Stormsong City

**Stormsong City** is the capital of the Kingdoms of Light and the largest city in Gilderas. It is also known as the Capital, the First City, the City of Heroes, Storm City, and simply Stormsong. It is located in the southeastern region of Petra along the sea. It is the current seat of House Bendarion.

**Population:** 670,432

**Ruling House:** Bendarion

**House Seat:** Lionstar

**Current Leader:** Robert Bendarion IV

**Standard:** Golden lion head on blue

The city is named for the occasional sudden squalls created by a storm line pattern in the mountains which surround it on three sides. On the fourth side lies the Last Sea.

Stormsong was rebuilt after the Great Quake of B.A. 672 which significantly damaged its walls and buildings and the surrounding settlements for fifty odd miles. Stormsong is a marvel of design and engineering. The royal guard and navy are stationed here and work with the city guard force of Stormgard to keep the peace within the city walls.

The city was first built close to the sea, but in the hundreds of years that have passed since its founding its buildings have encroached for miles into the surrounding forests and now cover the sides of the Aelorian mountains that press up on its sides. Between the mountains at the far northern end of the city lie steep fissures and valleys formerly covered in evergreen trees. The remnants of the ancient forests can still be seen and are commonly referred to by local residents as the Glades.

## Notable Locations within the city

### White Cathedral

The White Cathedral is the center of the White Faith and philosophical capital for the Faith's adherents. All devout followers hope to make a pilgrimage once in their lifetimes to Stormsong in order to see the White Cathedral. The building is located in the southern part of the city and faces toward the sea. At the time of its construction, it stood roughly in the center of Stormsong. Over the years of the capital's rapid expansion, however, it has shifted into one of the most southern parts of the city.

### Prism Library

The Prism Library is a beautiful stone building with blue-tiled roofs and colorful stained glass windows.

### Valley Gates

A pair of massive iron gates set into the stone wall that runs across the locally-known "first valley" at the northernmost end. Above the gates are set towers and wooden ramparts from which soldiers can look out at the surrounding area. Everyone who comes into the capital by land passes through these gates.

### Sectors

Stormsong is divided into ten sectors which each contain many smaller districts and quarters.

* Sea Sector
* Stone Sector
* Evergreen Sector - located in the major valley around which Stormsong is built; contains most of the Glades
* Salt Sector -
* Red Sector -
* Blue Sector -
* Last Sector -
* Storm Sector
* Wind Sector
* Light Sector

### Streets, squares, and gates

* Storm Street -
* Quarry Street - a major road that runs from Stormgard Garrison northeast through most of the city to the Evergreen Sector, where it joins the Pine Road
* Pine Road - the major thoroughfare out of Stormsong, it runs from the Evergreen Sector through the Salt and Stone Sectors to the Valley Gates

Stormsong City is home to the Academy of the Sciences, the Academy of Arcane Arts, Capital Bank, the Prism Library, and the White Cathedral, the philosophical capital for those who follow the White Faith. These edifices draw healers, priests, soldiers, and merchants, all of whom bolster Stormsong’s economy. King Joffrey Lysart rules from the Storm Keep. Unaffected by the ravages of the Red Waste to the north, Stormsong still faces its own threats, both from without and within.

## Subzones

White Sector | Light District (Cathedral Square - First Light Quarter)