Mori - The Spire Heights
The Spire Heights is the pinnacle of wealth, power, and prestige in the capital city of Mori. Perched above the rest of the city on towering cliffs and elevated platforms, this district is where the Empire’s elite, nobility, high-ranking officials, influential merchants, and esteemed scholars make their homes. The Spire Heights gleam with opulent palaces, fortified manors, and glittering towers that scrape the sky, symbolizing the Empire’s vast wealth and unshakable authority.
Important Buildings and Locations
- Noble Mansions - a collection of sprawling villas, mansions, and estates belonging to the wealthiest and most influential noble families. Each estate is surrounded by private gardens, fountains, and protective walls patrolled by personal guards. Feasts, political gatherings, and clandestine meetings occur behind velvet curtains and gilded gates.
- The Sky Markets - exclusive and elevated marketplaces suspended on skybridges between towering spires. The Sky Markets offer luxury goods: enchanted silks, exotic spices, jewelry crafted from rare gems, and artifacts brought from distant corners of the Empire. Transactions here are accompanied by hushed conversations and subtle power plays.
- The Black Opera House - a large cavernous building made entirely from reflective black marble with lush seating in it's interior. They hold epic opera's, dances and theatrical performances on the stage. It is renowned for its arts throughout the entire Empire and beyond. In the high private boxes the powerful elite make deals and alliances away from prying eyes.
- The Skyrail - a heavily guarded station connecting the Spire Heights to the rest of Mori through an elaborate Skyrail network. Private skycarts ferry nobles and officials directly to the lower districts without mingling with common folk, ensuring both security and discretion.
- The Museum of Antiquities - A grand museum and archive chronicling the lineage and accomplishments of noble families, emperors, and war heroes. Portraits, banners, and statues line its marble halls, and only the privileged are allowed to wander its sacred galleries. They have a large collection of foreign relics and artifacts on display and stored in it's archives.
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