Avalon

Capital city of the kingdom of Meridia. The oldest and largest of the cities in the kingdom, Avalon contains not only the peak of Meridian society, but also the lowest dregs. Contains the seats of authority for both the monarchy - currently headed by Queen Regent Isilda Greystone - and many of the Ministries of the Realm. It was built among the ruins of one of the former Drendal Empire's major cities, which in turn had been constructed upon the ruins of an ancient structure of some type from the Age of Artifice Arcana. These massive, simple structures serve as aiding edifice to modern structures and help dictate the division of town areas.

Structure/Layout
Regardless of Age, Avalon has always been self-contained within the circumference of the eight statues, called the Godsend Colossi, that maintain its perimeter. The land within the perimeter immediately sinks to a lower level for almost a mile before rising again into a central plateau; this natural height difference divided the city into distinct districts, with general higher class citizenry and business keeping to the plateau, and middle and lower class keeping to the lower districts. The statues sit upon high hills that help enclose the capital, and bridges lead in various directions outwards to its major cities; given their height and apparent resilience since the Age of Artifice Arcana, the statues, called the Godsend Colossi, served as the basis of Meridia's current pantheon.

The Arcanist
The active supply shop and trade center for magical items and reagents for the capital and major cities of Meridia.

The Godsend Colossi

 * North - Balfix, the Ebon Justice. The blind god of justice, law, and war holds aloft a spear, the head of which is also a scales. These scales are lit at night as bonfires.
 * Northeast - Galifrey, the Azure Magister. A colossus of a robed man, posed as though orating or coming to an epiphany. Blank stone slabs, called Gallifrey's Tablets, surround the colossus.
 * Northwest - Shivana, the Gilded Goddess. A colossus of a woman, one hand clenched upward possessively, the other gently extended and open. A massive golden coin, almost 12 feet in diameter, sits on the colossus' open hand; every effort to move it recorded throughout the ages has proven to be useless.
 * East - Onedra, the Verdant Lady. A complex colossus that appears as a woman offering her cupped hands. Upon closer inspection, her stonework is laced with patterns and images depicting rootwork, leaves, animals and plants, and other general life motifs.
 * Southeast - Kord, the Bronzeman. A triumphant colossus of a grinning man in a centered, battle-ready pose.
 * South - Feirs, the Molten Maker. Standing proudly with a whole hammer in one hand and a broken haft in the other.
 * Southwest - Xivix, the Pale God of Time. This is the only Colossus that faces outward, dressed in a traveling robe and looking expectantly west.
 * West - Ula, the Grey Lady of Death. Contrasts the other statues' magnificence in its utter simplicity: a simply-robed bald woman, quietly holding a skull.

Notable Individuals
Drex M'chte - leader of the Ashen Reprisal, the underground Drow rebel group