Moldermouth Citadel (Mole-duh-mow-th Cit-a-del)

Moldermouth Citadel - The Capital City of Lannirock Reef

Airship by Byzwa Dher

The incessant hub of inventions. The focal source of creativity and the front-door of innovation, for all of Aesteron. The things that come from that Citadel, are beyond our wildest dreams, because that's exactly where they hunt for their ideas. - Otho the Keeper.

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Population: 11,565 (72% Gnome, 14% Humans, 7% Dwarves, 7% Other races)
Government: The city is ran by the High Council of Gond which is a collection of 12 individuals, acting in democracy.
Defense: A large group of gnomish guards named the Metalscars provide regular patrols of the city, as well as boasting a powerful skyship fleet with active patrols and assistance should it be required.
Commerce: Moldermouth boasts one of the most diverse and rich markets known to Aesteron. Mostly every product is avalible for purchase, or discovery - as well as occupational and specialist gear for Skyship maintance and commerce.

Organisations: Mechanical Shrines to Gond, and the Temple of Gond are readily available, as are more formal temples and shrines of worship to most of the pantheon. Worship of Bhaal is strictly forbidden outwardly, facing severe punishment if discovered.

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Innovation and Overhauls.

Moldermouth Citadel, locally known as Moldermouth, is a truly breathtaking city; with it being the Capital of Lannirock Reef and host to some of the most innovative individuals in Aesteron. It's position in the eastern reaches of the Reef is deeply routed in creating easier access paths to it's surrounding, levitating cities. Moldermouth boasts technological advancements in almost every aspect, from self-lighting street posts, automated street-cleaning and sewer systems to golem work and war-forged. With such developments, the city is extremely lavish, well-maintained and defended. Crime becoming a slightly more rare occurance, and forcing street-criminals to be smarter with their approaches.
The city boasts plenty of

• Mage towers
• Houses, taverns
• Smiths, stores
• Carpenters
• Masons
• Weavers
• Alchemists
• Libraries

But also benefits from more innovative locations, such as:

• Moving Armouries
• Skyship Ports
• Skyship Warehouses
• Fernite Processing Plants

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Skyships and Lannirock Reef

Airship Rendezvous by Martin Lutz

The gnomes most proud and arugably their most innovative design is that of the Skyship or locally known as the Wings of Moldermouth. A single vessel requires a fairly large crew, and their designs vary from ship-to-ship, each one being created for specific purposes. The ships are ran on a combonation of two things:

• Cloud Buoys

  Cloud buoys are a set of ancient stone cores, etched with runes and symbols with ciphoned Arcana to create a thrusting force to propel a Skyship. They are labelled as 'aeroliths' by archeologists and non-locals, and are extremely complex and diverse in their creation. A large cloud-buoy can take months to create, where-as smaller vessels may only require afew weeks to produce. Maintance on these Buoy's are regular and organised to keep Skyships aloft.

• Fernite

  Fernite is the raw resource utilised in propulsion and required for the more advanced engines of Skyships that do not just rely on wind and Cloud Buoys. Fernite is a form of refined coal, gathered around locally from Lannirock Reef and rarely the Obsidan Vortex. Infused Fernite is an extreme rarity between the locals of Moldermouth paid for handsomely if discovered or infused. It's natural locations are scattered and diverse.

Different sizes of ships can be controlled in a variety of ways too, for example: A ship designed for communication and postal services will be equipped with a simple set of sails and anchors, where-as larger frigattes or war-ships are equipped with propellers or even turbines.

Weapons of Skyships

When creativity and innovation takes to the skies, so does the means of weaponising Skyships. The current list of usable weapons seen from atop a Skyship is:

• Balistas

• Cannons + Arcane Cannons

• Harpoons

• Mangonels

• Trebuchets

&

• Boarding Hooks

All of which are traditionally shunned by civilian vessels, are utlised by the Metalscars fleets for home-defense or raids.

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Type

Capital