Lapithos

Lapithos is a town in 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 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 town. 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 town, 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 town of Lapithos. The dock of Lapithos was created before the walls were created. The walls of Lapithos were built days after it's foundation. The market was built a few days later, and it's 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.

Late December Development
On December 11th, Viodoxa was reformed as the Third Imperial Archonate of Viodoxa, while hours later Silvay declared independence, leaving both Fortuna and Lapithos as enclaves. The Bronzekreuz Castle was built around the 15th of December. Later on 27th December, the Foreign Affairs Building in Lapithos was finished and the day after, a statue was built in a recursive island in the lake off the town's coast.

Fortunist Ritual Place
One of the ancient relics of Lapithos. 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.

Fortuna's Statue
It's a statue located inside the lake off the town as a recursive island. It can be visited by going through the West Lapithos Park and walking straight forward, going around the tree.