I haven't had time to even look at my Hokaland stuff since September.I am very happy about the replies!
Nice that you noticed! It is most certainly not natural. It is split into two minor floods. Originally they were way outside of what would be the city, but it was a very well planned. Originally two smaller walled cities that have less internal planning.Originally Posted by vorropohaiah
The river is directed under and in to the city as well. Most of the water disappears in what used to be the cavernous dwarven tunnel system, and a small portion is used as internal moats that double as canal for the inner city, which I can't remember the name of any more because I haven't had any time since I posted this to work on it
Not everything is visible, because the original is only about 12cm wide. The roads are less than 2mm wide on the original.
I may seem very confident in my drawings, but I am not, and I appreciate the comment a lot!
As briefly explained above, the others were two cities that had been located here for between 150 to 300 years. They are a little bit like the City of London in this regard. After the construction of the inner city, indeed as a King's keep, these have had more emphasis on defence and the homes of some noble houses. They have a bit special view of themselves; not necessarily better, but feels like they have heritage and feels a little bit apart from the rest of the city. The roads are very different here as well. Basically the mappng of those roads are not as representative as the rest: they evolved naturally.
The octagon (the main one) is the mage guild's building. I couldn't make the details with pencil, so it's just coloured grey, but it is the compound including the mandatory tower. Only a minuscule percentage of the population have any magic spark (something like a hundred per millions people) and some are born as peasants and either dies from it or never really notices, or just hides it because there is almost the same sentiment against magic as in medieval Europe. The point is that though a single wizard can kill thousands of people (and a group of them can kill even more) they will run out of mana (or spells, if DnD) and then they die. Appearane then become very important and a massive tower keeps people from following their fears. The compound also contain a small army of well paid and well trained soldiers.
Since magic is such a commodity, it is very expensive which creates a large profit margin for the wizards; though they also need to spend a lot for their safety.
They also have a smaller tower inside the inner city for status.
The other buildings include the cathedral of Rahn, the Inner Garrison, Capitoleum University, the ACTUAL keep (which is pretty big by any standards), the park and two ginormous silos of grain. There is also an inner harbour primarily for military vessles, but also connecting to the canals for easy access trade.
There are some wells (drilled magically), but the biggest weakness for Capitoleum is its fresh water supply. If the river is poisoned or polluted, it would be davastating. Of course the amount of water that needs to be compromised is enormous, so this isn't a massive issue, and the main forces use other water sources (or beer, which has been heated, so is free of most pathogens). The biggest effect of a siege will be the death of many thousands of civilians. Civilians of course know what will happen during a siege, and will likely rise up themselves for their families.
Politics is a more likely way to conquer Capitoleum.
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