Lapithos

Lapithos is a town in Viodoxa, in the province of Silvay. It is located south of Fortuna, and it's known among it's followers because of one of the sites in Lapithos: the Fortunist Ritual Place. It's also known for housing the Lapithos Market, a trading site in Cymru.

Etymology
The prefix Lapi- means Lapis, one of the symbols of the town. It was named after the Lapis Lazuli Ore because of the luck this ore brought to Fortuna's citizens and the lake's resemblence to this ore. It's unknown to this day what -thos means, but some theorize that it means "village".

Culture
The culture of Lapithos derives from the Fortunan culture, adopting its religion and most of the traditions. There are a few differences from both cities' cultures, such as the building designs. While in Fortuna houses are sometimes built diagonally and with a flat wall design, Lapithos doesn't use a diagonal design for it's buildings, and uses a complex wall design, mixing the use of slabs and stairs. Another major difference in these houses is that instead of using bricks as the roof material, granite is the replacement for this, for economical reasons. Lapithos also uses paths as their road design. Decoration is a clue key in Lapithos' buildings apart of the wall design. The walls in Lapithos are very similar to Fortuna's walls but however, they're taller and they use stairs on both sides of the wall.

The flag of Lapithos is based on two equal horizontal bands of blue and white with a yellow isosceles triangle based on the hoist side. The top blue band symbolizes the Lapis Lazuli Ore, a meaningful ore in the city. The bottom white band is a symbol of peace for the citizens of Lapithos, and the yellow isosceles triangle is the symbol of Fortunism, the local religion.

Geography
It is a very flat place (terraformed) surrounded by a forest, taiga and a large lake. It's located in Cymru, specifically in the mountainous part, where it's sparsely populated.

Lapithos' is mainly a terraformed place, with two islands outside the mainland: the West Lapithos Park and the Bronzekreuz Island. It's walls are surrounded by a mountain range in the north, a lake in front of the gate, and a hill in the south. It's a landlocked city, having Lake Lapithos as the only body of water touching it.

Foundation
A Fortunan citizen, Garryx_YT, had been wandering outside of Fortuna. While walking to the south, he found an ancient relic which is nowadays called the Fortunist Ritual Place. Astonished from this discovery, he decided to found the city of Lapithos.

It was built specifically in this place because after they found this place, they realized that an ancient ritual place had been placed there. It is unknown when and who created it. The ritual place has 4 different statues, each of them symbolizing Fortuna and her children.

Development
The dock of Lapithos was created before the walls were created. The walls of Lapithos were built days after it's foundation. The market of Lapithos was built a few days later of the wall construction, this market is one of the main places to visit in Lapithos.

Karolium-Seratovia peace treaty
Shortly after Lapithos was founded, war was imminent between Karolium and Silvay. Seratovia then intervened and signed a treaty with Karolium, giving them their former lands except Lapithos and Fortuna in December 5th. This made Lapithos an exclave of Silvay.

Bronzekreuz Castle Construction
One of the most symbolic figures in the city of Lapithos is the Bronzekreuz Castle. It was built around the 15th of December.

Fortunist Ritual Place
One of the ancient relics of Lapithos. It was founded by an unknown entity, to worship Fortuna and her children. This is the main place used for Fortunist sacrifices, and one of the greatest sites to visit when first visiting Lapithos.

Lapithos Market
The main economical factor of the town. The market sells varied items, like fish, blocks and valuables.