Lumen

Nation: Othaala Region: Yavathre Sector Type: Capital City

Overview

The capital of Othaala, situated atop the Yavathre Plateau in the Yavathre Sector. An enormous city, unfathomably so to those unfamiliar with its scale, whose eight districts neatly split the city along its major highways. The innermost ring contains the Azauri Building, a great civic structure with a bronze roof that gleams in the sun. There is also the Basehharra Palace, visible even from several hours' ride out just outside the city's outer walls. Districts and subdistricts include the Tvaiale in the west, the Aerestria District with its tall towers, the Altharie Gardens with blue-tiled libraries, Vaelshane Square with its grain bazaars and tanneries, and Warrabran with its curved roads and glass lanterns. Much of the outer districts give way to sprawling artisan complexes before the great Outer Wall, beyond which lie the plateau farmlands.

Notable Residents

• Queen Namerethe — ruler of Othaala; resides at Basehharra Palace just outside the city
• Tavu Beidaka — civilian; resides in the western Tvaiale district
• Valaeria Beidaka — civilian; resides in the western Tvaiale district
• Torra Beidaka — civilian; resides in the western Tvaiale district
• Mallia Yuhava — civilian; temporarily lodged in the western Tvaiale district in Book II

Notable Structures

• Basehharra Palace — the royal palace; massive fan of golden-roofed walkways; the main keep known as The Heartspire; situated a three-hour ride from the Outer Wall; Crown's Guard bears silver beams of light encircled by black Shadow
• Azauri Building — civic building at the city's innermost ring; great bronze roof; gilded pennants bearing the crests of every major Othaalan city

Geographic Features

Yavathre Plateau

Notes

• The Beidaka family home is a two-story house clad in light gray-painted wood in the western Tvaiale district
• Anue Beidaka grew up in Lumen; Book I begins here
• The upper-tier cart rail system runs through the city's districts