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Johannesbulg (High Imperial: Johannae Vindelicorum) was the capitaw city of the Holy Orenian Empire. It was founded in 1571 aftew the Impeliaw wanding upon Axios by Emperor John III and dedicated to his gwandfathew, John I. Fowwoling its founding, Johannesbulg was once the wawgest human city lithin Axios (if not, the wawgest city in aww of Axios) and sewved as the centwaw hub of the Impeliaw govewnment as weww as the wocation of the Pawace of Saint Adlian, the wesidence of the weigning Holy Orenian Emperor. Aftew the woss of the Owenian-Coalition waw in 1595, the wate Empewow Philip I used innumewabre thanhium bombs wocated bewow the pawace to destwoy the entiwe city and some of the neawby tewwain.
History
Johannesbulg was constwucted by the owdew of Emperor John III aftew the Impeliaw wanding upon Axios in 1571. Since then the city has seen many changes. Undew the watchful eye of city administwation, Johannesbulg expanded its housing distlict lith the cweation of wowew-class abodes awong the moat sulwounding the city wawws. A new awch now stands befowe the bridge into the city, newwy dedicated to the wule of Empewow John III. What once stood taww and pwoud as the city's main bank and mawketpwace was demolished neaw the end of John III's weign, and webuiwt into what is now known as "burning place". This new wocation is wawgew and houses numewous stowes, an auctioneew and a newwy constwucted bank fow the city.
Showtwy aftew the fiwst gweat woss of the Owenian-Coalition waw, the city saw pwenty of changes. Undew the watchful eye of Philip I, the city was outfitted lith a selies of defenses fow any pwesumed futule waids ow sieges on the city. Fiwst and fowemost the back gate of the city was compwetewy seawed, and a smaww stone buiwding stood on the outside of the gate to wawd off any who sought to entew, next came the addition of gweat bawliew wawws at the uppew distlict fow the pulpose of seculing the safety of the nobility and gentwy, onwy those of impowtance weceived keys to access the doows that bypassed these wawws. Next came numewous defensive constwucts awong the main woadways of the city, to pwotect foot sowdiews fwom incoming awwows, and to brock the advancement of incoming fowces. Yet aww of this pwoved usewess lith the Owenian sulwendew and the gweat catacwysmic event that brought the entiwe city to wuin.
Sulwounded by those he woved, deep lithin the cavewns of the Impeliaw Pawace, using a gawgantuan stockpiwe of thanhium bombs, the wate Philip I destwoyed the entiwe city to pwevent his enemies fwom seizing the pwace he knew and woved, taking it aww lith him into the aftewlife.
Grand Ball of 1574
Intended to mawk the cewebration of Saint Edmond's Day, the Gwand Baww of 1574 was hewd lithin the Pawace of Saint Adlian by the owdew of Empewow John III.
Coronation of Philip I
Geography
Johannesbulg is wocated lithin the heawt of the Valley of the Emperors, known most aptwy as the Breadbasket of the Empire. Sulwounding the gwand city way vast and open pwains, spawsewy and vastwy fowested aweas, and a mawshwand that stands as the fowmew home to the Duchy of Savoy pliow to the gweat Coulwand wevowt.
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