Lupugana

**Lupugana** (ルプガナ, *Rupugana*), also known as the **Imperial Capital of Lupugana** (帝都ルプガナ, *Teito Rupugana*) or simply the **Imperial Capital**, is the capital city of the Sacred Vollachia Empire. It is administered by the emperor of Vollachia, Vincent Vollachia.

## Information

Lupugana is a large star-shaped city located near the center of the Empire. It is surrounded by a five-sided bastion fort with high city walls, a moat, and various forests situated in between each bastion. The bastions are protected by earth magic and will not collapse with normal attacks. The city can normally be accessed through a bridge located at the first bastion, which gives a direct path to the center of the city. Each bastion is numbered, with the first bastion located in the south, the second bastion located in the southeast, the third bastion located in the southwest, the fourth bastion located in the northeast, and the fifth bastion located in the northwest. To the city's north is a reservoir, which was formerly an area of the Imperial Capital. The architecture within the city itself varies little in quality from one part of the city to another. At the heart of Lupugana lies the Crystal Palace, which is considered to be the city's symbol.

During the Great Disaster, the walls containing the reservoir were heavily damaged, causing the Imperial Capital to experience unprecedented flash flooding. This necessitated the evacuation of the city's citizens. Currently, the full extent of Lupugana's state is unknown.

## History

Throughout the Empire's history, the reigning Emperor has historically ruled Vollachia from Lupugana's Crystal Palace. At an unknown point in time, the Crystal Palace and the meteor within it, which would eventually become Moguro Hagane, were created. Some time after its creation, the Magic Crystal Cannon sitting atop the palace would come to be used in the past to destroy a large city, and according to legend, it was used against a Great Disaster.

The reservoir located to the north of Lupugana formerly contained portions of the city. However, it was burned down by Arakiya during one of her skirmishes with Cecilus Segmunt. The area was later reused as a reservoir at Chisha Gold's suggestion.

## Locations

* **Crystal Palace** (水晶宮, *Suishō-kyū*): The Crystal Palace is the castle where the Emperor of Vollachia reigns from. It is considered the symbol of Lupugana and the heart of the Empire itself as a result of its unparalleled offensive and defensive capabilities. Due to the presence of the Emperor, it is guarded by a large amount of soldiers from the Imperial Army. The citadel is an elaborately designed castle, with exceptionally rare magic stones being used throughout its construction, causing a high density of mana to flow within it. It supposedly also has the power to amplify magic thousands of times beyond its normal power. At the highest point of the castle is the Magic Crystal Cannon, an immensely powerful cannon adorned with magic stones. In tandem with the castle's mana and the magic stones used across the entirety of its structure, the cannon's power can be amplified to extreme levels of power. The Crystal Palace itself is governed by Moguro Hagane, a living meteor who gained their spirit from the high density of mana gathered around the castle.
	+ **Throne Room**: The throne room is located in the most elevated and prestigious room of the Crystal Palace. It has a great door leading into it and a blood-red carpet laid before the national flag of the Sword Wolf.
	+ **Guest Chambers**: The guest chambers are on a high floor of the palace. They are comprised of elegant rooms that contain furnishing of the highest quality.
	+ **Library**: The library of the Crystal Palace, where Vincent Vollachia discovered Stride Vollachia's concealed journal when he was a child.
	+ **Dungeon**: An dimly lit underground dungeon where prisoners are thrown into. The dungeon is accessed through a staircase.
* **Berstetz's Mansion** (ベルステツの邸宅, *Berusutetsu no Teitaku*): The official residence of Vollachia's current Prime Minister, Berstetz Fondalfon. It is a spacious mansion with a majestic atmosphere where even the rooms made for prisoners of war are lavishly designed. The mansion is overseen by Berstetz's own private army, which guards areas both within and around the premises. Most notably, there is a hidden tea chamber serving as a fortress for the sole purpose of private conversations; it is said to cost enough to buy an entire city by itself. Additionally, Berstetz's mansion possesses a courtyard, a garden, and a hidden compartment that can only be accessed from the roof of the mansion.
* **Flour Mill**: A mill that contained wheat and flour. It was annihilated with a dust explosion triggered by Natsuki Subaru.

## Residents

* Vincent Vollachia
* Berstetz Fondalfon
* Ubilk
* Cecilus Segmunt
* Arakiya
* Chisha Gold (formerly)
* Goz Ralfon
* Groovy Gumlet
* Moguro Hagane
* Drizen Vollachia (formerly)

## Trivia

* Lupugana's name likely derives from the Latin word “lupus”, which means “wolf”, as Vollachia's national emblem is the Sword Wolf and its citizens are frequently referred to as wolves both within and outside of the country.
* In Ex Volume 4, it was originally stated that the walls of the bastion fort surrounding Lupugana's formed a square around the city. However, this was altered in Voume 32, and the Imperial Capital's walls were changed to form the shape of a star instead.

## References

1. ↑ *That power was able to bring about enough destruction to wipe out the entirety of a large city, and in the past, when it had been used hundreds of years prior―― legends say that its target had been a Great Disaster.* Re:Zero Light Novel Volume 32, Chapter 9, Section 3.
2. ↑ *“I’ve heard that at times of need, a single stone from the Crystal Palace can amplify magic to thousands of times its usual power… Is it true?”* Re:Zero Ex Light Novel Volume 4, Royal Selection Prequel, Imperial Diplomacy of Bloodshed, Section 3.
3. ↑ *The mana stored within the palace could be passed through the magic crystals located everywhere in the building to amplify it, and then be released through the Magic Crystal Cannon installed on the highest layer of the Crystal Palace.* Re:Zero Light Novel Volume 32, Chapter 9, Section 3.
4. ↑ *The Crystal Palace, the center of the Imperial Capital of Lupugana and the symbol of the entire Vollachian Empire, was not just a fortress of unparalleled offensive and defensive capabilities, but had concentrated so much mana that it had become a sort of spirit in its own right.* Re:Zero Ex Light Novel Volume 4, Royal Selection Prequel, Imperial Diplomacy of Bloodshed, Section 10.
5. ↑ *For those who painted over the picture, the main reason why it could not be swayed, no matter what they did, was Moguro Hagane―― no, it was the meteor which governed the Crystal Palace, the heart of the Vollachian Empire.* Re:Zero Light Novel Volume 32, Chapter 9, Section 3.