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Xexiala

Xexiala is a large city in northeastern Uaelor, in the Burning Slopes. It is the third largest city on the planet, before Evelis and Sakara, two cities in Eudan and Ecela respectively.

Balloon City

Colloquially known as the balloon city, Xexiala is an entirely floating metropolis. Hung in the sky from gigantic slime balloons, this city can only be accessed by airships and spacecrafts. Luckily, most slimes have access to one or the other. The city's balloons are filled with helis, a gas compound lighter than air. Helis is used quite often by slimes and is easily accessible.

Xexiala's location two hundred hundred metres in the air keeps it out of danger of invasion and earthly phenomena such as earthquakes. If hurricanes or tornadoes approach, the city is able to fix itself into the ground and the slime balloons cover the entire settlement, which winds cannot penetrate.

History

Xexiala is one of the older settlements in Uaelor, possibly the oldest, forming right when the first slimes left Aecotia. The city began as a small trading town where slimes from Aecotia and Uaelor all met to trade resources or information, thanks to its generally centralised location between the two continents.

Thanks to all of this commotion and interaction, the town took off and began finding its feet. After workers in a small mine discovered large veins of precious minerals just north of Xexiala, which they used as a bartering tool to earn themselves more resources to expand their reign. In the Modern Era Xexiala finally classified itself as a city. With technology advancing, the city saw an evolution as well, especially when helis was discovered. The city's officials decided to be the first to test the boundaries of this new gas material with a lower density than Osaoan air.

The first big test of this gas was to fill a giant slime balloon with it, and see how it fared. The test was a huge success, and the city's council thought it would be smart to try and lift an entire three-story building with a balloon. This too was a success, and so began plans to lift the entire city into the sky. this plan was absurd, yet the inhabitants of Xexiala were excited. Plans went through, construction began, and in 394 DMS the city took to the sky. There were no issues or faults, and so once engineers were confident they announced it a success.

Osao is a rocky planet in the Kurhira System, one of eleven. It is characterised by an entirely tropical climate, with average temperatures (Celsius) in the forties, year round.   Five continents make up the majority of dry land on Osao. These five continents are home to perplexing lifeforms, intriguing peoples, and gorgeous sceneries.
Alternative Name(s)
Balloon City
Type
Large city
Population
2,997,613
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Atlas
Aecotia Aerawich · Apalous Desert · Arid Flatlands · Ink Kingdom · Inky Isles
Ecela Coral Desert · Ecela Plains · Elder Tentacle Tree · Fic Saca · Sakara (Head Legional Mansion · Sakara Birdwatching University · Sakara Fishing Platform · Seaslime's Whart)
Eudan Apalous Vein · Blue Plateau · Coral Mountain · Dove's Tail Desert · Dove's Wing Desert · Eccentric Meadows · Eudan Sea · Forest of Beauty · Gala Reien · Marsh Forest · Mavini · Sparkling Sodalands (Sour Lake)
Uaelor Blubber Dun · Burning Slopes · Carrot Lands · Epithelial Rhym · North Uaelor Coralspikes · Nylis Meadows · South Uaelor Coralspikes · Uaelor Red Desert · Xexiala
Unuth Dark Umbrella Forest · Dragon Forest · East Unuth Coralspikes · Teal Umbrella Forest · Unuth Glitter Forest · Unuth Orange Desert · Unuth Red Desert · Zcarazas Plains

  Carawin Trench · Epystal Islands · Osao Ocean · Pelican Isles · Xivin
Peoples
CharactersBoner · Lunar Grove · Manara Matara · Slippa Bob · Solotolo Soosoo
CuisineFerrous Banana Tart
OrganisationsBooty Cruises · Ephenic Empire · Osao Space Legion · Osaoan Wildlife Preservation Society
ProfessionsHex Queen · Slime Generator
Ethnicities & GroupsSparkling Slimes
Cultural PracticesHex Queen Ceremony · Slimeball · Slime's First Birthday

  Slime Culture
Knowledge
Conditions & AfflictionsAephaestaemalaesiea · Bloating · Duochromatica · Excess Slime Production · Goldcap · Slime Rot
Historical EventsOsao's Exploration into Greater Kurhira
DocumentsBird Watcher's Journal · Epystal Islands Native Wildlife Protection Act 1008 · Ink Kingdom Environment Act 646 · Top Universities in Osao
PhenomenaPink Hailstorm
Items & ArtifactsCurrencies (Irunat · Pijhi Popp) · Banana Hammer · Lava Cream
Materials & ResourcesSeastone
Science & TechnologyBooty Cruise Ship
Biota Ecology of the Dragon Forest · Slime · Sea Slugs of Osao · State Birds of Osao
 
FaunaAzure Pelican · Bapycara · Benthic Rainbow Worm · Bulkhead Dolphinfish · Cottonball Cottonball · Death Pig · Echinops · Faintwing · Firecracker · Firehead · Gelletti's Penguin · Glossy Holehead · Gold-Crested Crow · Gongdu · Lace-Fingered Brittle Star · Lemonwing · Nasanaleiidae · Pale Catfish · Palm Glider · Rainbow Worm · Shiverfish · Shurtle · Urchinfish
FloraCaraweed · Lavaweed · Purple Banana Tree · Shedding Wig · Tangle Fern · Wigglejiggle
FungiRed Waxcap
Misc. Osao Art Gallery · Osao Calendar

 


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