Corinthia
"It will be created in Her honor to thank our Goddess for the Blessings she has given us"
Corinthia, a beautiful craftsman and artisan city located in north Alfain, was founded in 1118 as a new capital for the at the time very extravagant king which led the entire country going into a slump, but the city would soon attract musicians artisans craftsman and scholars from the entirety of ArkLane. These individuals praise Theia by practicing their gifts to their absolute potential, the chase for such a feet a noble and worthy endeavor. This has led the city of Corinthia to be the most technologically advanced and cultured city in all of Alfain.
Corinthian architecture is ornate and elvish in their design the oldest of their kind standing as a testament to races cohesion with the coin and organizational skills of humans are paired with Elve’s extremely high level craftsmanship. Corinthia is a beautiful smorgishboard of bright colors red terra-cotta rooftops dark steel window granting, stained orange and red glass on the taller building’s bell towers several stories high. Bright white walls broken up by half-timbered buildings with the same terra-cotta roofing dot the landscape around the bell towers each with a bright yellow and red flame in praise of Theia.
Government
This is the Capital of Alfain and due to this both the Council of 9 hold court in the city as well as the royal family stay in the Pale Palace.
Industry & Trade
Corinthia stays on top by producing a high amount of high quality crafted goods from the elves and dwarfs managed by large trade organizations like the Southern Kos Trading conglomerate.
Architecture
"Crafted in Her honor"
Corinthia was built inside walls that it soon began to outgrow due to this you will see very tall buildings and in some cases buildings literally built on top of one another as in the case of the Nimbus District near the palace. the buildings are bright and cleaned regularly though the do allow vines to grow up most of the bell towers. Elves wanting to be more connected with nature often create rooftop gardens and parks often taken advantage of by Halflings and gnomes using them as out door teaching and debate area's
Geography
Mountain's on three sides and a enormous lake on the other dotted with different vessels that take the goods created in Corinthia out all the way down the Major Naxos River and out to the Alfainian sea.
Natural Resources
Corinthia gets regular shipments of raw materials from the mountains to the north mainly taken care of by the major Dwarven Clans. A large supply of fish thrive in Lake Corinthia just south of the Corinthia part of the walls broken up to allow for shipments to come via water to bring them whatever else the people desire or need.
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