The Capital

### **History**

The Capital was founded in the year 0 with the conclusion of Mordus’ conquest of the continent.

[The Mordian calendar holds it’s foundation date as the founding of the city however the calendar did not come into prominence until the reign of Edavrd II. The Astarian calendar, contemporary to Mordus’ time would place the establishment of the capital at 1002 A.A.]

The original name given to the city was New Astaria, with The Capital being a common nickname for the city due to it being the seat of power of Mordus’ new continental empire. After the time of Mordus and the separation of the Astarian with the continental empire, the term ‘Capital’ gained much popularity in order to establish legitimacy over the remaining empire as well as to distance association with mainland Astaria.

Despite the dissolution of the continental empire the name Capital stuck, causing much amusement to the political rivals of the city who would observe that the city was a capital without a country.

### **Districts**

#### **The Imperial District**

Located atop the highest point of The Capital and scene of cities elite, the Imperial district hosts only the highest in Mordian society gaining it a reputation for exclusivity that most members would like to keep.

A hub for many important governmental buildings and enterprise head offices the district is the central processing unit of the entire city, where the few in power control the fait of the masses with the responsibilities that revolve around the Imperial district on a daily basis. Matters such as Politics, Diplomacy, Trade, Law and War are decided here and here alone. If you are not in the Imperial district, you are not in control.

Do you get the Imperial District very often?

#### **Fairmont Place**

A residential district for the cities higher classes, Fairmont Place embraces all pleasant aspects of grand Mordian society.

Along with its sizeable estates Fairmont Place boasts The Capitals finest leisure activities such as Parks, public baths, libraries, museums and art galleries.

#### **The Periford Downs**

If the Imperial district is the brain of The Capital the Periford Downs is the beating heart. The commercial epicentre of The Capital, thousands of different shops and emporiums line the streets of the district all with a unique trade, a huge variety of entertainment is put on show here form humble street performers and rowdy pubs to grand theatres and fancy bars.

#### **Horton Harbours**

Horton Harbours contain the main naval and airship ports of the city, in times of war the various dockyards were in full action to construct state of the art vessels to bolster the royal fleets, in recent years they have fallen into disuse and the ports that were once bustling with trade have become quite.

These ports at one time were full of migrants from all over the continent, baited by the possibility of a better life within the great city, though it would seem that in the first time in the history of The Capital greater opportunity lie outside of its boarders and now the ports only host those who seek to escape from oppressive rule and poverty.

#### **Boulders Fist**

The industrial District of The Capital and a place of endless hard labour and servitude to the cities masses. When Mordus settled the capital he chose a defendable location in the mountains in which he could posses a sphere of influence across the continent. Little did he know he had struck a hotspot for valuable materials within the mountains, which would doom millions of his future citizens to life in the copper and iron mines in order to fund the capitals rapid expansion and military might.

#### **Nightingale Row**

The housing district for the lower down classes, Nightingale Row is the definition of dinge and dismal, riddled with shanty houses, dark allies and more rats than a sewer, the people of Nightingale Row are just as shabby as their habitat. However among its downtrodden population exist genuine working class people trying to make their way in the turbulent capital, even if they are in the minority amidst the shady back ally dealers and shameless street thugs.

#### **The Hauntings**

The hauntings are, if you were to believe the city guard, uninhabited. However the truth is nobody knows what lurks down there in the complex catacombs of copper.

A product of The Capitals rapid expansion, the hauntings are the very foundation of the city, left behind and forgotten in its growth upwards it is a labyrinth of pipes and gangways that strike dread into the hearts of maintenance men across the continent.