Aurice
Aurice is the capital and namesake of the Noble Republic of Aurice and the seventh most populous city of the known world with 630,000 inhabitants. In the Pallathantic Region, Aurice is third most populous after Trevirs and Bryndyd. The highest offices of the government of the imperial apparatus are found in Aurice as well as the government of the Aurician Metropolis. Historically, Aurice has been considered part of Goscundy, but it is actually part of the Aurician Metropolis, an independent political entity under the direct rule of the Noble Senate of Aurice.
Aurice rests upon a flotilla of islands connected by hundreds of bridges and criss-crossed by a network of canals called 'rivens and for this reason has been amenable to a considerable merchant marine for many centuries. Aurician merchants are world-famous for traversing the world-island, trading with Sungo, Opaz, Zephasia, Bahuna, and far-off Skaligdæ and thus creating a world-class emporium in the city proper. Today's skyborne merchants piloting titancraft-driven vessels have continued this tradition, circumnavigating the globe. Aurice is not only an imperial capital but a leading financial center of the Pallathantic and financial heart of the Aurician Empire.
Aurice traces its origins to settlement by Pallathantic fishermen about two thousand years before Salmakhamer. Archeologers can tell us little about what indigenous culture occupied the islands before the Pallathantic immigration. The islands remained separate villages through the Midretassene and Yophenthean Periods until the fifteenth century when they united for mutual protection from sky piracy and brigands. The ruling families formed a Senate that elected a duke to govern the city. Prince Ulcanov through the turmoil of the Middle Ages of Chaos arose and became self-appointed tyrant of the city for about two centuries. The champions of the Fifth Isbajath slew him and overthrew his power, restoring self-government under the Senate. The city was subsequently ruled by Incarnandist Warriors, Medibgö, Thrace, House Bijäl, and finally under the unshared power of the Senate in 2627 as a result of the Aurician Revolution.
Chronology of Aurice
History
Government and Administration
The Noble Senate of Aurice is the origin of all constitutional power over the city. The core islands of Aurice are part of the administrative entity known as the Aurician Metropolis which includes the islands of the Aurician Lagoon and the islands of the north perimeter of the Addanine Sea. These islands are divided into numerous vicifs. Each vicif is permitted to elect a magistrate called a vicevile who represents the needs and the concerns of the vicif before the magistrates appointed by the Senate. The municipal government consists of the body of viceviles, the Lord Mayor of the Metropolis, and the various city magistrates.
Vicifs
The city proper of Aurice has twenty vicifs and there are over a hundred more for the remaining islands of the Aurician Metropolis.
Transportation
Foot transportation and water vessels are the traditional means of communication in the city. Aerobarge transit has become vital to the city and there are six private lines regulated by the municipal government.
Key Sites
Aurician Bourse
Basilica of Saint Gidhoniel
Court Bijäl
Great Basilica
Gubernatorial Palace
Magitechnic Institute of Aurice
Ministry of Corpora Mercia
Presidium of the Republican Guard
Senatorial Palace
Temple of the Golden Phœnice
Economy
Aurice is located at the mouth of the Aurician Lagoon and is a gateway city by means of the Ibrew River to the near interior of Asdauria. Aurice is a key entry point into the Pallathantic for many luxury goods from the far east, including euphorium. By virtue of the empire's control of Agogia and Bijälenland, the Aurician Bourse is the leading center for trading such commodities as panox.
Festivals and Commemorations
Games of High Summer
Customs
Aurician Broge
See Also
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