Nebograd

This article pertains to the city-state. For the ruling republic of the same name, see the Nebograd Republic.
  Nebograd, also called the City of Towers, is a city-state and guild republic in Adronica. Built by dwarves, it is situated on a bustling trade crossroad, and is dedicated to Nebesa of the Stars. While predominantly inhabited by humans and dwarves, it is a major tourist hub, for its preeminent arcane university, many great temples and the Wrest Tree, the tallest known tree, highly treasured for its arcane crafting potential.
 
 

Geography

Nebograd is situated in the valley of a mountain, positioned in the middle of a small desert. As such, its surrounds are arid, whilst Nebograd itself is pleasantly mild. However, due to the changes in elevation, the city experiences a variation in temperatures. During the Mistswell, the mist rises to the lowest parts of the valley, where it remains for five months, until the Mistdown.
 

Districts

• The Roots are comprised of the oldest buildings in Nebograd, many leaning due to the uneven ground. It is the most squalid area of Nebograd, and also closest to the Wrest Tree.
• The Sweet Well is grazing land and home to one of the city's largest water pumps. There is a temple to Zerno of the Harvest called the Analemma.
• The Ancient Quarter (or simply "the Quarter") is a habitable area of Nebograd, however, is a largely unaltered area of ancient buildings, with some religious significance to dwarves. A temple of Midnica of the Forge can be found here.
• The Guild District, in which many warehouses and caravans are located. The Epoch Fulfilment Centre can be found here.
• Holy Walk is a collection of temples dedicated to Nebesa and each of the Muses.
• The Balconies is home to coffeehouses, taverns, a theatre, a casino, and a printing press. There is a shrine to Vlune of the Show here.
• The Marketplace is a small square for stalls and a series of narrow walkways between stores, awnings overhead shielding from the sun. There is a major temple to Teya of the Road here.
• The Garrison also includes a prison and a free hospital.
• The Zolda Square is set behind a blue wall from the southern part of the city. It is where the Palace Zolda, and the Assembly and Senate are located.
• The Arcane District is largely occupied by the Dimidia university, though also includes an arcane museum, a printing press, dormitories, and a park.
• The High Manors are wide, single-storied buildings in the northernmost part of the city, all with grand gardens. A menagerie is located here.
• Daulfaern and Cometfall are the wealthy residential suburbs near to the Holy Walk, where many keep gardens on their rooftops.
• Aldebourne, Brigh, and Inansong are average residential suburbs close to the arena.
• Chariot, Murad, and Osiander are less affluent residential suburds close to the Roots.

 

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Notable locations

• The Wrest Tree
• The Dimidia University
• The Palace Zolda
• Arena

 

Temples

• The Great Crossroads (for Teya of the Road)
• The Analemma (for Zerno of the Harvest)
• The Temple of Wandering Stars (for Nebesa of the Stars)

 

Government

The government of Nebograd, the Nebograd Republic, is comprised of the city's powerful guilds, whose members are granted positions in the Assembly. This tradition originated with dwarven clans, although the republic's mages are largely considered to possess the highest concentration of powers. Executive powers are determined from a lottery of guild members.
 

History

The Nebograd Republic was initially built by dwarves in approximately 1200 Lowland Era, before being abandoned some few hundred years later, due to fires. As a result of the rising mist, it came to be inhabited once more, at first by the descendants of the earlier inhabiting clans. Its original name, Rrinultok, is still often used by the city's dwarves.
 

Culture

Two newspapers are primarily in circulation in Nebograd: Durortak, a dwarven-language newspaper, and The Morning Arcanist, a common-language newspaper.
 

Trade

Being a major trade crossroad, Nebograd enjoys many imported goods, particularly tafsten leaf and jonquerette wine. The Nebograd Republic also trades with settlements in the Underdark via a mountain entrance, which leads to the trade outpost of Greywalk. This is Adronica's single trade route into the Underdark, called the Dark Road.
 

Agriculture

The Sweet Well, within Nebograd's walls, is dedicated grazing land with limited farms; however, much of the land immediately beyond Nebograd's gates is also used for farming. Insofar as livestock, Nebogradinins farm cattle, shorthair rothé, goats, and sheep. They also keep bees, and grow millet, barley, broad beans, corn, potatoes, lemons, chickpeas, sunflowers, and sugarcane.
  Groundwater is in incredibly low supply in Nebograd, and rothé are used to bore and pump water from wells deep beneath the ground. Clerics are often employed to create water to sustain the city-state's agriculture, and most farmers harvest rainwater.