Chapter 77: Chapter 75: The pretend game of life extends on for many seasons

‘The make-up of our nation’.

Of note are five core cities in our nation. There is one in each cardinal direction. The north, east, south, and west. At the center of all of these is the central-city, guided by the central-authority, who governs us. The central-city is home to the world’s most notable landmark, the world-tree, a massive tree that spans up to the heavens.

Each of these five cities has a dungeon inside of itself, used as a source of economic prosperity.

The northern city, in the cold woodlands, is governed by the church and has a focus on internal commerce and religion. The dungeon there is undead themed and low-level. The north is where all priests receive their training at the holy cathedral.

The eastern city is a mercantile harbor across the great desert. This is home to the central port of the nation. Commerce and trade are abundant here, with ships regularly coming from other continents. The dungeon there is desert and water themed and is high-level.

The western city, high atop the distant mountains, is home to abundant magical energies and, as such, is renowned for the potency of the casters trained and found there of all schools of magic. The dungeon is ice-themed and mid-level. The western mountains are the last known natural spawning location of the species that we call ‘fairies’, which are now close to extinct.

The southern city, down in the plains, is a hub of abundant natural resources. The landscape is flush with minerals and a varied terrain, including ocean access, allowing the southern city to flourish as a node for adventurers, who are the primary source of finance for the city. The southern city is home to the infamous, generalist, greedy dungeon, known for being the only dungeon to never drop any obols as loot from any of its monsters or chests. It is a mid-level dungeon.

The central city, home to the world tree, is the most notable seat of power. Only those people who have cleared a dungeon all the way to level one-hundred, or their descendants born within its walls, are able to use the dungeon-tunnels that run through the roots of the world-tree to enter the central-city. Any unapproved attempts to enter via roads are strictly punished. The central-city is home to the world’s easiest dungeon, the nature themed dungeon.

In-between are many other villages and settlements, as well as dungeons. But these will be covered in the following compendium: ‘The intricacies of our nation’.