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@Rexcaliburr @smerdyakov @Stoat @Bekuno @Luteia @dragonofyang Hope I'm doing this right. [quote=Thorim Rift][b]Flight:[/b] Lightning/Multi-Flight [b]Type:[/b] Metropolis [b]Location Name:[/b] Thorim Rift [b]Content:[/b] Located right at the edge of the perpetual thunderstorm, at any given day those storm clouds can cover more or less of the population below. The tallest skyscrapers, each built of stone and turned with a slight wedge in order to cut through the wind that often will blow mightily from the everlasting thunderstorm, dominate the eastern sky and stand directly underneath the thunderstorm. These towering structures are wrapped artfully in brass that is grounded at the base and meant to catch frequent lightning strikes. Countless times, day or night, lightning strikes these massive buildings that crackle and spark like livewires as the deadly power source eventually reaches the ground, under which are intricate power grids and electrical suppressors that harness the lightning, storing excess in electrotanks built specifically to store raw electricity. The process of the tanks, suppressors, and power grids then evenly distribute energy throughout Thorim Rift. Towards the west and carefully constructed to remain out from under the storm clouds—though sometimes the storm does expand—stands the Flight Conference Hall, or The Eye for short. Nicknamed as such for its round inner chambers where Conference is held by the Triumviri, the Representatives, and Advisor Boards. The outer chambers, or, from above, the outer circle marked by lighter colored stones, consist of each Representative’s private and public offices where the Paladins can be found in talks with their captains or amongst themselves. Thus the building being called The Eye. In addition, out from the outer circle branches twelve walls, each the same height, width, and length and ending in tall, intricately designed iron fences with gates able to be closed and locked at night. Twelve walls to section off eleven areas within dedicated to each of the eleven deities and their respective Flights. The front fences of each section is decorated in massive, breathtaking wrought iron images of that flight’s deity, the iron magically charged with muted coloration hailing from that specific flight. Festivals take place within the sizable courtyards of each Flight once a year, though of course the decoration and celebration does happen elsewhere in the city, but all official festivities take place in each Conference Courtyard. To make each Courtyard even more home-like, the Flights are given permission to magically transform their Courtyards into the proper likenesses of the Ashfall Wastes, the Labyrinth, the Isles and so forth. The Lightning Courtyard faces due east towards the Spire hidden deep within the thunderstorm. From there, in clockwise formation the flights are: Lightning, Plague, Light, Fire, Shadow, Water, Nature, Arcane, Wind, Ice, and Earth. The Eye, because of this, covers an enormous amount of space, and is considered a city Quarter in itself, the Flight Quarter. Since the representatives, triumviri, and some of the advisors live here as well, part of it is a rather fancy subdivision of sorts. In the broad, flat space in between the skyscrapers in the Lightning Quarter and The Eye in the Flight Quarter spreads the Merchant Quarters, large enough to be made plural with columns and rows of neatly made streets that make up a large portion of the marketplace in Throim Rift, though towards the south housing begins as well. To the north are some immovable rock formations that will likely be worked around in the future. The surrounding desert spreading for miles in either direction are lightning farms, military training grounds, and specific trade routes leading to and from the heart of Thorim Rift.[/quote]

@Rexcaliburr is this alright? [quote="The Black Mire"][b]Flight:[/b] Water, bordering Shadow and Plague (the corner where all three meet) [b]Type:[/b] Landmark - Lagoon [b]Location name:[/b] The Black Mire [b]Content:[/b] Situated on the edge of the Sea of A Thousand Currents, the Black Mire is the product of rain and river runoff from the nearby borders of Plague and Shadow. The clear blue water brought in from the Sea has become thick, murky, and undrinkable. Almost no light reaches the bottom, allowing the local dragon clan, the Miretooth, to keep the subterranean entrances to their caves undiscovered. What creatures live in this festering lagoon and its surrounding shores have evolved powerful toxins and resistances to diseases; unaccustomed creatures that find themselves in the Mire rarely find their way back out, succumbing to the poisonous waters or the appetites of the vicious local fauna. The animals of the Black Mire are primarily omnivorous opportunists, hunting or scavenging what they can and constantly moving from shore to shore to find enough to fill their ravenous bellies. Most are hardy enough to cross over into pure Plague and Shadow territory, though they almost always return to the Mire to rear their young. Miraculously, there is plant life here, though it is difficult to harvest, and the tough, often poisonous plants are barely worth the effort, providing very little nutrition. Spreading across both shores are variants of plants found along the shorelines of Plague and Shadow, adapted to live in the nutrient poor soil. Beneath the surface, low-light plants manage to take root, their sickly fronds reaching almost to the surface of the water. What vegetation isn't poisonous is predatory, massive pitcher plants and insect-traps managing to eke out a living from carrionflies and small rodents and lizards. The clan here is as unforgiving as its territory, venomous and vicious, utilizing their immunity to disease and poison to reap the scarce benefits of living in such an inhospitable place. Those who can prove themselves survivors in the harsh Mire are welcomed with open arms, praised for their adaptibility and perseverance, and they may be accorded the rare reward of being able to ally their clan with the Miretooth, or at the very least, being allowed to intrude upon their lands without leaving covered in infected wounds.[/quote]