Iwakita

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Iwakita is the capital of Hashin. The centre of its power, it stands as one of the coastal cities. It was relocated partway through the history of the nation, moving it from the previous capital Nagasunai.

## Landmarks

### Aoyama Bridge

Aoyama bridge is a large tiled bridge. It is a popular landmark because of the beauty it entails, with rainbow tiles leading the centre of the path and different coloured lights on each of the pillars.

### Field of Titans

Field of Titans is a relatively large open area in the city. Called as such because of the large no-faced statues that line the park. They have long arms, passing where would be normal for a human, with claws on the fingers. Even to this day, the claws remain extremely sharp, represented by the warning signs.

### Inner Forest

The Inner Forest is a small forest within the city. The outskirts are maintained and have various gardens, some reserved specifically by certain clans, while others are free for the public. Going further into the forest makes it look like normal, with shrines dedicated to various gods on each tree, and even small animals making it their home.

### Iwakita Palace

The Iwakita Palace is a large palace in the noble district of the city. Having large grounds, it has been upgraded to allow the current Monarch to have as their place of residence. The grounds are sectioned off, giving reserves for the Monarchs personal garden and a larger garden maintained by the keepers. Many diplomats visit the palace during their stay, giving them an excellent view on the city.

### Ogura Zoo

The Ogura Zoo is a prized attraction in the city. It holds many different enclosures including various animals, beasts and monsters from around the world. Built during the reign of Sung Jin-Woo, it has had extended upgrades to ensure the beasts in captivity are content and have room to move around. A large garden is also included in the centre of the zoo, with Sakura trees all around. Free, tamed and socialised animals are allowed to roam here, giving the visitors the chance to pet them or simply enjoy the company.

### The Shadow Warrior

The Shadow Warrior is a large statue in the city of Iwakita, standing high enough to be seen from all over the city. The reason for its name is the material it was constructed with, a dark stone found in the Nagasunai mountains. During the night, some have found it to have a black energy growing off of it.

## Education

In the noble and middle district of Iwakita, there are many schools, both large and small for the rich or nobility to access.

### Hashin Circle

The Hashin Circle is the school for people with either magical interest or magical ability. While magic is still seen as dangerous in Hashin, they believe it is still a useful tool to have for their society. Thus, while the Hashin Circle is a place of learning, it is also a place of regulation, with a large barracks of Anti-Magic Jeonsa nearby in case of an emergency.

### Hashin University

Hashin University is the highest level of education in Hashin. It has a large collection of buildings in the city. Each building has their own speciality, other than the residential units and library on the campus. They mainly major in art, history, negotiation and poetry. Though have classes for engineering, and martial arts.

## Guilds

### Aliquam

Aliquam is the guild police in the world. Acting as a natural check of power to the other guilds. They are seen as completely neutral, only working when assessing or enforcing the current regulation and procedures in place. If two guilds enter a dispute, it is up to the Aliquam to deal with it, either by acting as a third party or punishing if laws and policies have been breached.

### Barktree Lions

The Barktree Lions are one the 3 big adventuring guilds in the world. They can be easily recognised in public by spotting the piece of bark from their Lion tree that is in their possession, usually on armour or clothing. It is in Iwakita that they were created, thus their prized Lion tree was originally planted here. Because it is their headquarters, the Barktree Lions has a large campus surrounding this tree, including a library, residential, museum and training grounds. It is easy to say they have the most guild members in the city.

### Lucent

Lucent is one of the 3 big adventuring guilds in the world. Their name coming from their founder, who was said to have skin that always had a small glow to it. Many of their members take on this image, shining with some sort of colour in their armour or clothing. While their newbies take jobs in the area, most of them move to the Radiant Wilds to do their work. In Iwakita, they patrol the different forests, but are smaller due to the popularity of the Barktree Lions.

### Padron's Sword

Padron's Sword is a Gonarundun adventuring guilds, having some reach over the world including a small amount of influence in Hashin. They often do small tasks in the city of Iwakita and its region, though act more as advertisements to a recruiting drive to give them the ability to do expeditions in the Radiant Wilds.

### Sunwarm

Sunwarm is the major merchant's guild in the world. They have created a large network that allows members of their guild to sell their good through them for a commission. In Iwakita, they closely associate with the merchant and commoner class, allowing them to discover relatively unused talent. Unlike most cities, the Sunwarm guild here doesn't own many businesses.

### The Labourers Guild

The Labourers Guild is a guild that primarily helps labourers find work. Taking their commission from the first few pay checks, they help both employees and employers find the suitable job and if all else fails, they have their own businesses to hire workers. Within a port city though, they mainly are used by ship captains searching for a crew or a merchant setting up a voyage.

### Viper's Fang

The Viper's Fang is one of the 3 big adventuring guilds in the world. Known for using poison and accepting dangerous tasks. Another more infamous thing about them is their initaition process, which a person must drink poison to be fully accepted into the guild. With so many high members they often travel into the Radiant Wilds, even allowing their newbies to accompany them sometimes if not doing small tasks within the city.

## Sports and Entertainment

Other than pop-up open stages in the lower district, most of the sports and entertainment is located in the middle district, allowing it to be seen by tourists as a small attraction while being still accessible by nobles.

### Dong-Jun Open Stage

Dong-Jun Open stage is an entertainment venue. It is primarily used for music, with pop being quite popular in the region, though has been known for the occassional debate and stories from adventurers coming back from the Radiant Wilds.

### Inomi Art Gallery

Inomi Art Gallery is a large building containing various pieces of art from the past decade. While they do hold art from the past century, they only bring them out for event. It is quite popular, allowing small-time artists to build their portfolio and even make some money if their pieces are sold.

The building itself is a work of art, with painting utensils acting as the pillars, and canvas's on the walls that can be painted on.

### Iwakita Stadium

Iwakita Stadium is a large arena in the city of Iwakita, reserved as a venue for handball and soccer. Both sports can be held at the same time, with the handball area being smaller due to less popularity, but with more resources dedicated to the comfort of the spectators, which are sometimes international.

Iwakita Stadium is closely related to the colour Orange, with an Orange ring on the outside of the arena, and one on the roof. Orange painted stripes also run along the laneways inside the stadium, directing spectators to either the Handball court or the Soccer field.

### Iwakita Theatre

Iwakita Theatre is an inside stage place for entertainment. Weekly shows held here including acting, drama, magic and puppets. It is placed in the middle district, with specialised seats to maximise comfort. Inside the building, special lighting has been constructed in order to help enhance different shows, usually for puppets.

## Religion

### De Vin

The worship of De Vin is not as popular in the city, allowing for only a small dedicated shrine in the Inner Forest as worshippers are hoping to find a suitable location and funding to make their own.

### Novus

The Novus religion is much more popular in Iwakita, not their main religion but close too. There are 2 temples for worship, one on the fringe of the lower and middle district and the other in the high district. Though there are dedicated shrines in the inner forest, as is the custom with religions in the city.

## History

### Notable Citizens

Asano Inomi - Popular architect, designed the Aoyama bridge. Inomi Art Gallery constructed in her honour.