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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sarellion" data-source="post: 2143916" data-attributes="member: 6254">Raise up another cityThe city of Cassant:The city of Cassant has a proud history as the kings of Cassant made their home here, especially during the cold winter months when the castle of King´s Spire (the name of the castle where the throne is located)  was a hell of a place to live in.After the disappearance of the royal family and the whole population of Black Spire in the Night of Woe 400 years ago, the duke of Cassant became the Lord Steward of Aleasana until the War of Deadly Voices broke out. Cassant was sacked during this time and lost its prime positon as the kingdom broke apart.Cassant was a former Dvergar city and the influence of the cunning stonemasons can be seen till today. The city is wedged between two mountain flanks on a plateau that descends in a gentle slope down the valley. With two of three sides well protected, a thick wall of stone protects the third side, overlooking the fields and pastures of Cassant. A wide trench is situated befor the wall. Two gates open into the city from the wall, three other gates open into the city from three mountain roads meeting here. The eastern one of them is King´s Gate, guarding the King´s Street leading into the city. The King´s Way outside of the gate leads to King´s Spire Castle. The other two gates are the High Gate and the Steel Gate. The High Gate is situated between the mountain flanks and guards the northern way. In front of the outside of the northern gate is a large chasm the dvergar bridged over with a sturdy stone bridge. The bridge can be destroyed via a mechanism in the gate house but the Cassanti would do this only as a last defense mechanism, as they can´t rebuild such a fine bridge.The Steel Gate guards the western way which is actually a long tunnel. The tunnel widens into a large hall before the gate and the dvergar dug a large trnech there in front of the gate. The tunnel had a dvergar bridge, too, but this one and the gatehouse were destroyed in the War of Deadly Voices.  A drawbridge now spans the trench.The city itself looks quite grim. Buildings are built using the dark stone of the surrounding countryside, Cassanti prefer dark and grey colors and the humour of the inhabitants is rather dry. People say that the city was once much more beautiful with gardens and parks, painted houses and fine statues of the kings displayed in the city, but this days are long past.The palace of the king stands near the wall of the western mountain. Built using marble, red and beige stone, the palace looks much more friendly than the rest of the city. Behind the palace is the High Citadel, a huge fortress hewn from the stone of the mountain itself, with large caverns built by the former owners. Long battlements line the clifflike mountainside, where the royal guard looks out for trouble coming from the south and mighty enchanted catapults are stationed to crush the enemy. The citadel was never taken by an enemy during the reign of man and gave sanctuary to the population as the city was destroyed in the last war.The eastern mountain a steep slope upwards but is not a cliff like his twin on the other side.  On the slope of the mountain stands the Royal Academy of Wizardry, the last one remaining in the realm from the time of kings. The academy also uses caverns in the mountain side to house their laboratories. As these caverns are very sturdy, no amount of explosions have ever done anything more than shaking the walls and dusting the inhabitants.The academy is built on terraces and has many towers, buildings, courtyards and small gardens on the terraces. Like the High Citadel the academy never fell to outside forces, due to the ancient wards placed on the institution.</blockquote>

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