The Circle

History
The Circle is the largest source of fresh water in Merdia, and because of that resource and the natural defenses provided by a ring of mountains, the city, Dulce became a seat of power. For hundreds of years, the Salt family ruled the island completely, except for one part, the very peak of the mountain where the Ironstorms had lived for generations. After protracted wars, an agreement was struck between Duchess Electra Salt I and the Ironstorms, finally folding Rapture into Dulce.

Although economically and militarily powerful, Dulce is dependent of the rest of the world for important resources like crops, lumber, and livestock.

Dulce
Built on and up the mountain. The economic powerhouse of Merdia. This is where financial institutions live and die. Compared Orion and Alux Capital, Slake Bank Group looks like a piggybank. Those nobility without large land ownership or those non-noble wealthy elites live in Dulce in the upper part of the city, while the working underbelly lives near the water. Druids are particularly to the lift system, using the produce flame cantrip to run a rudimentary and steam engine for the lifts from the lower part of the city to the upper part.

Archduchess Valentina Salt lives in Salt Palace, the oldest standing palace in Merdia. The Palace looks like crystallized salt.

Rapture
Long before any other humans moved to the Circle, a religious pilgrimage brought the Ironstorms to the highest mountain in Merdia, Kys' Peak. Constructing a temple an monastery on the very top of the mountain, the Ironstorms felt their proximity to the sky brought them closer to the goddess