Palisade

The city-state of Palisade is the home to Vigil Academy, and is the largest city in its area of the continent. It is home to roughly 500,000 people, with another 100,000 outside the city proper. Its population is made up mostly of working class individuals who produce all the wares of the city. The next tier of the population is made up of merchants and civic servants (police, firefighters, teachers, bankers, etc.). The governance of the city is conducted via a council representing both the various guilds and city districts. The council handles the business of creating new legislation, civic projects, resource dispersal, etc. for the general populace. While it does not oversee or govern either the Academy or the Church, it does work side by side with them in order to protect the populace. (Individuals of the Academy and the Church are required to follow the laws of the city when among the general populace, however each organization sets its own rules and regulations within its own walls, and is responsible for disciplining its members should they break either the city’s laws, or their own).

Palisade is located atop a large mesa, sitting roughly 300 feet above the surrounding landscape. At its center is the Spring of Souls, a large wellspring in the mesa’s center that radiates outward in three directions. A series of elevators around the periphery of the mesa, and a network of underground tunnels and ramps allow outsiders to access the city. Palisade is walled off in a series of concentric circles. The outer circle walls in the farmlands which feed Palisade, the second interior circle houses the city proper, while the smallest, interior circle houses the Church and its clergy.

The mesa is roughly 70 miles across, (35 mile radius) with an area of 3848.45 square miles.