Pyramidia

## City Description

The capital city of the Ceevilian Empire and said to be the center of the known world, Pyramidia is at the core of everything that goes on around Ecria and what happens in this city normally has a ripple effect across the rest of the world.

Pyramidia is also home to the Emperor himself and many other powerful and influential organizations and people. Including, The Crowns Court, The United Imperial Ministry of Magi (UIMM) and Gilbert Goldruggon, the richest man in the known world, to name a few.

Being a city with paramount importance there is a huge guard presence and they can be quite strict. The city is also very clean. You dont see many dirty people roaming the streets unless it comes hand in hand with their job. You also wont ever see a beggar anywhere thats not the Underslums.

The city has everything most people would ever want and need, some could, and do spend most of their whole lives in or just around the cities walls. The capital is so well connected due to being in the middle of the continent, this is also strategically the best place to police the whole continent and sustain the empires power. Also because it is so well connected there are many trade routes that run straight through the city and therefore a lot of goods are imported.

### **Districts**

This metropolis is split up into five sections, four of these are specific districts and the last being the castle set up high in the center of the city.

**The Heights** - The northern district for the more 'comfortable' citizens of Pyramidia, the district is visually very different due to the distinctive red colour of the bricks used for the buildings and it stands out compared to the gray stone slabs or the wooden beams that support the other structures in most of the city. The district is split into two sections: *Redstone Heights,* where the higher members of society live, and the most luxurious taverns have set up shop. The other is *High Market Boulevard,* a Boulevard where shops and stores sell more high end materials and goods. This is also the place you'll find the most gifted craftsman and specialists at a certain skill.

**The** **Evermarket** - In the whole south west of the city lies the Evermarket, a place that never sleeps, this huge market constantly has caravans, travers merchants coming through to sell or buy goods and a deal is always there to be done. It is also next one fo the rare Sky Ship Docks that are used by the richer members in the empire of to transport massive amounts of materials or equipment across the continent. Also in the Evermarket is the warehouse ward. A sizeable chunk of land like a C shape around the market holds almost anything. This Zone is also use to a lot of criminal activity takes place

**Mastery Sector** - The mastery sector is to the west and is filled with numerous types of building. It can be quite a busy and densely populated at times, It is a melting pot of different types of people. The distinct contains the courthouse, a high number of guild HQ's that operate just within the city and others all over the continent, the education quarter has a number of different types of schools and collages for not just the arcane arts and martial practices but all types of learning. Many of the temples of the authorised gods also have their main temple here. As a result the architecture in this district is an assortment of styles, colours and materials. some buildings are relatively new and some have been standing for hundreds of years.

**Southborough -** Southborough is built in the south of Pyramidia. Houses take up most of the district with it being the main residential hub of the city. The houses are build in many different ways and by many different materials, However these different styles are normally clustered together, for examples theres a lot of wooden beamed buildings clustered near the *Elka Gardens* to the south east and stoned buildings closer to the south west where a lot of materials are brought in via the *Evermarket*.

**Underslums** - Although not an official district of its own the city does have a long history and below the shining capital city it now is lies the humble beginnings and anything left over and forgotten about. These ruins are now known as the *Underslumbs*. The network of tunnels and caverns dont run through the whole city mainly parts of the Evermarket, the residential and mastery district. No one goes down to these ruins because what festers there is never normally good, You can find some shady taverns and even inns down there and one of the more ruthless thieves guides bases its operations there.

### **Geography**

All roads must lead to Pyramidia as degreed by **Emperor Cassius Ceevil** and since the unification that has been the case. It is at the heart of the Ecria, and therefore well connected in trade routes. The closest towns and cities around however are Hungtinggan, Fort Castilla, Lakeshire and Heonnhiem.

### **Gods**

After Victory over the Tavirom Empire the monarch at the time **Queen Arcadia**. Instated a law that would only allow 8 chosen gods to be worshipped in hopes to crush any dark or evil magic cropping up again. These Gods Pelor, Ioun, Erathis, Eldath, Buhamet, Moradin, Corellon and The Raven Queen.

## City Life

Life within the city is a great one if not a bit expensive, someone who seen as poor in this city would be modest anywhere else and seen as rich to an everyday villager. Everything is just a little more expensive in the capital.

The city however does have its benefits the quality of life is superior to anywhere else on the continent and much of the known world, The cities clean, its relativity safe, compared to the size and population. Education is mandatory for a sizeable portion of the civilians. And as already stated, it's so well connected you could acquire anything you need or want. There are a number of parks and monuments to gaze upon. Lastly the mandatory festivity's and celebrations enforced by the emperor are even more grand and extravagant in the capital. Feat of the Union and The Day of the Emperor in particular are great spectacles and people come for for and wide to spend the day or week there while it's happening.

The city moves at a lighting fast pace in all aspects, businesses need to get things done, fashion comes and goes and a politician or nobleman in favour one day can be gone by the next. The people live very rushed and focused lifestyles.

There are many forms of propaganda in the capital from statues of famous battles, victory and previous emperors, to the history taught in school or told through song.

### **Demographic**

As its the capital city there are all types of people that come here for a visit

## Notable Locations

*Building/ Shops*

***Gilberts Gold Exchange*** - The flagship location, this bank is huge and looks like a small golden palace.

***The Sparkling Sisters*** - A jewellery shop that also does high fashion on the side.

***Mergils Meds*** - An apothecary and potioneer.

***The Intelligent Arsenal*** - Nothing too value as the UIMM take most of the good stuff.

***Paramount Pages*** - The local book store, not many commoners use it but it has its loyal customers.

***Love of Loaves*** - A bakery in town that specialises in all different types of bread.

***The Courier Cart*** - Franchised throughout the Empire, their biggest store is here. Just an everyday general store.

***The Arm and Hammer*** - Blacksmiths and Armorer.

*Locations*

**Wicketon House/ Institute *-*** The HQ, and university of sorts of the UIMM. A place where people come to learn or to carry out the therirwork to further the power of the empire.

**The First Emperor -** The biggest and most eye catching monument is of the first Emperor and Empress defeating their foes and thus establishing the Ceevilian Empire.

**Traitors Head** - This executioner's stage is the main method of dealing with traitors of the Empire. The Tall guillotine is constructed every time it is being used but the red stained stone slab below it obviously stays there at all times to remind the people.

**Loading Yard** - Due to having no access to rivers or the ocean a lot of trading material and goods are imported by caravan. However because this is the capital, Pyramidia has has a sky port. A place for Sky ships to land, be that for traveling or hauling cargo.

**The Ceevilian Realm** - The palace can be seen throughout the whole of Pyramidia and for a good few miles outside the walls, due to it being raised above the city on top of older ruins. This palace is a big as a small settlement and has many levels, wings and annexes. The realm is split into 2 sections the inner and outer Palace. The inner palace is where the emperor lives and some of the more famous rooms are, one of the rooms being the Emperors hoard, a vault and trophy room of powerful or historical artefacts. It is said that the room is so stacked with platinum coins it blankets the floor. The outer palace also holds some importance, inside this section are built the 5 crown towers. Spread around the rim its purpose is to make the palace resemble a crown. Inside each tower lives one of the elect account of The Crowns Court.

*Guild Halls*

***The Iris Vanguard Fighters Hall*** - More a collection of permanent tents and marquees this is where a lot of big contracts and jobs are posted and organised.

***Sacred Ground of the Knights of the New Moon*** - A solid white building this is a large guild hall where most of the high ranking members would be.

***The Foundation Merchants Guild*** - This huge bland blocky corporate like structure may look boring but inside holds great importance to the empire and its economic structure, here the empire works with vendors to maintain the cost of everything and make sure all merchants or anyone selling goods are getting and equal deal and playing be the rules.

***A Shifting Coin hideout*** - A luxury manor house in *The Heights* lies a secret hideout for The shifting coin. A Dwarf with a mechanical finger sits outside the entrance depending a password to enter.

***The United Imperial Ministry of Magi*** - Here in the capital are the headquarters of this huge mage's guild. Its is partly attached to Wickerton Institute due to having ties with the school. However the main section is where the most powerful and intelligent mages who work for the empire work in learning more about the world of magic magical items for the empire.

## Military

The Praesidium Guards - The lawkeepers throughout the whole empire these guards are very recognisable from their sliver armour with red tunic covering most of the metal. There isn't a standard issue equipment for weapons or armour. Due to the empire being so large and covers many different cultures and grounds some weapons are more common or useful in certain places. However you can always spot a captain or another high ranking military official due to their armour being black and red.

The Legion - The Legions is the empires army and used for conquering new lands or defending territory. They look lightly different to the The Praesidium Guards but instead of the silver armour its replaced with a brass/ gold tone. Their weapons and armour also different depending on the realm they are based in.

The Wraiths - It is known but only in whispers that the empire has its own secret police, agents based in all major cities and town to root out any treason or sense of rebellion. They are known to be dressed in all back with a golden trim and golden helmet/ mask.

First Flintlock Division - The most elite marksmen and sharpshooters around the empire are personally selected to come to the capital and chosen to be a part of this newly formed division. The division's soldiers are heavily armorer in full glistening sliver plate and they handle the newly invented flintlock rifles as their main arms and pistol for closer quarters.

## History

One of the best documented locations to date Pyramidia has had a long and interesting history. Records are obviously well kept due to the importance of the location and it having a rippling effect across the Primordial Expanse.

why was Pyramidia here, old village that use to have a different name but was changed the old village is mostly undeaneth the palace however not all of it.

Forestry - Creates fuel, carpentry, furniture makers, etc..