Piltover

Piltover is a thriving, progressive city overlooking the ocean. Fleets of ships pass through its titanic sea-gates, bringing goods from all over the world. Merchant clans fund incredible endeavors, including artistic follies and architectural monuments to their individual power. With ever more inventors delving into hextech, Piltover has become the destination for the most skilled craftspeople from across Runeterra.

Interesting Things About Piltover

• Piltover is one of the largest cities in Runeterra and tied with Zaun for the most technologically advanced. Brackern crystals and their lesser substitutes have propelled the city into a golden era of innovation, however the more powerful ones are rare and difficult to obtain.
• The Piltover Council is a group of the most influential merchant clans in Piltover. Each has considerable influence in their preferred industry and come together at the council to make decisions for the city as a whole. These merchant clans hold a strong grip on their territory and 
• Due to being a central location and a center of trade, the city is highly cosmopolitan. While it may not boast the racial diversity of the Pirate City, Piltover is where minds from all over conglomerate to share ideas and innovate.

Piltovan Characters

• Innovative and Independent. Find your own path in the world; don't simply follow established traditions. As an artificer or other mage, you might try to push the boundaries of your field and make new breakthroughs.
• Slightly Shady. Many Piltovans have a loose connection to Zaun. The close proximity to Zaun gives Piltovans easy access to the exotic shops and entertainment that the Undercity has to offer. For the lower residents of Piltover, the very sight of it is a constant reminder of where they could end up should they fail to make ends meet. NPCs and player characters from Piltover may very well have made questionable friends or enemies in low places.
• Fashion. When you're out on the town, don't settle for a plain smock you'd wear to work. Glamerweave, a trendy new enchanted clothing, is the choice of those in the know that lets you show off your style.

Structure

Piltover is run by a council of the richest mercantile clans. In order to improve the city-state's social and environmental well-being, clans constantly strive to implement their nation's rapid scientific innovations. While a greater flow of traffic and profit may not be their sole motivation, more recently Clan Medarda has convinced them to invest a fortune into harnessing the power of hextech, to speed the opening and closing of the Sun Gates. Since the citizens tend to be keen and idealistic, to date there has been little opposition voiced.

Culture

Trade is the lifeblood of Piltover, and its command of the main sea-route between east and west has seen its coffers swell with gold. A consequence of this has been the rapid expansion of the Noxian empire, whose armies and supplies can now travel the length and breadth of Valoran with relative ease. It has also allowed Bilgewater to prosper as a haven for pirates and reavers who prey on ships traveling to and from Piltover. The climate around Piltover is generally balmy, but when the temperature changes rapidly, sea fogs often envelop the docks and warehouses. The quaysides of Piltover are always busy, and anyone with a strong back and the will to work can easily find employment. A hundred accents are heard on the wharfside streets at any given time, and scores of ships from every port pass through the Sun Gates every day.

Religion

While much of Piltover follows the religion of trade, there has been a growing movement of the Church of the Glorious Evolution from the undercity of Zaun to the surface dwellers. Being such a bustling trade city with individuals from all parts of Runeterra flowing through, many other smaller groupings of other religions have found their way here as well.

Trade & Transport

Trade is the lifeblood of Piltover, and its command of the main sea-route between east and west has seen its coffers swell with gold. A consequence of this has been the rapid expansion of the Noxian empire, whose armies and supplies can now travel the length and breadth of Valoran with relative ease. It has also allowed Bilgewater to prosper as a haven for pirates and reavers who prey on ships traveling to and from Piltover. The climate around Piltover is generally balmy, but when the temperature changes rapidly, sea fogs often envelop the docks and warehouses. The quaysides of Piltover are always busy, and anyone with a strong back and the will to work can easily find employment. A hundred accents are heard on the wharfside streets at any given time, and scores of ships from every port pass through the Sun Gates every day.

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Wile the nation trades with all kinds of currency from all corners of Runeterra, it also mints its own currency within the city region. The main currency of Piltover are Golden Hexes (the name originates from the word Hextech), Silver Cogs (or Silver Gears), and Bronze Washers. Due to the cities importance as a trade hub, the currency has a very strong economic power around the world. Piltover and Zaun, over the centuries, have standardized much of the global currency and created the basis for most of present day currencies minted elsewhere.

"Heh! Piltovans! Always think they're the center of the universe."

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  Piltover-Zaun

Alternate Names:
The City of Progress
Oshra Va'Zaun

Government System:
Plutocracy

Founding Date:
772 AN
Location:
Isthmus between Shurima and Valoran

Demographics:
Humans 51%, Yordle 27%, Other 22%

Prominent Religion(s):
Church of the Glorious Evolution

Common Languages:
Common, Ionian, Noxian, Shuriman, Valerian, Yordle

Notable Organizations:
Piltover Council
Piltover Explorers' Guild
University of Piltover
Piltover Wardens

Subsidiary Organizations

• Piltover Council

Controlled Territories

• Stillwater Hold