Citadel

-The Citadel.  A massive city-state that is easily discernible by the almost golden shine of its walls, in fact a massive Heart protection. The Citadel is inhabited by descendants of the First Child nobles.

 [   History  ]         A long ago, the two, different noble factions were united in ruling the world, but they always kept set records and were mostly certain in which child they hailed from. After a period which some researchers believe to be 200 the groups split. There is some debate on this. The groups either split in a peaceful manner, or they actually went through a violent war. The second option is favored and deemed as true in the famous epic "Armà Alarclis" detailing the events of such conflict. The group of the first child, all gathered and built a settlement, welcoming people in. This settlement grew prosperous for years, until at the end of the millennia as most records state, when "Mountains walked and took the shape of man and beasts and fiends breathing death in fire rose and wounded the land and purged it with fire". There were traces of a great calamity  (albeit the legends probably exaggerate it)indeed as now, the Citadel rests upon a barren rocky crater of rough terrain. Either way, the settlement survived and from the remnants it begun to rebuild. It became fortified, secluded and strong, soon becoming what was known as the Citadel.  During these times it waged a few wars. The claimed "Draconic War" which the ancestors of the Citadel claim to have fought, but lost, and blame it as the source of the calamity. The First and Second Beastkin Wars, which were against the savage  Beastkin forces mostly for expansive reasons, the Great Necrotic Purge which the Citadel once more won , in the north of its original territories, lead against a large coven of necromancers, which further served to expand its territories. The last war, the Second Mind War, which the Citadel aided the Arcanum Council on. It was considered a victory.

  [  Economy  ]            The Citadel itself has a flourishing economy and is the prime industrial power of the world and it has almost monopolized the world market. From its former medieval state it was, it has now developed automatons and constructs to serve as its defenders, automatized systems to deal with transport, and people themselves are dedicated to more intellectual pursuits.

   [  Politics  ]         The political life is seen as mostly stable. It has a somewhat caste-like system. The "normals" who are people of no particular notability. The "intellectual" who show themselves as researchers, technicians or scientists of renown. The "defenders" who are the warriors of the Citadel and "rulership" who are the richer, more powerful caste who control most of the economic goings. The rule is semi-monarchic where "rulership" members that reveal the power of Vision had once taken power, and their descendants, also conceived with Vision users from the  rulership, who are the ones most likely to take the throne. However, certain "maneuvering" can be done by some confident , rich and manipulative member of the rulership at a time, entering negotiations with the ruler and granting either them, or their immediate descendants (usually) the next kingship. However, a line of non-Vision rulers has not proven to live for too long. If the ruler left no descendants usually their advisors (selected from the rulership and defender caste) or a famous defender or rulership member take the post. The people however are greatly opposed to the rule of a defender. Usually they don't even get to form a line.

 [ Military ]       The military has three main fragments. The first one, "Hand of Law" operates outside. The second is composed of the automaton defenders of the Citadel and the third, of the higher, stronger, living members of the military and their leaders.
The "Hand of Law" is the most numerous army of the Citadel. A large number of people who are sent outside the walls. The Citadel, as such as large economical power has to assert its presence somehow. A number of settlements were formed, governed by "Hand of Law" agents and commanders and welcoming large numbers of people. The "Hand of Law" mostly work to protect these settlements and fortresses.

Powers: Basic military training is something almost all HoL soldiers have. Further more, basic knowledge of using Body becomes required later for any possible advancement in post. The next most favored power is Heart. Cases who prefer to study Mind are not that rare in the inside military, but only high ranked personnel of HoL would get a second or third power. The leader of HoL is for one a Body/Mind/Heart user. In the inside military, Soul is also popular and is gaining more and more of such popularity. Members of the nobility who would want to involve themselves with the military might posses Vision too.