Gohan
There is no city as historically significant to Silrakk as Gohan. The old stone architecture of the great kingdom which once ruled the land stands beside brand new marble skyscrapers. The city is commonly known as the Myran (term for both Cargans and Shyr) capital of Silrania. The city is separated into three areas for the three classes, all centered around the Golden Hall where the goverment functions. The streets are filled with chatter in Qitar-Tar, Ibaat, and Dorvir. The Dorvir speaking population is the dwarves from the surrounding land who moved there shortly following the arrival of the elves. The city is surrounded by a wall, originally built to show the wealth and technological power of the Shyr oil and coal barons who founded Gohan in the days of Zartana. As the wall still stands, the city is quite dense because more and more buildings are being constructed in such a confined area.
Demographics
Populations
Cargans - 27%
Shyr - 33%
Elf - 18%
Dwarves - 13%
Other - 9%
Government
The city is run by the six guilds. Three of the guilds are from District 1, two are from District 2, and only one is from District 3. The guildmasters of each guild meet in the Golden hall to discuss all laws and decisions. The guilds have strict hierarchies and reside in their respective guild halls. Taxes are quite high at the moment due to many projects meant to benefit the people of the city.
Defences
The wall around Gohan does not serve a purpose as there has not been a major war in Silrakk since the Thousand Year War. There is a substantial police force which keeps multiple crime groups at bay.
Industry & Trade
Many of the middle and lower class citizens work in coal mines. Coal, corn, and tibweed are the primary exports of Gohan. The city is constantly starting new construction projects and imports large amounts of stone and metal.
Districts
The three class-specific areas act as sort of districts. The north upper class district, also known as District 1, mostly houses rich merchants, vetrans, and large buisness owners. The lower class, or District 3, was created in 1123 TE when the Guilds passed a law banning homelessness on the city streets. They were then faced with the question of where the homeless should be sent, so a seperate district was established to make up for it. Small buildings were ordered to be built as community housing but due to lack of involvement by the Guild and lack of proper resources in the district, much of the housing fell into disrepair and some collapsed. The people of the district went to the Guild on many occasions in mass protests. The Guild made no comment on the matter, however. There are no laws blatently prohibiting people of District 3 from moving to the others, however, the homelessness laws make this extremely difficult. District 2 is for the middle class. It has much cheaper housing than District 1 and is the smallest of the three.
Guilds and Factions
The six guilds hold all of the power in Gohan. The richest of them is the Guild Abak, which resides in District 1 and is made up of a majority dwarves. Due to high amounts of corruption, the richer guilds have more sway in decisions.
History
A small tribe of Shyr discovered the very suitable land which Gohan stands on in 1358 ZE. They quickly set up a trading post and planted crops, boosting the settlement's wealth. After a long period of development, mining was begun and reserves of coal and oil were discovered. The settlement was the richest in Silrakk at this time and they began work on the great walls around it. With the help of Zartana, the walls were completed within fifty years. Then Zartana was slain and the giants came into power. Fortuately, their rule never reached Gohan and the city continued to prosper. It became the capital of the Kingdom of Silrakk in 745 SE and stayed that way until the storming of it and the civil war. Finally, the elves came and helped develop the six guilds government, theorized by Vishu Mata, an elven intellectual.
Architecture
The old architecture of the city is not at all seperate from the new buildings, often new floors being built over existing ones. The general architecture is very straight streets with rather similar buildings extremely close together.
Geography
A river runs through the upper-class, and goes through the middle-class, loops around, through the lower-class, and goes back out, and back through middle-class again. The river gives the city most of its water supply. The area around the city is just fields and farmland.
Natural Resources
The main resources are crops and coal.
Founding Date
1358 ZE
Type
Large city
Population
95,600
Inhabitant Demonym
Gohansk
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