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Worldbuilding doubts, would you help me sort a few things out, I am trying for a fic:

Velaris existed and was a secret since before Rhysand but he mentioned that he was the one who put Hewn City under the mountain because they weren't accepting him as their ruler so does that mean he just put a mountain over them? That mountain wasn't there previously, he picked one up and put it there? What? If it's not that, is the previous place they lived in just abandoned because it certainly wasn't Velaris?

Can they interfere with Hewn City's affairs at all? He mentioned he signed a contract allowing them to do what they want so does that mean they can do what they did to Mor to anyone and they can't interfere? Or does he still have some sort of control over the place but just was unable to do anything in Thanatos' daughter situation because he needed their support desperately then?

hello angel i am happy to offer what i can but as we both know the worldbuilding and timeline of this series is tentative at best so grain of salt etc etc

1) okay it’s my understanding that at the origins of prythian, the night court actually was the fuckdome that they perpetuate, and the hewn city under the mountain was the seat of power. then a potential heir staged a coup to completely overhaul the political system, succeeded, and closed the borders of the entire court to prevent any other courts from realizing how vulnerable the night court was. in this time, they managed a manner of reform and all night court citizens roamed as they would throughout the court—save in velaris, which was kept a secret, hidden idyll by that first high lord, then all the subsequent ones. a utopia goal post for the future of the whole court. all trucks along like this until rhysand becomes high lord, at which point a schism occurs because he’s half-illyrian. a third of the court joins amarantha, a third of the court accepts rhysand and is allowed to remain free, and a third of the court rebels and is punished by being kept under the mountain in the hewn city. this last third is relatively self-sustaining and is not permitted to leave the mountain. i imagine rhysand spun this favorably enough to them to get them to agree—they are in the og seat of power, their hierarchy will not be disturbed, they barely have to bother with him, etc.

2) idk that this is ever ironed out actually in canon so i feel like you have a lot of room to play around!!! it’s clear at least that the hewn city fears him and because of this he commands control and respect. i think for this to be the case he definitely has some sort of enforcement/say. azriel needs to come and go in the dungeons so it’s likely he serves in a peacekeeping capacity. personally i imagine rhysand to have like . ultimate say, but this is only enforced when he needs it to be because if the illusion of their self-governance under keir is too disrupted, they’ll start asking questions. he’s the invisible hand. which does mean i don’t think he cares much how they treat their own. they rejected him as high lord; he rejects them as his citizens and condemns them to their own fate. if he needs to remind them of his authority, he comes to enact some terror and bounces out.

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