FeketeTo' - City Sections
1. The Crown Parish (Crwon Parish)
Overview: The political heart of FeketeTo', The Crown Parish is home to the city’s ruling houses, where wealth and power converge. This district is known for its grandeur and influence, symbolizing the city’s elite.
- People: Aristocrats, wealthy merchants, and politicians. Residents are known for their extravagance and obsession with status.
- Styles & Architecture: The architecture is grand and opulent, featuring palatial homes with marble facades, tall spires, and meticulously designed stonework.
- Clothing Styles: Nobles here wear luxurious fabrics like silk and velvet, often in deep, jewel tones. Men sport embroidered tunics, fine cloaks, and fitted trousers, while women wear elaborate gowns adorned with gold or silver thread, brocade, and intricate lace. High collars, long sleeves, and rich colors are the mark of nobility. Jewelry is plentiful, with rings, necklaces, and circlets signaling wealth.
- People: Priests, monks, scholars, and devout worshippers. Residents are deeply religious and maintain an air of quiet piety.
- Styles & Architecture: Towering temples with domes and spires dominate the landscape. The buildings are made of stone with intricate carvings of religious motifs. The buldings extend down into teh lake, with many buildings partially flooded or completely underwater.
- Clothing Styles: The people dress modestly, with simple robes in muted tones of gray, white, or brown. Priests wear long vestments adorned with religious symbols, while monks favor plain wool tunics tied with rope. Pilgrims are often seen in travel-worn cloaks and sandals. Jewelry, if worn, is simple and often of spiritual significance, like prayer beads or small talismans.
- People: A diverse mix of foreigners—merchants, travelers, diplomats, and artisans. They are worldly, open-minded, and always on the move.
- Styles & Architecture: The architecture is eclectic, with brightly colored homes and shops inspired by various foreign cultures. Streets are packed with market stalls selling exotic goods.
- Clothing Styles: The clothing here is as varied as the people. Traders and diplomats wear garments from their homelands—flowing robes, turbans, brightly patterned tunics, and embroidered sashes. Foreign fabrics like silk, cotton, and linen are common. Jewelry is often bold, with traders wearing large gold earrings or intricate necklaces to display wealth. Local artisans and craftsmen, by contrast, wear simpler attire in earth tones, suited for their work.
- People: Salt-of-the-earth folk—fishermen, merchants, and river workers. They are practical, industrious people who take pride in their labor and feel disconnected from the wealthier districts.
- Styles & Architecture: Functional, rustic wooden buildings with thatched roofs line the broad, sandy streets leading to the docks. The temples dedicated to water deities are simple but well-loved.
- Clothing Styles: The clothing here is durable and made for work. Fishermen wear thick wool or leather jackets, waterproof cloaks, and sturdy boots. The women often wear practical dresses made of linen or cotton, tied with simple belts. Hats and headscarves are common. Colors are muted—browns, blues, and grays dominate—but the clothes are well-suited for the wet, dirty conditions, and daily labor by the lake.
- People: The poorest residents—laborers, beggars, and scavengers. The people here are resilient, resourceful, and tough. They are more worried about surviving than what everyone else is doing.
- Styles & Architecture: Ramshackle buildings made of wood, scrap metal, and salvaged materials make up the district. Narrow, unpaved streets wind through makeshift structures.
- Clothing Styles: Residents wear whatever they can find, often piecing together worn fabrics, old cloaks, and patchwork garments. Common materials include rough wool, burlap, and secondhand leather. Footwear is scarce, and many go barefoot. Colors are faded, and clothes are practical rather than fashionable. Scarves and hoods that hide the face are fashionable.
