sister cities

the rual cities

0.1.5 — Central Axis | The Duality Core (Solar Promenade)

Symbol: ☯
Element: Duality (Light + Shadow)
Area Radius: ≈ 471 m (Solar Disc)

At the heart of the Nexus stood the living ☯ Disc — the S-Line — a luminous belt of gold-white and violet energy that rotated across the Duality Core. As the S-Line pulsed, golden light flooded the north-western half while violet shadow cascaded through the eastern-southern arc. Light and darkness moved in harmony across the inner wall, feeding the lattice below and marking the first rhythm of day and night within the city’s heart.

Checkpoints (4 Total)

Each checkpoint chamber was the size of a great room, their marble floors and ceilings formed of paired sea-star stone: golden-white for light, violet for shadow. The walls bore torches—light on the Ethion (Earth) side, violet on the Solar Promenade side. Energy tubes carried light and shadow between the ethereal pool in the Temple Core and the lattice veins below.

1. North Checkpoint

Floor: Violet sea-star marble

Ceiling: Golden white sea-star marble

Walls: Sky-blue gradient — clear to the north/west, dark to the east/south

Energy Flow:

Light tubes ascend east (Solar Promenade)

Shadow tubes descend west (Ethion)

Light-green energy travels east along floorboards

Dark-green currents rise west through walls

Regulations: Travel declaration required; no weapons beyond this point (checked out per duty). Day-guards follow light lines; night-guards follow shadow lines.

2. East Checkpoint

Four boulder braziers mark the corners:

NE: Violet at night

NW: Golden white by day

SW: Violet at night

SE: Golden white by day
Rules mirror those of the north checkpoint; the cycle repeats each dawn and dusk.

3. South Checkpoint

Four stone golems stand watch, their veins lit with pulsing light:

NW: Golden white

NE: Violet

SE: Golden white

SW: Violet
They serve as sentinels and phase anchors for the S-Line rotations.

4. West Checkpoint

Each corner holds a stone trident bound in light:

NW: Golden white

NE: Violet

SE: Golden white

SW: Violet
These act as directional conduits, balancing Solar and Shadow currents before they flow into Mount Ethion.

0.1.6 — 🜃 Ethion Wall | The Earth Circuit

Element: Earth / Water Confluence
Ring Width: ≈ 415.5 m
Transitional Pair: Solar Wall ↔ Mount Ethion

From the Solar Wall, wild energy descended into the root systems of the trees—light green by day and dark green by night—flowing into Mount Ethion’s reservoirs. Here the energies coalesced into seed-codes: genetic matrices that anchored life into matter. Eight checkpoints lined the Ethion Wall, each a grove where sap and mire traveled through inscribed channels to stabilize the grounded currents.

1. North Checkpoint — Thallistha

Ceiling: Interwoven canopies forming natural vaults

Floor: Root-woven texture alive with green glow

Flow:

Ethion side (east): light-green sap clockwise along walls

Floorboards: dark sea-blue mire counterclockwise

Aqualis side (west): clear sea-blue mire rising east

Base boards: dark-green sap flowing west

Regulations: (1) No contraband between rings (2) Weapons checked for travel (3) Offerings collected for Temple transfer.

2. Northeast Checkpoint — Tallington

Four feather-mold basins received the passing sap and mire.

NW mold: Light-green moss glowed by day.

NE + SW molds: Dark sea-crystal pools emitted blue light by night.
All flows continued southward toward Averk.

3. East Checkpoint — Averk

Four wooden braziers gathered the mires.

NE/SW: Sap fires burned dark green.

NW/SE: Mire solidified into clear sea-blue crystals.
The currents merged southeast toward Averliss.

4. Southeast Checkpoint — Averliss

Lanterns of leaves and bark hung in the air, their mist glowing light green as sap entered them.
Below, port-vases held forests above and seas below; when mire filled them, dark sea-blue crystals formed at their bases.

5. South Checkpoint — Brixie

Stone and coral planters lined each wall.

North/South: Stone planters along sap lines nurtured saplings that glowed dark green by night.

East/West: Coral reef planters along mire lines grew crystals that shone clear sea blue by day.

6. Southwest Checkpoint — Astoma

Ceiling: Stalactites hung on sap lines, half glowing dark green at night, half light green by day.

Floor: Stalagmites mirrored the pattern in clear and dark sea-blue tones.

7. West Checkpoint — Illusus

Sea vents and moss-covered whalebones decorated the room. The bones glowed light green with sap, while vents emitted a dark sea-blue glow from mire vapors.

8. Northwest Checkpoint — Camverton

A floor of ferns glowed dark green with sap as bubbles of clear sea-blue water dripped from above, weaving light and growth into a living tapestry of balance.