Kurosekai

Kurosekai is the capital city of the Kingdom of Kurosekai, and the largest city in Gernon.

It is a major metropolis with more than a dozen races living together in a loose balance of general peace.

Ancient History
The city's ancient founding is lost to the knowledge of the current inhabitants, but it was actually founded by the Giants. The original city was was wholy within the Black Walls of Kurosekai, a mysterious structure of unbreakable black stone called Kuro Stone. It was a small city of the giants built about 8000 b.s.r., but was abandoned following the migration of the majority of Gernon giants east across the Great Plains. Thousands of years later, human migrants from the south discovered the walls and decided to build a new city within the protective structure.

First Kingdom of Kurosekai
For hundreds of years before the Scientarian Revolution, the Kingdom of Kurosekai was based out of the city. They were the most powerful nation of the north central Gernon, and competed economically and militarily with Caliyan to the south, Escalus and Delfheim to the North. The most recent dynasty to rule the city was the Hurin family, a human clan that traced their lineage, somewhat erroneously, to the clans that settled the city in the misty past. The city was conquered during the Scientarian Revolution by army led by Alek Tellumnar. The Battle of Kurosekai was a seminal event that resulted in the near total destruction of the old structures of the city, save for the impenetrable central walls and some other scattered and damaged buildings.

Under the Scientarians
With the Tellumnars in control, the city was completely redesigned and redeveloped under their rationalist concepts of urban planning. The new street system was based off of circles emanating out from the Black Walls, with streets coming out radially like the spokes of a wheel. While Alek initially wanted a perfectly geometric design, Adele convinced him to follow patterns that took into account the river, the topography, and the important city structures that the new rulers wanted to preserve or repair. Thus the current design of the city was laid out over the years from 1-5 a.s.r. Alek ruled in Kurosekai until 15 a.s.r. when Kalderus broke into the material plane of existence and the two fought to the death.

Union of the West
Following the death of Alek, the bastard son of the former king, Yotokono Kusetare, was chosen to lead a resurgent Kingdom in opposition to the Empire as Kusetare I. Since then, the city has been under the rule of the restored Kingdom and also became the de facto capital of the new Union of the West. Since the resurgence of local rule and the end of the Infernal Wars, the Kingdom has generally recovered to it's pre-revolution standing as a major economic and population center, though complaints as to the poor management of the new king are rampant.

Districts

 * Kuro Central
 * South Heights
 * The Pans
 * Fishtown
 * Hightower
 * Page Ponds
 * Museum Square
 * West Market
 * The Spit
 * Temple Way
 * Temple Center
 * Jeweler's Row
 * Artisan Quarter
 * Farmhall
 * River Harbor
 * Stockyards
 * Green Bottom