Phoenix City, crowning the northernmost snowfields of Silverpine Province, stood as the undisputed seat of power for the Radiant Phoenix Sanctum.
This floating citadel boasted the sprawling Crossroad Boulevard at its heart—a dazzling thoroughfare occupying over half the inner city's expanse.
Its eastern district bordered the Sanctum's sacred grounds.
Here, tiered pavilions and celestial courtyards stood in perfect harmony, each owned by nobility or those of immense wealth.
Near the northwest corner, two shadowy figures scurried past an ornate manor gate, their bowed heads and hurried steps radiating suspicion.
Beyond those gates unfolded an exquisite landscape—pavilions dotted every ten paces, winding streams curved between hundred-step intervals, while jagged rockeries and rare bloss
