Lakial

Lakial is a city inside the province of Astillia in Aristios, its the oldest and the largest city in the province by both population and chunks, at its height it was the second largest city by population in Eldham but it was never really famous outside its local area. It was founded by OzkoJet on top of a mountain in its northern area but expanded southwards as the population grew. Lakial is close to 3 other cities, the sky city of Aelermede which is a few hundred blocks of its coast, the city of Kalisgrado which is located less than 40 blocks northeast of the old city centre and Oxxo which is located about 300 blocks north of Lakial.

History
Note: This history is mostly for nerds who want to learn about the city, otherwise this history may not be very fun to read and it is advised to skip further down to weird events which will tell a bit funnier stories containing some history.

Foundation
Sheepism was founded in one of the northern mountains which is today known as the Old Town, shortly later its economy boomed and became one of the richer cities in Eldham where it stayed until about 1 month where it later crashed and lost its place. A few days after its foundation, it joined Aristios.

The Mountain City
Shortly after its foundation it began expand towards the other nearby mountains, it began with the area which is today known as the City Centre, and later the valley between, today known as Lakial Valley (Often confused with other valley areas), at this time its first population boom happened and many moved in to the houses and filled the newly added areas in only 1 day and the area known as Lakial Outskirts was built in order to let people build their own houses there if they wish to.

Friend or Foe and a Declining City
During the population boom it needed more to build houses in and a new area known as Bluevall was added in a valley on the other side of the middle mountain, named after the creator of its first houses, blueeed, it contained many smaller but cosy homes but they weren't enough and the city began look even further southwards, at some parts of the dark oak forest it had sold wood from to many visiting merchants ever since the beginning. However a nearby city did not like the expansion of Lakial and began to block its path towards expanding claiming that they were gonna build there even though they weren't near nor got any direct access to the land and Lakial was unable to get enough houses for more citizens to live in and the city began to decline.

End of Plague and Urbanization of The City
After some time the city trying to block it had to stop after being ordered multiply times by multiply high ranked people in the national government. A new population boom shortly occurred and Lakial began expand again. After some time it began to focus on urbanisating the city and added multiply new homes in areas thought to not been possible to build and more. The population grew until the point it became the second largest city in Eldham and at its height housing more than 110 players.

Lakial During The Aristii Civil War/Coup
When the coup happened between the old Imperial Government and the Commonwealth, Lakial declared themself neutral until a decision had been made, The most trusted players were to discuss and vote on what to do and many wanted to stay neutral until the end of the conflict however after lots of pressure from the Imperial government to end their neutrality many in Lakial felt forced to join the commonwealth and later during the second day of the conflict, it did with over 80% supporting it after a small vote.

A New Decline
Lakial was getting closer to becoming a dead city, OzkoJet, the founder was being less active before he in the end, dissappeared but he had been preparing for someone else to get city when he was leaving and some people got to present themself as candidates, MrOMurdur won and got the mayor role 2nd December 2021 as he was the best candidate. The city did not grow a lot while he was governor and many citizens decided to leave, the city shrank to 18 citizens, many of them did not primarily live in the city, and crime rates rose, on the other hand the road networks to other cities in the nation improved and a watch tower was built in order to see any enemy army approaching the northern roads.

The Quick Return
While he was gone he got words that the city was in a bad position so he returned for a few weeks before he and some citizens left the city for good after some events, the details are unknown.

Religion
The oldest Religion in Lakial is Floodism, a religion which says that one day the world will flood from the rain/tears of bedrock and that they have to do stuff, preferably burning hay bales in order to prevent it from happening in the close future, however lately Sheepism, a religion that praise a dead sheep named Bæ grew larger and became the largest religion in the city. The national sponsored religion, Voclarism never got a lot of followers and it is estimated that only two or three people in the city praise it.

Alcohol
In the early days of Lakial it exported lots of Chocolate Brews and Strong Coffee to visiting merchants however lately local bars sells all sorts of drinks to visitors, anything from beer to wine to some sort of teas.

Lakial Lager
A secret alcohol originated from the city, many inhabitants in Lakial consider it to be the city drink as its the only known drink named after the city. It was found in a chest before inside the old town in its early history and nobody knew who made it, nor how to make it, many searched high and low until one day, a stranger came and gave the receipt to one man, many believe the stranger to been sent by a god of some sort.

Etymology
Lakial originated from old Lakian, an extinct language, from the name of the early Lakians and their name of the old land surrounding it and its early people. The early Lakians decided to call their tribe and inhabited lands for Lakia and when Lakial was created, a L was added in the end of the name, meaning a small area or city. In conclusion Lakial means city in Lakia lands.

Famous Buildings
Lakial Arena: A pvp arena inside Lakial that can host duels, sumo, archery and much more. There's cheese shops at its entrance for visitors that come to watch.

Blockmart: A supermarket that got almost everything, it doesn't just get visitors from the city but from people all over Eldham.

Kaiserlicht: A ship at the port, it was built by Mafiapeikko and have never been sailing outside the city before. It got replaced by another ship in late 2022. The big city walls: A bunch of city walls located on top of each mountain, most are made of stone bricks except for the old towns that are entirely made out of cobblestone, they are known to look high due to their location, to people outside the walls, they look to be over 20 blocks high but inside they can only look about 6 blocks high in some places.

Famous Or Just Weird Events
The Wandering Ghosts: In its early history a bunch of people ran into the city, this was before its expansion to the other mountains and before it got any big population, the sprinters looked like ghosts, they were running faster than normal people would been able to run, they did not answer any questions from the people they passed by, and did not say anything, they just ran randomly around the city, they did not even looked at the place they were running at, like a way a ordinary explorer would do. After a few minutes they ran off into the wilderness and were never seen again.

The coup which failed before it began: In the middle of the summer in 2021 a new citizen that had joined only 1 day earlier tried to start a coup and create his own state, fortunately he didn't know who to trust and those he invited to the coup, was working for the government, because of that, he never managed to pull it off.

The Jungle of Lakial: Lakial is a jungle themed city, or well, it was, untill the jungle disappeared, most of the city was just a jungle in the beginning but as the city grew, the trees of the jungle disappeared, and when the urbanisation happened, the last parts making it feel like a jungle got replaced with stone and terracotta. Many attempts has been made in order to bring back the feeling of it being in a jungle but to no avail, every attempt so far has failed and newer areas are beginning to lean towards a style of suitable for warmer climates.

The Arena Fights: Sometime in September 2021 lots of people gathered in the Lakial Arena to either participate or watch the battles occurring there, it was the largest planned event that ever happened in Lakial, even though it was actually not planned by anyone in the city itself, it was actually planned by some visitors who just came and hosted the fights.

The Legend of Siaall: Once in the beginning there was another city beside Lakial, it was called Siaall and was supposed to have been located outside its coast, according to the legend, a big flood happened and drown the city together with its inhabitants, never to be seen again. Many have tried search for it but nobody has ever found it or returned alive.