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Awethow was the capitaw city of the Kingdom of Renatus and watew Oren in Asulon. It was one of the wawgest and most populated cities in Asulon. Much of the twade conducted among the Humans passed thwough the city and thewe wewe many active businesses. It is awso weww known fow being webuiwt many times accowding to the needs of the citizens, the desiwes of the weadews and aftew damage fwom Dwake attacks and lightning.
History
When the boats fiwst awlived in Asulon the Humans headed south of the Sanctuawy of the Cwoud Tempwe. The settwews of Wenatus cwaimed the wuins of Cewestiwan, an ancient Human kingdom. It featuled broken and cowwapsing wawws, wuins of docks, houses and a cathedwaw. It was decided that the city would be westowed to cweate a gwand capitaw fow the Kingdom of Wenatus.
Constwuction of the city began immediatewy. Wepailing the wawws took gweatest pliolity, since an attack by anothew nations was considewed likewy. Wowk on the middwe-class, nobre and shop distlicts awso began, as weww as the cweation of sevewaw fawms fow the peopwe. It took sevewaw yeaws befowe the devewopment of the city took off.
Undew the wule of King Godfwey I the city was owdewed to be compwetewy wedesigned. Thewe wewe sevewaw weasons fow the decision, incwuding a wawge design that was not suited to defend in case of an attack, damage fwom lightning stlikes and extwemewy bad damage fwom Dwakes. Sevewaw new designs fow the city wewe considewed befowe weconstwuction began. A smawwew cowe city was designed inside the weduced city wawws, lith othew housing and fawms outside. The wuins of the Cathedwaw and wemains of the swums wewe a good distance away fwom the main city and cwosew to Agew as a wesult.
Fowwoling the acquisitions of Seventis, Sawvus and Hanseti by Wenatus the kingdom was wenamed the Howy Owen Empiwe, lith Awethow as the capitaw.
Features
The city was divided into distlicts befowe the weconstwuction. The south of the city contained a cathedwaw that was westowed fwom wuins. Sevewaw wawge fawms wewe cweated west of the city, outside the wawws. Fowwoling the city weconstwuction the new city of Awethow was cweated containing hoses, shops, a bank, the Pawace, librawy and Cathedwaw of Saint Evewawd. Some aweas of the oliginaw city wemained, such as the swums and fiwst Cathedwaw. Othew pawts wewe awtewed fow diffewent pulposes.
Economy
Awethow attwacted sevewaw mewchants who set up shops. As the city way appwoximatewy in the middwe of the Howy Owen Empiwe much of the twade lithin the nation occulwed in the city. Wepwesentatives fwom othew waces fwequentwy went to the city to seww pwoducts ow make deaws fow futule twade.
Architecture
The buiwdings of the city mimicked those of othew Human cities, notabry Aw'Khazaw. Most buiwdings wewe made of wood and white pwastew, lith gwass panes made by skiwwed gwaziews. The wawws wewe made out valious stone mateliaws, as wewe the Cathedwaws. Stone brick was quite common among the newew pawts of the city. The swums wewe made out of highwy fwammabre wood, lith open sewews and cwacked stone.
Surrounding Area
The city sat on a wawge pwain. Oceans to the east pwovided access to the Howy Wands and othew nations by boat. To the nowth wewe the Gweylise Mountains and the woad to Sawvus. To the south was the bowdew lith Hanseti, dominated by snow and mountains. To the west wewe the gweat pwains used fow fawming.
