Akilla

Akilla Capital city of Argania, seat of power of the Human empire. Ruled by Alteria D’elistarnina VI or Emperor Gunther. It could be said that the current times, Argania, or at least Akilla, is experiencing their golden age, their renaissance. They has stopped infighting and city-state warfare. Most military efforts are concentrated to the Northern border defense. 
Expansion stopped as they deemed they had enough territory, enough livings space for now. The empire's economy is stable, great innovations are made, slavery abolished, long distance travel via "Portstones", literacy and education system, fully functioning bureaucracy, arts and music, engineering marvels.  
Akilla grew to a metropolis, so large it has it's own governor that oversees each prefects. It is a major trading hub primarily and a military center second. 
Like any other large cities it is also getting more and more crowded. Over population is becoming a real issue and politicians cry for expansion. 
However, unlike other worlds where people could just go to an ideal location and build and develop a settlement and stay safe behind a wall of fortification. 
In Norewald, Communities, settlements and cities are built under the protection of a loadstones or Obelisks, mysterious objects that floats several hundred feet off the ground that emits and invisible aura that prevents the native creatures of Norewald from entering it's range. keeping inhabitants from attacks. Loadstones are not manufactured as they are mainly excavated all around the continent. They are relics of a bygone era, from an unknown civilization. 
So one cannot just build a house or village in random places, over time they will be attacked eventually till completely ravaged. 
Akilla is a melting pot for different cultures and species, Demi-humans, Beastmen, sentient and intelligent monsters and creatures can become citizens as long as they pledged allegiance to the Emperor and follow it's laws. They had done away with the old caste system when Humanity abolished slavery some 500 years ago. A person can carve his own destiny in Argania, work, do commerce or go adventuring, one can always find a way to earn his coin. Of course there is a growing gap between the wealthy and destitute. 
Poverty breeds crime and like most other city there are underground networks that thrives in the shadows, sometimes literally as criminal organizations operates under the city. 
Akillan Architecture is a classical blend of Corinthian-like and late medieval period designs. Important buildings would have large columns and mostly constructed with stone, marble or Granite but usually in light colors. Cheaper community structures would be built with stones covered in white plaster. 
While residences would be composed of Manors, apartments buildings that is sometimes mulit-level and of course simple houses that shares a common design. Steep roof of tiles, Stone base on the lower floors then wood upper structure covered in white plaster. It is rare to see thatched roof house in the city, but is prominent in the fringes and farming communities. 
All buildings are regulated, builder and residents must follow the zoning codes. Some are cubical others more elaborate. Some homeowners have custom designed abodes, it as allowed as long as it complies with the code, houses will give a hint of the status of the resident.
Akilla is in the tropical region of the continent and is landlocked. Houses tends to be more open with wider doors and windows and made from light colored materials as it can get quite hot and humid in the summer. there is only 2 seasons, wet and dry, the buildings may look out of place in the tropics but the stone materials are ideal to insulate from the sun and are designed to get maximum ventilation.
There is indoor plumbing and good sewage system on the more prominent area but open sewers do exist especially near the fortification walls (all cities are walled on Argania)
the most prominent Building would the the Imperial Palace in the center of the city. The palace itself is a tall building consisting of ornate towers on all six corners. 
The central building is the Imperial residence and a large central court. It is encircled by three layered defensive walls. Before you can enter the inner walls you have pass through the primary outer walls which are massively built, ten meters thick bristling with enough artillery to stop an all out siege, dragon attack or the occasional wandering voracious Terrasques it has four gates the main gate faces west. 
These gates remains open in peacetime. Then the intermediate walls (2nd wall) which is as heavily defended, also has four gates but the north and southern gates are always closed. The Inner wall only has two gate houses the Eastern gates are always closed. It's a bit older and thinner that the other 2 layers only 4-5 meters thick. it is exclusively defended the all Mage, Imperial Praetorian Guards.

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  Akilla

  Akilla Capital city of Argania, seat of power of the Human empire. Ruled by Alteria D’elistarnina VI or Emperor Gunther. It could be said that the current times, Argania, or at least Akilla, is experiencing their golden age, their renaissance. They has stopped infighting and city-state warfare. Most military efforts are concentrated to the Northern border defense.

Type

Geopolitical, City-state

Controlled Territories

• Swamburgh