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Here is an example of a city I created.

AMATSU: The Imperial City

The true and only entrance known to anyone lies to the east, facing the ocean. There are others but only a select few who are in the council or survived the war still know where they are. The city was relocated to center of Haveta, from the island.

As you enter the gates, you must pass through three giant iron grates, accompanied by large wooden doors, which have large wooden blocks to secure them in place. Between each door, there are holes in the cieling where molten metal and explosives are thrown at enemies who intrude. There are arrow slots along the sides in the wall where archers will lay volley upon volley of arrows.

When the last gate is passed, you can see the main castle sitting on the hill. The march up there for regular troops is close to four hours. The city itself is for refuge, housing, and the marshalling of the army. The winding path is stacked building upon building, making each level a suitable protector for its lower. As you reach about half way to the top, a giant commercial center is in place there, in the dead center is the central park. Only Halvetian Soil is in the central park, along with the entrance to the Labrynth.

All the houses have a flimsy countruction look to it, but undreneath is solid earth and steel. Each house is heavily fortificated, and meant to house and protect people and soldiers. Each house is two stories and flat topped.

As the march continues upwards, there are five more layers of buildings that must be reached before the gates to the castle walls come in view. There is a giant courtyard right before the gates. There are always twenty guards on watch infront of the gate, fifteen on the walls with bows readied on each wall. The sentries are changed at three hour intervals to keep the troops fresh.

The castle is four stories high, and three basements deep. The floors are highly stocked with food and arms to supply and refuge many troops and civilians for up to six months at any given time, should a siege occur. In times of peace it is resident to commanding officers, mages, and infantry untis. The castle is kept under tight surveilance, and is beautifully furnished, behind certain tapestries soldiers can come out of hidden pannels in the walls, where cartain barracks are held, others lead to a holding area in the second basement. In the first basement are arms and supplies for the castle. The second level is a living and training grounds for most of the army. The third basement is a giant prison which is never spoken of, since many people never venture beyond the iron doors of this holding area. The castle is deemed inpenetrable, even if an invading army can breach the city itself.

-Written and created by Algus Wolfbane.

~A.D.W.

Here is a background story I created.

Algus is the second prince of the land Sigmar and his brother assumed the throne of the glorious kingdom, after their father stepped down from the throne. Algus noticed that things were slowly changing, and his brother was diving deeper into madness, and a suprise attack sprung in their capital Sigmar and Algus rallied all he could to defend the city, which barely managed to survive, but in the process his Fiancee, Nadia, was dying and asked Algus to end her life so she wouldn't suffer. At the same time, Armageddon had also fallen in love with her. When he saw Algus end her life, he completely changed. He charged Algus with treason and chased him, his best friend and closest fighting partner Mordok, and the Mercernary faction Bloody Reapers out of the protection of the kingdom. Every one of them was murdered infront of the kingdom's watchful eye, by Armageddon himself. Algus and Mordok were the last two alive.

They had ran to the port Gelteen where Cathorn, the king and Nadia's elder brother granted them private sanctuary, lending them a boat and crew. He listened to Algus' story of events that had happened. When he finished, he was angry at Armageddon for making rash conclusions. He sent Algus and Mordok off to head north to a country that had close relations to Sigmar and understood the turmoil and was willing to grant them sactuary and aid in their quest to retake Sigmar.

Along the way towards their destination, a hurricane formed in the ocean and they were hit with full force. They tried to save the ship and when the storm cleared, the ship was in weak condition. They tried to sail for the closest land possible. Nighttime fell and they still hadn't found land when another storm hit their ship. When Algus woke up he was on a beach and the ship wreck had killed everyone, and when he looked through the carnage, he couldn't find Mordok or traces of him except for foot marks that headed away from the werck. He salvaged any items he could and set a destination inland. Little did he know, that he walked away from a treachery to a full blown war on Farshia.

~A.D.W.

Down from the sky a shining light flickered and it trailed down to the earth. A blood covered figure hit the ground leaving an impression. A river nearby flowed strongly and the figure groaned and could not move, he lay there waiting, in too much in pain to move. The sky was roiling with lage clouds, rain started to fall from the sky very heavily. Thunder roared in the sky, and lightning flashed, leaving a purple after image in the figure's blue eyes. The figure was a man, heavily wounded, not knowing where or why, but the only things running through his mind are: redemption, revenge, pity, and guilt. He shivered as his partially clothed body was soaked in minutes. He only remembered one thing, he couldnt save her, and the man would pay. A double bladed, obsidian four-foot, breadsword swirled down from the sky and landed blade first into the ground next to the man.

~A.D.W.

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