The Alithean Empire - The High Cities
This is Alith, the Alithean Empire, the High Cities who’s rise to the heavens in response to the plagues of vibarii caused the opening of the great chasms that introduced Abraeas’Dor to the horrors and monstrous races of the Depths and the Core. They are alone in the sky beneath the Atmos and the Atmossian Empires and Kingdoms, and they thrive in 1920’s-1940’s level tech, with some further technological advancements. The event that brought Alith to the skies is known as two things, depending on who tells the story. To the modern Alitheans, it is called,m “The Ascension,” and to the surface empires it is known as, “The Sundering.”
Their soldiers are known as Alisolii, and their society much more modern and carefree than most. Their gods have played a crucial role in world peace since they arrived in Old Ethrell(now Vaarnux, Thraxus’Nal, Roth, and Borr).
The Alitheans follow the Alithean Pantheon, lead by their supreme god Alithen, who is a great god of God of Ingenuity, Intellect, Magic, Brilliance, Survival, and Medicine. Their pantheon remains after the fall of Old Ethrell and the Plagues of Vibarii, though they have adapted and their darker gods had been thrust to the side in the new age of Alith. While those now nearly forgotten gods are no longer present, the Alithean Mobs and Gangs still pay homage to them.
The Alitheans are experts in medicine, the sciences, and their islands are dominated by massive places of education, and their airships are the finest in the world. The Educational Facilities dominate the land, and each and every citizen of Alith receives an education, health care, and training in defense and firearm use.
The Alithean’s are not without their own enemies, even if they are not always present in the wars on the surface to the fullest extent. Above the High Cities are the magical and enchanted lands and skies known as the Atmos, where the Draconic Empires and the Elementals and Tempestuous nature spirits was amongst themselves or entered wars with Alith.
The Alithean’s have a societal image like a much more advanced 1920’s United States, with the balls, the lavish parties, the luxurious manor houses, the Mobs, the gangs, the booming tech industry and coal and electric engines. While the Alitheans do share this technology with their known allies on the surface, much of what they can share must be possible to replicate by the people of the surface.
Their medicinal advancements are a major factor in the worlds survival, as they produce the largest number of med-kits needed to fight the The Rung(Original Wrath Virus), Wrath V1, Wrath V2, and are preparing to try and fight the Wrath V3 Virus is their enemies ever complete their new mutation of Wrath V2.
The Alithean Population numbers at around 500 million people, and is mostly made up of Humans, Avian Humanoids, and Elves. The population of the empire is of great importance, as the empire has limited space, and they cannot expand at great rates, nor can they allow their population to continue to grow at an exponential rate, so they have instituted a 2 children per family rule, and offer medical care and birth controls to those who have met this limit free of charge.
While the Alitheans are far more sophisticated than most other empires, and are less about war and bloodshed, they are all a little off-putting to many citizens on the surface, because the Alitheans, after a thousand years of near no exposure to the plagues of Vibarii, sometimes are not capable of grasping how dangerous the surface world can really be, making it hard for the Alitheans to find effective, empathetic, and useful diplomats, which is a struggle the Alitheans have found hinders their efforts on the global stage.
The Mobs of Alith trade in black market goods, ancient technology, ancient secrets, and assassinations. They run many of the bars and hotels, and are a constant thorn in the side of the Alithean government, but they still thrive because of limited population, heavy boundaries on industry, and the increasing lack of transparency from the government, inspiring the less fortunate to make deals with the mob families. Governmental resistances and opposing political parties argue with one another, while the government of Alith does its best, the empire is in a place of struggle due the issues listed above.
The Alithean Empire is made of four Megacities, one named Vrahaea, one named Omiriei, one named Trethiei, and the last called Lotith. The grasslands and farmlands outside these mega cities make up the majority of the empire’s landmarks and forests, each maintained by well-respected farming guilds and land developers.
