Antiva City

Antiva City is the capital of the nation of Antiva and is a major port-city and center of trade.
== History ==
While it had existed as a city-state under a king for some time prior, Antiva's history truly began with the introduction of pirates and raiders who established settlements on the west coast of the Rialto Bay. Antiva's king and the various settlements gradually developed a fragile but mutually beneficial relationship. It was this relationship, ostensibly a lucrative business decision, that formed the nation of Antiva and cemented its focus as a nation with a powerful mercantile tradition, making use of its coastal cities for trade opportunities with the other countries of Thedas. The most important of these coastal cities is Antiva City.
As a result of the importance of commerce in Antiva, the most influential class of Antivan society are the merchant princes, arguably more powerful than the weak monarchy that rules the country.
At the start of the Fourth Blight in 5:12 Exalted, the city was besieged and sacked by the darkspawn horde. 
The City was freed in 5:24 Exalted and rebuilt.
== Culture and society ==
Antiva City is both beautiful and deadly, much like many of its denizens. A romantic location known for its wealthy port and robust trade, as well as the wine that is the country's main export, it also houses danger and intrigue as the base of operations of the Antivan Crows, a notorious and world-renowned guild of assassins, spies, and thieves. Due to its connection to the Crows, Antiva City also houses the Crows's Archive and its secret prison, Velabanchel. The Crows are feared and admired in the city by nobles and commoners alike, and enjoy enormous privilege in Antiva. Indeed, it is the threat of the Crows which keeps Antiva City--and Antiva as a whole--safe from outside attack, in addition to the country's political neutrality.
Given its permissive culture, Antiva City is home to several brothels. A brothel may foster orphaned children sired by its prostitutes, and these children may then be purchased at auction by the likes of the Antivan Crows.As mentioned by Zevran Arainai regarding his own childhood in Dragon Age: Origins.
== Places ==
* Archive of the Crows – a secret location of the Antivan Crows which houses a "dragon's creche," a booby-trapped building designed to kill the unwary; the Crows and the dwarves of old collaborated and designed the structureAs noted by Varric Tethras in Dragon Age: The Silent Grove.
* The Perfumed Spring – a brothelDragon Age: The Silent Grove, Chapter 1
* Royal Bank of AntivaMentioned in Letter: A Strangely Official-Looking Letter in Dragon Age II. Presumably in Antiva City as that is the seat of the royal family.
* Velabanchel – a prison
* The Palace of the Kings – a statue of Queen Asha of Antiva towers over the entrance
* The Boulevard of the Seas – a street paved in turquoise and sea-green tiles (Exalted Age)Dragon Age: Last Flight, p. 30
* The Golden Plaza – a plaza with dozens of gilded statues (Exalted Age)
* The Royal Palace – the Palace is constructed with slender towers and stained-glass windows (Exalted Age)
== Notable residents ==
* Queen Asha Campana (Black Age)
* King Alonzo Campana[note] (Black Age)
* King Elaudio (Exalted Age)Dragon Age: Last Flight, Chapter 2
* Queen Giuvana – wife of King Elaudio (Exalted Age)
* Queen Madrigal (Exalted Age)
* Prince AzrinMentioned by Zevran Arainai when discussing his past assassination targets.
* Prince Claudio Valisti
* Princess Ferenna
* Adorno Ciel Otranto
* Calien d'Evaliste (Exalted Age)
* Josephine Montilyet
* Rinna
* Taliesen
* Zevran Arainai
== Trivia ==
* Based on conversation with Zevran Arainai in Dragon Age: Origins, Antiva City also has a leatherworking industry. He also mentions that it rains all the time but the flowers are always in bloom.
* Based on Alistair's narration in Dragon Age: The Silent Grove, the city smells of seawater mixed with wine and spice, or mold mixed with rotting fish.
* Fish chowder is a thick, creamy and classically Antivan soup that is well known in Antiva City.Zevran mentions it in Dragon Age: OriginsDragon Age: The Official Cookbook: Tastes of Thedas, p. 59
== References ==
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