Coppervein Forest ===
To Miengo’s south is the Coppervein forest that Miengo shares with Syluce. The exotic Coppervein tree has been used by Miengan craftsmen for centuries to make much of Miengo’s architecture. The wood itself is often exported to other parts of Klaime and bought for its unique red-orange coloration. Lassango is well known for its desire for the wood for making dyes and tiles for their colorful roofs. Nobles nation-wide enjoy having the uneven colored wood as decorative paneling or wooden reliefs. Miengan artists spend their whole lives mastering the art of utilizing the random color intensities of the wood they work with.
But that is not all. Coppervein Tree’s unique coloration come from breaking down metals in the soil and turning them into nutrients. This means that the trees have trace amounts of metal within them that entrepreneuring smiths have been able to extract and smelt into exotic alloys. Most of these alloys are not good for tools or weapons, and are relegated to art pieces. However one standout among them is Miengan Copper, made from the concentrations of copper found in the Coppervein Tree’s that are named for the metal. Miengan copper is famed for being hard like iron, and useful in many applications as an easily worked metal. Additionally, it does not corrode, earning in the nickname “Desert Gold”.
In addition to the unique trees the forest boasts many mineral and ore deposits under its surface, providing a mining opportunity for people. The habitat of the forest opens the opportunity for hunting and gathering game animals and herbs and roots and fungi. Using the needles of the tree and the spices and herbs of the forest Miengan people make an herbal drink they call Flutia. It is a bitter and poor in taste but most Miengans have grown accustomed to it. 
Basin
The Basin is the heart of Miengo, resting along its north eastern boarder south of the junction that leads to Jagged Pass. The draconic Tama Wetlands deposit much of its water into this small valley, creating a number of small lakes along the mountain steppes as the water joins [Big River] again. These fertile lake endowed foothills formed rich pockets of civilization from which Miengo proliferated from.
== Locations and Culture ==
Hornino: Miengan word for a permanent house, meaning "stable home".
Maktiin: General name for a useful tool. Generally used to refer to metal tools. means "useful" or "helpful".
Kinten: A Miengan Market. A bustling marketplace where goods from across Klaimian territories are traded. "Kinten" comes from Koreut "Kintendan", meaning a place enjoyed for its beauty or where soft items are to be felt.
Kintave (Koreut) - "Market Dance". Refers to the lively traditional dances performed by Koreut traders during festivals and market days in the Kinten of Miengo, celebrating successful trade and cultural exchange.
Artiskor: A Miengan artisan
Korvathi: Literal transation: Oasis Keeper. The term refers to civil workers that maintain water features.
Trellholt (Fusion) - Blend of "Trellis" and "Stronghold". Refers to the fortified vineyards and orchards on the outskirts of Miengo, where grapevines and fruit trees are grown in a protective enclosure.
Vinkira (Klaimian) - Meaning "Shimmering Path". Describes the play of sunlight on the cobblestone paths and alleyways of Miengo, creating a magical, shimmering effect.
Kaldesh (Fusion) - Combination of "Cold" (Klaimian) and "Warmth" (Koreut). Represents the unique microclimate found in Miengo, where cool mountain breezes meet warm desert winds, creating a comfortable year-round temperature.
Nimora (Koreut) - Literally translates to "Whisper of the Wind". Used metaphorically to describe the gentle rustling sound of leaves in the wind, often heard in Miengo's quieter alleys and green spaces.
Korvalei (Koreut) - "Echo of the Valley". Refers to the natural amphitheaters found in the Klaimian foothills near Miengo, where voices carry and echo among the hills.
Keshandrama: From the koerut word for Shadows: Keshana (kes: To Block/Hinder; and hana: reach/extend) and Drama. The word for a traditional Miengan play performed in Korvalei where actors would cast shadows on a backdrop, such as the mountains, to tell stories during sunset.
Ombrela (Klaimian) - "Shade Maker". Refers to the large, colorful umbrellas used by Miengo's street vendors to provide shade and shelter to shoppers and passersby in the bustling Kinten marketplace.
== Quirce Lakeplaza ==
Lake Quirce is the largest Lake in the Basin district of Miengo. Many buildings and services are built into the northern shore along the mountains, making the lakeside plaza its own little micro-district providing niche services to those seeking it. Along the mountainside is the Stateman’s personal villa and palace, where the current Vicontessa, Chevrice Denali lives. Surrounding her villa is the sorcerer academy where many sorcerers go to achieve higher learning in fields of magic. Just outside the academy is a waterpark supplied and maintained by one of the academy’s ruin gardens and students. These features are built upon the surface of the lake, and access to them is from a bridge that crosses the lake surface. The shoreline where people access the bridge to go to the academy and palace has many services and goods targeted at the students that live in the academy. The small micro-district is full of students and people looking to experience the academy’s bounty.
=== Academy Needs a Name ===
With the mastery of water being such a central theme of Miengan culture, it’s no wonder that they would establish a magic academy dedicated to the study of water based magic. The Academy itself sits on platforms in the center of Miengo’s largest lake, and has small enclaves where each lake feeds into an aqueduct to monitor, purify and control the flow of the water.
The academy doubles as the city’s palatial estate where the Viscontessa lives. It is built around her palace on the mountainside in a ring, with a small gap between its structure and her home. The causeway from her home to the city remains as her property, while the academy students and teachers come in from a different entrance. However the students and Viscontessa often cross paths due to their two buildings being nearly adjacent. 
Between the Academy and the waterpark is the rune garden, a staple for most academies of magic to make. Miengo takes pride in their rune gardens and the ones that encompass the academy create splendid flowers and trees made of ice. Leaves will appear as impossible fragile feathers while the mirror-like ice all around refracts and casts the sun’s light playfully. Rainbows, fountains and ice sculptures are all commonplace in this snow-covered wonderland in the middle of a sunny steppe. 
Much of the Academy is open air, or has lavish open-air extensions to builds that contain more sensitive things that are not waterproof. Much of the academy is made of fine marble with shimmering copper scale for their roofs, forged from the corrosion-resistant copper of Miengo. Waterfalls are diverted through aqueducts all around the academy to pour over the roofs to make them shimmer and glisten in the sunlight. Many of these aqueducts are re-creations or models of Krodsdale’s Flume or other water-aligned parallels. 
A portion of the academy is built below the lake’s surface, with glass windows to observe the lake and its denizens. Here, various fish and algae farms are maintained to study and experimentation. A separate pool is kept to study salinity and various saltwater creatures. Various Breeding Programs exist to keep the population of the lake strong and healthy, as well as create hybrids for study and potential release.
Along the mountain the academy studies alchemy; generally alchemy that involves water-aligned components due to their healthy supply of blue dragonwhistle plants that grow within the waterfalls. Other fields of study include cloud formation, light refraction(rainbows) and weather. If it involves water, the academy takes a great interest in it.
Libraries
Summoning Circles
“Pit” (Safe place to cast dangerous spells)
Dormitories
=== Waterpark ===
Just outside the entrance of the academy is the water park, a curious construction made to offer fun and excitement to the people, for a small fee. Slides, diving boards, and underwater attractions all sit seemingly on the surface of the lake, beckoning people to come play and enjoy the attraction on hot summer days. Students of the academy serve as live guards and groundskeepers for the park as extra-curricular and part-time workers.
=== Ice Gardens ===
The Ice Garden surrounds the academy and academy-owned buildings around the lake. A Rune Garden below the surface will freeze water into beautiful flowers and trees of ice. Frost builds up on the leaves and blossoms and melts, dripping down into the lake like a perpetual spring-time rainfall in a wonderland forest made of ice.
Academy students will tend to the garden, pruning icy leaves and petals that freeze into improper shapes and applying dyes to the water as it freezes to make colored icy shapes.
=== The Church of Knowledge ===
A chapel dedicated to Altre Mei and Koiphew Mei on the lake shore. It is part of the sorcerer academy and classes of Alchemy are often held there. The chapel is built in two parts, connected by a covered walkway. The main body of the chapel is a Lobby which separates the churches of Altre Mei and Koiphew Mei, as well as a joint building for both faiths to celebrate shared holy days and maintain a library. From the lobby, through a door, is the walkway that curves upward to a raised terrace of the Church which is the primary location of classes dedicated to study and use of the nearby waterfalls. A covered Bridge connects this terrace to the academy. Stairs leading down from the lobby lead to classrooms under the surface of the lake. 
The Academy’s alchemy classes are taken in the subsurface rooms. Broad windows show the lake below the surface, allowing the students to see the wildlife below. The raised terrace has a cliffside garden that grows dragon whistle and other exotic flora for the academy. On the terrace are classes related to waterfalls and light refraction and rainbow studies.
=== Fluent Form Bindery ===
The Fluent Form is where the books of the academy are made and bound. Because of the academy’s constant humidity and inundation in water, the Bindery sits in the Quirce Lakeplaza outside of the academy. Books here are made and then water-proofed with oils and dyes before being sent to the academy or sold to students. The extra care comes at a premium, but no student in their right mind would take a book that isn’t water-proofed while attending an academy built on a lake. In addition to making books, the Bindery also serves as a courier’s office. 
There is ample opportunity for students to work at the Bindery, as both scribes and illuminators. Employees must pass a general qualification to ensure their writing and illustrations are suitable for publishing. Scribes write the words of the book, following prompts or copying books for reproduction of material. Illuminators make illustrations for the same purpose. Students can also find work as couriers, delivering messages and packages locally.
The Bindery sells its services as a publisher, and book binder. Additionally, it serves as the courier office for the Quirce Lakeplaza. Students can purchase blank books, have covers embossed and publish or copy books. They sell a number of quills and fountain tips which are popular with students attending the academy’s runecraft classes. They’ll buy exotic and interesting feathers to turn into quills for resale. Ink in a multitude of colors is purchased here, but special alchemical metal inks are created and solid in the academy.
=== Lakeside Market ===
The Lakeside Market is the primary market square of the small micro-district outside the academy. Here students and citizens can sell fish they’ve caught and produce they’ve grown. The academy’s farm studying classes often sell various types of fruits and vegetables that have been cultured with different amounts and types of water to make different or unique flavors of produce. At the center of the square is a fountain for drawing water, supplied by the waterfalls along the mountainside. Most things a student might need can be found in this market, and students rarely have to venture outside of the Quirce Lakeplaza for goods or services.
The market itself is adjacent to the lake, and is just beyond the bridge that leads to the academy and waterpark. The area overlooking the lake has tables, chairs and benches for enjoying the bustle of the market and lake view. Food-on-the-good is a popular choice for academy students willing to pay a bit extra for food they dont have to cook themselves in their busy college lives.
The Fish hatchery is next to the market plaza, where students can find a job making sure the lake’s fish populations are stable and kept up. Additionally students can find jobs as butchers and chefs for the market vendors. There are a variety of simple, easy jobs one can find in the market.
=== Flowerbed Clinic ===
A clinic within the Quirce Lakeplaza. Many students from the academy work here, especially those studying alchemy and healing magic. Students are forbidden from using healing magic or administering potions without proper certification from the academy stating what procedures they can safely perform. The Clinic works closely with the academy to be a place of teaching for the students, while remaining a safe place to seek medical attention.
The Clinic provides various health services, such as medicine, therapy, and magical healing. Students can work making potions, or medicinal parcels and as nurses and aides to the on-site doctors. 
=== Ethel’s Sugarlake Shop ===
The Sugarlake Shop, or Ethel’s, is a sweet little confection shop on the edge of the lake in the Lakeside Plaza. Former student of the academy, Ethel is a favorite wealth of knowledge about the “good old days” and generally a source of sweet-little-old-lady positivity. She used her magic to create cold, frosty confections for people that came to visit the plaza, as well as academy students. The shop grew to take up more space and produce more candy and ice cream. Today, many academy students skilled with frosty magic can find work there helping serve and make ice cream, smoothies and other water-based confections.
=== Butcher ===
The butcher handles the cutting and preparing of turkey and goats from Miengo. Its business isnt as popular as other butchers within the city, due to the ease of access of other food types in the lake plaza. It has a bitter rivalry with the Fishmonger located on the opposite end of the Plaza.
=== FishMonger ===
As one might guess, the lakes of Miengo are full of tasty fish for people to eat. The Lakeplaza fish fishmonger catches, cleans and sells fish, lobsters and other river and lake products. It has a rather heated rivalry with the butcher located across the plaza.
=== The Doll Shop ===
The doll shop is a small business of some renown nearby the Magic Academy. It sells many clay products, such as jugs, jars and plates. However, it's infamous for its lifelike dolls that the shop owner Fuyuhi Nanasa makes. People will commission these dolls to be made for deceased loved ones, and occasionally the dolls in her selection will look like people who have recently gone missing.
Many students of the academy purchase their tableware here, as well as fresh clay for runecraft. The shop also sells dyes for coloring clay and other projects. The Shop is popular enough to warrant several part-time student employees to help with the workload during peak business hours. Student-Employees are allowed to use the workshop, but are not allowed to enter the owner’s personal workroom. It is otherwise not open to the public.
== Core District ==
The Core district is in the middle of Miengo, with the Boundbound Valley to the north, The Metal Forest to the south, the Causeway and Quirce Lakeplaza to the east and the untamed wilderness of the Theelio desert to the west. The district is a rich, beautiful metropolitan area with tall buildings and high class services.
=== Luxury Spa ===
A Luxury Spa in the Core district where high class people go for grooming and pampering.
=== Sunbless War Academy ===
Academy where generals, tacticians and royal marshals are trained. Many Klaimian nobles have studied here. It has received a surge in popularity in the past decade due to information being leaked about it having housed the Paladin of Dreams for a time. The Sunbless Academy is on one end of the Sunbless Plaza, with the Temple of Sunbless on the other.
=== Temple of Sunbless ===
Temple of Airro Relle in Miengo. Shares the Sunbless Plaza with the War Academy.
=== Temple of Leivia ===
=== Temple of the Circle ===
[Name] Causeway: An area where the steppes of the Basin lakes give way to the valley below. Homes are built in stepped levels along this stretch of land, and the valley below boasts a large trade road leading to Syluce. Rudimentary indoor plumbing for businesses here. Aquaduct leads from the basin to just beyond the causeway, where it ends in Miengo’s famous Oasis Fountains.
Oasis Fountains: Instead of supplying a well or fountain on the ground, Miengan aquaducts pour their contents onto a plaza below, which spreads the water out and creates a small pocket of lush flora in the otherwise dusty and sandy topsoil. Citizens gather the water as it falls from above in cisterns, as if it were rain water.
Water is diverted from the freshwater lakes created by the Tama Wetlands along these aqueducts filled with sand and charcoal. When the water reaches its destination, a weir breaks up and spreads the water to fall in a wide area around the column. During the rainy season, when the aqueduct overflows, the edges are textured to similarly break up the water to make it more akin to rainfall in the otherwise dry Miengo.
Unteathered Valley
Unbound Valley is the region of Miengo that the Jagged Pass junction and boarder with [Between] is located. It is a land marked by open fields and small woods and serves as a perfect area for husbandry of cattle and goats. The area itself is not very rich in resources, except for its eastern boarder along the mountain, where fine stone like marble, and valuable minerals are mined.
Boarder Merchant Guildhall: It is here in miengo, following the establishment of the Jagged Pass, that the Boarder merchants that have become known throughout Klaime were first founded. Originally, the guild was established with the idea of bringing the splendor of Klaime to Miengo. However, the concept evolved to its current form: Bring the splendor of Klaime to itself.
The Guildhall itself is a small wooden castle, which is openly available to enter and explore. Warehouses and Vaults inside the castle’s core are guarded by the Boarder Knights, a Mercenary group that goes with Miengan boarder merchants on their journeys. The Guildhall itself stands as one of Miengo’s seats of power, with its overseer as one of Miengo’s four nobles.  
Miengo Chapterhouse: Headquarters of the Royal Marshals on the western side of the Klaimian mountains. Grand Marshall [name] sits as one of Miengo’s four nobles, with the position of nobility being fluid, and assigned to whoever is the acting leader of the Chapterhouse, instead of by birthright.
Quarries and mines: Many Quarries and mines are along the mountainside, harvesting precious metals and stone.
Metal Forest
The Metal Forest is named for the copper hue of the wood the trees here provide. The forest serves as a great source of timber for Miengo and Syluce, as well as a physical barrier between the two trade rivals. It is the largest forest within Klaime’s boarders.
Coppervein Trees are coniferous trees that grow in large forests like most trees. They have muted blue-green leaves and orange spiraling spindles that carry the seeds. The roots of Coppervein trees produce a solvent that breaks down stone and other minerals, allowing them to take root in otherwise uninhabitable areas. Because minerals are often broken down by the tree’s root system, they are absorbed by the tree and taint the wood into various colors, most famous of which is the coppery orange color that is the tree’s namesake.
Trace amounts of minerals can be found within the wood of Coppervein trees, although extracting those amounts is not worth the amount of wood that would be used, which is otherwise wasted entirely by the smelting process. Instead, sawdust and waste products from carpenters and construction are used when available. While imperfect and unreliable alloys are often extracted from the tree’s wood, ingots of pure metal can rarely be produced. Most famous is Miengan Copper, which is copper made purely from coppervein trees. It does not corrode like its counterparts, and has a hardness comparable to iron.
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