Dominion Era/Locations/Ifatallë Cselvë

Situated within De'Tallë Naborra, the Forest of Bones, the Ivory City lies at the very heart of the Dominion. It is home to numerous places of great import within the Dominion and all her holdings. It is the residence of the Imperial Trinity, and the site of the Imperial Palace within which the Ivory Throne is housed. Though the city's sprawl has grown far beyond the borders of its humble origin, the lush woods that surround the city to the south is testament to its inhabitants' deep respect for the woods that gave them shelter long into the collective past of their culture. Defended to the north by Di'Rodë Reýlinë, the River Reýlinë, and the thick woods to the south, the Ivory City remains one of the most heavily defended cities in the world.

City districts

The Ravens' Ward

D'Kôrvë Rimeda in Tretalleri, the Ravens' Ward is a small district of the city that houses a large number of institutions dedicated to higher education. That is, education beyond the years mandated by Dominion law. A number of noble Houses call the Ravens' Ward home, particularly those whose reputations have been built around academic prowess. In addition to the homes owned by these Houses, there are homes provided for instructors at the academies in the Ravens' Ward, largely as a matter of convenience so that the teachers would not have to travel too far to get to their work.

The Ravens' Ward is also home to a large portion of the city's artisan population, due to the fact that there are six large studios scattered throughout the district as well as low-cost housing, partly subsidized by city taxes, for senior members of the The Stone and the Shaper, the city's artisan's guild. The majority of these dwellings are little more than places to sleep, however, as the vast majority of artists prefer to spend their time working in one of the studios of the district.

Apart from three medical institutions, two of which are instructional institutions for those looking to enter the medical field, a handful of stores that specialize in supplies for artists, a single general store for necessities, a single precinct manned by a small force of the Ivory Guard, and a scattering of places where one could eat heartily for an affordable price, the Ravens' Ward has surprisingly little in the way of public services. The streets of the Ravens' Ward see very little traffic for large parts of the average day, instead seeing a large throughput of individuals during the mornings, when people are either going deeper into the city for groceries and students are making their way to class, during the lunch break, when the streets are packed with people visiting their favourite places to eat, and at the end of each work day, when students are headed home after a day of learning.