Noble Areas: These areas are filled with small palaces with multiple courtyards,
multi-storied buildings, and gardens.
Common Areas: These areas are densely built around small courtyards and are mazes of little alleys. 1. Sacred City: This huge complex of palaces, temples, administrative buildings, and noble residences occupies much of the central city. It resembles the Minoan Palace of Knossos and is a maze of courtyards, temples, apartments, and so forth: http://www.minoanatlantis.com/pix/Minoan_Knossos_Palace_Reconstruction_1.jpg http://gizzisgoodies.wikispaces.com/file/view/minoan-palace.jpg/164941719/minoan- palace.jpg http://www.greeceathensaegeaninfo.com/a-greece-travel/a-maps/knossos- reconstruction-lg.jpg 2. Grace Temple: This is one of the greatest temples to the Earth Goddess in Glorantha. It has a square base and a high multi-tier roof held up by statues of goddesses. Something like a much bigger version of the temple in the foreground of this picture: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ File:Taratarini_maa.jpg or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nagda2.jpg or like this temple complex: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/ Mallikarjuna_temple_complex_at_Aihole.jpg 3. Orlanth's Hill. This hill outside the city walls and overlooking the mouth of the river is covered with several ancient ruins and is sacred to the Storm God. 4. Harbor Square. This is the largest commercial harbor and market of Nochet. Nearly a dozen triremes are docked on piers, loading and unloading goods from around the world. http://www.stephenbiesty.co.uk/jpegs/bigAthenianTrireme.jpg (see the harbor in the background) http://www2.rgzm.de/Navis2/Harbours/Athen/Piraeus/Piraeus_08F.JPG The square and harborfront is packed with merchant stalls and rimmed by temples (the most important being the Dormal Temple and the Issaries Temple - see the next entries). 5. Dormal Temple. This temple to the God of Sailing is actually built on the water. It is relatively modest but beautifully decorated and lavishly adorned by the many great donations from grateful worshipers. It looks something like this: http:/ /wwwdelivery.superstock.com/WI/223/4107/PreviewComp/SuperStock_4107- 28720.jpg 6. Issaries Temple. The temple-market to the God of Trade is on the far side of Harbor Square and faces the bay. This is the greatest Trade Temple in Glorantha. The temple is large and the entire side of the building facing the harbor is open and three stories tall. It is modeled on the Stoa of Athens: http://upload.wikimedia.org/ wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Stoa_of_Attalus_-_View_of_the_building.jpg (but three stories tall instead of two) http://employees.oneonta.edu/farberas/arth/Images/109images/4thc_hellenistic/ stoa_attalosII.jpg http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_4YOhd94XTbY/SSAzdPdPrRI/AAAAAAAAALw/ 3HCNrZaFP4M/s1600-h/lr001642.gif 7. Great Library. This is the greatest library in the world. Take the Jonstown Library and put it on steriods. Make something like this http://www.strangehistory.net/blog/ wp-content/uploads/2012/06/library-alexandria.jpeg look more "Y" shaped and we are on the right path. 8. Razed Area. In 1621, the Queen of Nochet razed several blocks of tenements, in order to lay the foundations for a huge Lunar temple-palace complex. The foundation has already been laid, but completing the building will take several more years. 9. Diros Island. A stone temple to the God of Boats is on the edge of this island. Along the shores of the island are shipwrights, constructing a half-dozen or more triremes and other ships. http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/201203/images/jewel/jewel-ship-full.jpg 10. Temple to Aeol. This temple is outside of the city walls and surrounded by a Foreign Quarter. It is a tall pyramidal structure built atop a square building with columns, something like this: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/ Mahakal_Temple_Ujjain.JPG. Only wizards are permitted within the temple; the rest of the cultists gather outside the temple. 11. Axe Temple. This is a frightful temple to a bloody and violent goddess. It might look something like this: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/ Kalighat_Temple%2C_1887.jpg or http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/ 4/4d/Konark_Temple.jpg. It is decorated with Labrys (http://upload.wikimedia.org/ wikipedia/commons/c/c0/AMI_-_Goldene_Doppelaxt.jpg) on top of poles. 12. City Walls. The very imposing city walls are made of stone, some 12-15 feet thick and 40 feet tall. It has more than 80 square towers that are some 60 feet tall. The city gates solid and very defendable. 13. Esrola Temple. This square temple is surrounded by sacred fields (which grow wheat and barley) and rich gardens, which are in turn are enclosed a wall. 14. Gates of Life and Death. This ornate gate is the ceremonial gate for Nochet and the Sacred Way leads through this gate directly to the Necropolis. It is only opened as part of religious rituals allowing the dead ancestors to enter and leave the city, and enabling the gods and goddesses to enter the city on their Holy Days. I imagine it looks something like this: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/ Trier_Porta_Nigra_BW_1.JPG 15. Watchtower. This huge, sturdy tower stands over 250 feet tall and overlooks the Blackmaw. It is inhabited by an order of priest-magicians who keep watch on the Blackmaw and have done so for over 2000 years. 16. Blackmaw. This large pit leads into the Underworld. Its mouth is on top of a large mound. Within the pit live demons of Darkness and Chaos. 17. Kena Hill. This hill is sacred to the city's ancestors and is covered with family altars, stone tables, and deep tomb-temples were the ancestors may be worshiped. 18. Necropolis. The City of the Dead, also called Antones Estate. This vast burial ground is covered with tombs, sepulchers, cenotaphs, crypts, mausoleums, graves, and th occasional memorial and garden. The Sacred Way traverses the Necropolis, along with several other roads, and may more paths. Once a year, the souls of the dead and the long-dead leave the City of the Dead and wander around the city. Sources of inspiration: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Wadi_Al- Salam.jpg, http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/najaf08.htm, http:// upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Spelterini_Cairo_Necropolis.jpg 19. Riverside Port. This is a large defensible harbor that was constructed to be the main naval port for the fleet. It is large enough for 20 triremes to easily berth on piers. A tall tower oversees the Lykos River and a small fortress on the other side of the river. A chain extends across the river to the far side and a mechanism allows the chain to be lowered or raised, thereby preventing pirates from raiding up the river (or vice versa). 20. Lykos Temple. This temple to the River Goddess is surrounded by sprawling tenements spreading beyond the city wall. Steps from the temple lead down to the river itself (and reminiscent of http://www.india-goldentriangletours.com/blog/wp- content/uploads/2012/05/Ganges-Ghat-Varanasi.jpg or http://farm2.static.flickr.com/ 1239/1467949787_8a47975da2.jpg).