Aquila (Uh-KEY-luh)
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Themes
Who ELSE is profiting from this conflict and how? Because they're PART of who is stoking the conflict (the actors in the conflict are doing it too. and primarily), but from a distance maybe. - The Pedigree
Layout
Sprawling. Ostentatious use of horizontal space. open parks + plazas. Statues everywhere (metal + carved thaigrock). But that infrastructure is starting to crumble. Almost foreshadowing this place turning into a warzone.Happenings
The Families and The Commission Eccellente
An aristocracy. seats passed through families and nepotism and alliances. It was originally 8 families and 16 seats on the Aquilan Commission: Bianci, Mazzeli, Volga, Vasari, Spatafore, Aligheri, Caravaggio, Gentileschi. In recent times, Brunari (which began without seats due to founder's celebrity status) has aquired 4 seats through marriage and other deals.Culture
Architecture
columns. Design blurs the line between roman clasiccism and the kind of early american estate houses that mimic classicism.Art
Renaissance-style realism and illusion. Trompe l'oeil. This is a place where people still sit for portraits. Sargeant Vermiri - formerly a sailor serving in the World Navy. now the most esteemed painter in the Aquilan style. Gentileschis are prominent in the art community. They operate a studio (called Studio Orazio as well as a few galleries, including Evola Gallery.Music:
Marching bands and brass-focused orchestras. Marching bands perform at the Sienna Mall in competitions. sometimes head to head, and sometimes they just randomly march around and kind of beef when they get too close. but ultimately the family-family rivalry rarely comes to violence. they've been united against the companies pretty well. Marching Bands: Gentileschi Marching Band, Mazzeli Stampede, The Volga Jamboree, Aligheri Drumline, Caravaggio Band)The Grand Scalatoran Theatre
Nice place for big fancy concerts. In August Hills. Owned by Brunari.Holidays
National heroes.
Monumented:Museum of Scalatoran History
Huge. celebration of dwarven history with The Families at the center of everything. The Old Way is depicted heroically, and the message is: "These people were heroes. they fought for their families. though it's better that we don't fight amongst ourselves anymore." Owned/Operated by the Spatafore Family.Brunari Academy
Dwarven University primarily built around ships - crewing, manufacture, etc. sort of a military school. Aquila's main export is dwarves. Well educated naval-family sailors who get divided up and eaten by corporations instead of serving with their families. As tragic as that is, the skill of those sailors is a major point of civic pride for Aquila. Located at the border of August Hills and Silver District.Crime & Punishment
actual gallows from the olden days. The Silver Gallows don't even include neck stuff - you just get dropped through a hole and fall. Located in the Silver District.Enterprise/Industry
Misc Enterprises
Mercuri Couriers
Couriers on-foot. operated by Mazzeli Family. Who use this cover to extract information to aid the Ottofamiglia.Religion
Olympianism is here, but hasn't caught on too much. Dwarves are traditionally atheist, and many have come to see Olympianism as an arm of Casadoro's influence, so they reject it. So it's a usually empty chapel in the Port District. some Conjunctivism, but again, it's small. It's not a concern, though.Temple of the Muses
where those that have Fomori Muses go. It's mostly just abstracted figurative statues carved out of the rock of the thaig. almost a serene artistic place than organized. think Rothko's chapel in houston. Gentileschi family involved. Located in Silver DistrictAgriculture
Little shroomfarming here. that's 'beneath' them. but it does happen and they do use it as an ingredient, rather than full meals. Lots of trellisses for vined food: grapes, tomatoes, hops, peas, etc. Chicken coops and goats. Baroni, Bianci, Sorvino, and Vasari involved heavily in the farming.Joints
Luigi's Old Aquilan Espresso
Silver District. Espresso Cafe (Luigi Pavoni, M, 85)The Old Way
in Silver District close to August Hills. Sons of liberty vibe bar. themed with icons from the history of interfamily war.Giacco's
company-friendly tavern in the Port District Job/Storyline: a server poisoning company sailors. (maybe had to serve someone and realized it was a childhood friend. froze up and left or poisoned him and then freaked out).The Original Garibaldi's
- they have beef with the Casadoro Garibaldi's. This is where Michaelangelo Garibaldi opened his first restaurant, before later moving to Casadoro. Their pizza is very different from each other. Casadoro's is NY Style. Aquila's is the cracker crust neopolitan woodfire oven. Owned/operated by Sorvinos.Arms
Leone's Legacy
Silver District. Gimli Carava, Dwarf. place that has a secret stock that it only sells to people that aren't aligned with a company. A non-dwarven player party will be asked "which company are you with" and be very suspicious of them. Great guns, hidden. Perception checks may show gun-cleaning tools or something like that. Have underground connections to CDA.Arma Traders Company Store
Port District. Mario Vivaldi, dwarf Brick and Mortar location in The Port District. Sells weapons of a wide variety.Various crafters
in Silver District - will sell you the weapon off the anvilShipbuilding
Built into the docks, mostly for repairsBartoni Mechanics
Run by Toni Bartoni, dwarf, m, 62. They make a lot of money working on Company ships. Here or there, though, there may be a mechanic or two who secretly works with the CDA. They probably do have to kick a few bucks to the Families. sort of an extortion/protection deal allowing them to not have problems with their supply or whatever.Polizia/guards
The Aquilan Polizia
Filomena Baron, f, 55, Dwarf. Primodella Polizia. work for the commission and they are as corrupt and unprofessional at early american cops were. Blatantly serve The Families. Heavy overlap between them and the CDA, so the CDA doesn't really get stopped.Jotun
is not-so-secretly an offshoot of Titan here. Established near the docks and propped up by the companies that do business here. They're pushed to stop the CDA, but they run into conflict with the Aquilan Police who run interferance.Power / Utilities
Aquilan Crystalworks
under-aquila windmills harness energy for crystals. House Aligheri leads in charge of harnessing and distributing/selling it. better prices for Family than companies. lots of connections to the Port district and ruffians fucking with Energy Companies who come in.Item Shops
Aquilan Family Value
Silver District. Allegra Grisante, F, 72, Dwarf. mom and pop shop that's very 'american made' in its identiy. Has a kid working there at 32.Aquilan Antiques and Pawn
Silver District. Adriana Spina, F, 48, Dwarf. magic item store.Reporting
The Gold Standard
They print here, but don't see a lot of success. Mostly just picked up/patronized by Company sailors when they're in town. It's actually hard to find The Standard at a newstand outside of the port district. Their office is in Port District as well.The Aquilan Pedigree
Run by Spatafore, A paper that caters to the houses. It's actually new (~50-70 years or so), but it considers itself the spiritual successor of an old, defunct, Aquilan paper called "The Aquilan Post." They directly profit off the Family-focused narrative. CDA does some rebel zines - which is just magic messages on existing Pedigree papers. since the gold post has that magic ink, it prevents secret messages. so the CDA prints on the loyalist paper. which is to their audience.Public Transportation
Wasps: rented scooter/vespas. Put silver in, like the lime scooters. they have tracking runes on them. but they're all small and dwarven sized. owned/operated by Mazzeli Family. Some enchanted carriages for the House Folks.black market goods
NEED to develop characters and shops. probably heavily tied to the CDA in that the CDA is the biggest customer here. but a salesman is a salesman.Hospitals
owned/operated by Bianci Family.Banks
Operated by a lot of Brunari Family.CDA
write more about the CDA's happenings. NEED (could also do on their page)Sports
The Lucanium"
Located on the border between Silver District and August hills. The Lucanium and the university combine to almost form the border there. Happening: match where a company team faces off against a House Family team - tension and violence expected. The family teams compete with each other, but when one of them faces a company team, everyone gets behind them.Meta
Role: Oldest Thaig. Tradition and Prestige (but being replaced)Inspiration: Rome! traditional dwarven vibes (wide-open). broad. Statues and architecture. Old Institutions. Great Gatsby. maybe a bit of Sons of Liberty stuff going on with the rebellion here.
Themes: The move from Clans to Companies. Mourning how commerce has replaced honor (but for the wrong reasons - bitterness arising from lost privilege and how republicans weaponize that). unheroic rebels
Hubbub: Underground movement, discontented priveleged offspring getting violent. The Ancestors' Wrath are an anonymous extremist group.
Events/set pieces around: resistance flyers about the lost of place for clans (well printed. like if rich, Old Money people wanted to do graffiti)
Demographics
Population: 24200Dwarves: 92%
Orcses: 4.5%
Humans: 3%
Elves:<1%
Galvan: <1%
Kin: a handful, maybe
Founders
Type
Large city
Inhabitant Demonym
Aquilans
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