Cascade City - City of Gardens, City of Rainbows
So, talking with my friend Elemei about my previous post on Elden, I found some inspiration for another of my favorite cities in RoLaS, Cascade City. I think it’s one of the cities I’ve given the most thought to (so sorry Eardras and Ardor… *pat*).
Cascade City! City of Gardens, Water, and Rainbows. Where the Sea of Storms reaches north, meeting the confluence of the Baer’dun River and Thunderfoam River at a great chasm. Some ancient cataclysm split the land, and where once the confluence entered a lazy delta as it entered the sea, now is a deep, extensive canyon. The two rivers charge over the cliffs on either side in a series of cascades.
It is here that the Drakhyr built their southernmost city, a place, like Ashtalon, where they can fly through, over and under, the city. A city designed specifically for mighty creatures of flight. On either side of the canyon they built their city using magic and skill alike. From the walls the city grew, narrowly winding terraces of white and red stone flowing from the stone. The two sides are connected by a network of graceful bridges arching over the expanse. Some are wide enough to support buildings and grand plazas.
Cascade City is renowned for its grand hanging gardens, as well as regular ones. Despite its birth from stone, it is a green city as well, lush and vibrant with plants from all over the kingdoms. These are supported by the city’s namesake, the magnificent falls. Water soars overhead, along walls, even artfully captured by stone sculptures to flow in and around the city, enchanted so the stone will never wear under the constant deluge. Despite the myriad cascades the roar is not deafening, due to the craftsmanship of the city’s design.
Like a flower growing from a crevice in the ground, the city sprawls over the rim of the canyon until it reaches the outer walls. Spires and towers adorn the canyon’s edge or reach up from the canyon. The city is also carved into the sides of the chasm, forming a network of elegant caves with balconies and windows overlooking the Thunderfoam river below.
Many is the traveler who reaches Cascade City for the first time only to be taken by surprise as he looks over the edge of the canyon and sees an entire city spread out below, almost as if it were floating in the air, bedecked in emerald gardens, veiled in mist and rainbows.
So I’ve always thought of Cascade City as the Drakhyr’s second capital, where part of their dragon rider training is done. Here they can be comfortable in their wing forms, able to fly and land as they please. In the current time of the EoA saga, thousands of years after the Fading, it’s the border city between Talor and Shrikaan Waste, a trader city but it still holds a place in everyone’s mind as a city of legend where the Ancients once walked.
Thoughts? Feedback? All are welcome! :D
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