Seraphel

Seraphel is both the name of both a city and the continent on which it lies. It is a large island, though small for a continent, floating miles above the sea, much of it covered in a very wild, untamed wilderness. Only one city exists on the island, the Golden City of Seraphel. The city of Seraphel serves as the capital of human civilization, and is sometimes called the Dawn City or the Cradle of Faith, and is considered the origin of both civilization and various religions. The city itself is built around a massive mountain called the Heaven's Crown.

The city itself does not possess a skyport. Instead, there is a skyport located about five miles from the city itself, as entrance must be made on foot as dictated by tradition.

Outside of the city, the island is covered by a sprawling forest called the Briar Timberland, which is noted for containing many dangerous beasts and strange magics.

The Golden City of Seraphel
Gracefully curved towers float in a golden sky, so serene that not even gravity can touch them. The Holy City of Seraphel is a floating island city found over the Sea of Glory, far to the west of Dharrenal. It is sometimes called “The First City”, where the gods themselves once dwelled before they left our world forever. Devout priests sing beautiful songs of veneration, and the people of the city live lives of simple worship. It is said that angels fly through the streets, and that the people of Seraphel are kissed by the gods, protected from the evils of the world in their floating paradise.

Seraphel has many walls, varying in age and composition, armed with massive ballistae. The streets are unpaved and made mostly of packed mud. The only conventional way to enter the city is by foot, as the journey to the city is considered a religious pilgrimage.

The city is divided into numerous districts, one for each god, like the spokes of a wheel built around the Pillar of Creation. Each district is dominated by the church of its resident god. The local customs, traditions, and industry of each district vary depending of its resident patron deity.

Belying its appearance of a monolithic order, dozens of officially recognized clerical and knightly orders within the city keep peculiar traditions dating back centuries. Each order counts an array of clerics and knights among its adherents, and each has a famous Saint or Angel as its Patron.

A major force for good in the world, Seraphel is concerned with the affairs of gods and angels more than the affairs of the mortal world. That said, adventurers from Seraphel are not uncommon anywhere in the world, usually carrying out the will of one of the churches, or otherwise on a pilgrimage or crusade.