Capital City

Overview
Capital city is the main hub of the new world. It is the biggest city in the world, and is known by its firm relation with the ISF. The city rests entirely in the air, and is about 7 miles away from the nearest landmass; Hegarth's Hill. Capital City houses a vast shipyard and harbour, a grand cathedral, and a townhall.

Situation
Capital city floats in the air by the use of Emerald structural housing. Pathways and buildings are seperately build and connected via rope and planks. Due to its free-floating, modular structures, the city can rearrange itself at will. Most of the city's buildings are made from wood-lined terracotta, as stone is too heavy for the Emerald supports. Overall, the city is pretty light-weighted, and because of this, it tends to drift significantly. It is however purposefully placed in a warm air stream that circles around, driven from the south, from the Emberland plateau.

Culture
The city knows many peoples and cultures, as the ISF extended its reaches to the farthest of the world. Thanks to the ISF's open trade policies, and the city's central and accessible location, Capital city has become a trading hub for all the world. Many markets span over the city's streets, and warehouses are everywhere. Even though the harbour is centrally located, the wealth that spreads from it is easily found in every corner of Capital city. Due to its success, housing has become both luxurious and insanely expensive. Due to this, the city's population consists mostly of merchants and government officials.

History
The city was a building project to replace the old capital of the ISF; Davorfall, in fear of the drought that was happening on the Emberland plateau. The city's grand architect was Erikson Vellandrion, who utilized Emerald in a solid state, instead of gas, like airships do. This allowed emerald to be liberally mined and used as foundation of buildings bigger than any airship previously build. After several failed attempts of building a sustainable building site, Vellandrion finally managed to make a platform that levitated stably. In his attempt to sway investors into funding his project further, he famously stayed and lived on his platform, free from any attachments, for more than a year, to prove that living free from land was indeed possible. During this time, the platform drifted significantly, and was lost for some months, after which it had to be towed back to Davorfall. Vellandrion's unbelievable reappearance persuaded a lot of merchants into backing the project, which eventually became Capital City. The platform now stands in the centre of the city, decorated with ornamental banners and topped by a great spruce dome-and-tower. A statue of Erikson Vellandrion has since been build next to it.