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Message: <blockquote data-quote="rootbeergnome" data-source="post: 139641" data-attributes="member: 3462">Glad to see you here puddin!  As for the customs and culture around Lake View, Im glad you asked!  Ill give a little info on Lake View and the surrounding area!--Lake View is a city that surrounds the Sky's Mirror Lake.  Since bodies of water are somewhat of a rarity on the world, the city has built a stone wall encompassing the entire lake to guard it from invasion by land.  Since the world is full of airships, however, the Guild has also posted patrols of AirShips around and above the city. -The city is ruled by a council of Lake View nobles, most of which answer to the guild's orders.  There is a Guild Embassy located in the city, where the Guild Ambassadors "Advise" the council on issues of state.-The weapons and armor in Lake View are made mostly from Bronze that comes from the mining outposts south of Lake View. -There are 3 small rivers that run into the Sky's Mirror; Shimmering Stream, Clear River, and Stone River.  The stone river is so named because the outlanders bring stone from the badlands surrounding the Savannah were Lake View is located.  The people of Lake View trade manufactured goods such as bronze weapons for stone and salt that is brought in by the outlanders on flat barge boats.  The people who live outside of the city live in Sod Houses that reach into hillsides, because there is not much wood on the savannah.  These people live in small villages along each of the 3 rivers, growing their crops and tending their herds, this is where the food for the city comes from.  If you follow the Stone River, its source is in the Badlands, where native people live and hunt.  They live in Pueblo type buildings and are somewhat distrustful of city folk.  -The rivers accumulate from snow and ice that melts from the top of stony pillars that reach up higher than the eye can see, at those high altitudes, the water vapors in the air freeze to the rock, and during warm days, melts to fall in a thousand waterfalls.  The area around these waterfalls is swamplands and canyons where the Lizard Folk tribes live.  Four years ago (906 A.E. -after elemental gates closed)  the rock quarries in the badlands came too close to the Lizard Folk tribes and Lake View was attacked and plagued by Lizard Folk tribes.  They are thought to have been driven out of the civilized lands by guild patrols as there have been no attacks for over 2 years.-The savannah surrounding the city has animals that you would expect to find on such terrain, Elephants, Giraffes, Antelope, and other less savory creatures.  The richer people of Lake View use elephants as beasts of burden, as there were some in the parade that carried guild ambassadors.Well I hope this helps give a clearer picture of what lake view is like!  Thanks to all for the encouragement!</blockquote>

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