Arvaandor

[Steel General]

OK here we go with another Elven city. Again this is more of an experiment to try things and see how they work.

Background - Arvaandor is the capital city of the Taydarin (Gray) Elves in my homebrew. It is intentionally designed to be circular as it is supposed to be the epitomy of elven architecture. From my Wiki site;

"Arvaandor is a city of beautiful crystal towers that seem to almost have been grown from the earth rather than built. The city lies on a designed island in the middle of the eri' Llaseen river. The area around the city is covered by beautifully kept farmland, and fenced in grazing areas. Most of the major noble houses maintain homes in the city, though many have villas located across the island.

Arvaandor is laid out in a series of concentric circles, with the royal palace located precisely in the center of the city. It is surrounded by various governmental offices and temples to Elvaara and the lost Seldarine. The city is surrounded by 30' walls of gleaming white-blue marble. Immense glassteel gates are set into cunningly designed gate houses on the north, east, and west sides. Beautiful parks and gardens occupy a sizeable ring within the city walls. There are also smaller parks and gardens amidst the temples and other larger buildings. A retractable dock/pier is located on the southern side."


Things I am happy with:
1) Terrain

2) Water

Things that need work/input:
1) Wall texture - I'd like "gleaming white/blue marble", just not quite sure to do it. So ideas/suggestions please.

2) General shape of roads - they are supposed to be concentric circles, I kept selecting the existing circle and contracting it. This does not work 100% correctly, though I'm not sure at this point whether its worth re-doing them. Next time I'll try something different.

3) The circle in the center is supposed to be a crytal tower/palace. Not quite sure how to get the effect I want from a top-down approach. So ideas/suggestions on this too please.

4) I could use some ideas/suggestions/examples for the bridges, so far I am drawing a blank on what to do for them.

As always C&C is appreciated.

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