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Caught in a temporal anomaly during the [[Taint Wars]], [[Hallifax]] was lost in time and space for over five hundred years. When the lost city finally returned to the current timestream, all its citizens were dead except for one, [[Cririk Adom]]. Upon declaring its independence, Hallifax strives to be the epitome of the confluence of logic, beauty and harmony. The city itself is a marvel of aeromantic engineering and floats above the [[Basin of Life]]. The nexus of power is known as the [[Matrix]], which spans to the [[Elemental Plane of Air]] and the [[ | Caught in a temporal anomaly during the [[Taint Wars]], [[Hallifax]] was lost in time and space for over five hundred years. When the lost city finally returned to the current timestream, all its citizens were dead except for one, [[Cririk Adom]]. Upon declaring its independence, Hallifax strives to be the epitome of the confluence of logic, beauty and harmony. The city itself is a marvel of aeromantic engineering and floats above the [[Basin of Life]]. The nexus of power is known as the [[Matrix]], which spans to the [[Elemental Plane]] of [[Air (plane)|Air]] and the [[Cosmic Plane]] of [[the Continuum]]. | ||
Believing in a strict hierarchy, Hallifax has strict social castes. The lowest caste level is that of servant, followed by bureaucrats, then the merchant class, and then the highest caste which is reserved for artists and scientists. Though it is arguable that the ruling elite make up a higher caste, it is generally thought that they are servants to the collective. Though in the ancient days before the fall of the [[Holy Celestine Empire]], Hallifax was run like a corporation, in recent times they have opted for a more traditional representative governmental system. | Believing in a strict hierarchy, Hallifax has strict social castes. The lowest caste level is that of servant, followed by bureaucrats, then the merchant class, and then the highest caste which is reserved for artists and scientists. Though it is arguable that the ruling elite make up a higher caste, it is generally thought that they are servants to the collective. Though in the ancient days before the fall of the [[Holy Celestine Empire]], Hallifax was run like a corporation, in recent times they have opted for a more traditional representative governmental system. | ||
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==Landmarks== | ==Landmarks== | ||
===The Matrix=== | ===The Matrix=== | ||
Cradled within the center of the great array of crystal spires that is Hallifax, the Matrix is the nexus of power for the city. Crafted using techniques more advanced than any possessed in modern times by Aeromantic engineers of the [[ | Cradled within the center of the great array of crystal spires that is Hallifax, the Matrix is the [[nexus of power]] for the city. Crafted using techniques more advanced than any possessed in modern times by Aeromantic engineers of the [[Aeromancer]]s and temporal theoreticians of the [[Matrix Research Institute]], it bridges the planes, connecting Hallifax to the Elemental Plane of Air and the Cosmic Plane of the Continuum. While city law and custom discourages loitering, it is not uncommon to see citizens gathering around the Matrix for stimulating conversation, discourse, or merely civilized company. | ||
===The Spire of the Lawgivers=== | ===The Spire of the Lawgivers=== | ||