Tsukikage

Tsukikage, known as the City of Moonlight or the City of Lanterns, is a Lunaris City in the Rathnir in the Ostumin Sea on Neko Island. Tsukikage borders are shared with the Simulami Empire in the east, Frühlingsend in the west, Itodashi in the south, and Port Moonflower at the north. The It is a city founded by Nico Nagaheart in March 09 after the reclamation of the lost ruins that was once held by the Eden Province. After the Restoration of the castle, it became a grand urban sprawl that produced both raw goods and manufactured arms across the Lunaris Empire.

Pre-Tsukikage
Neko Island was once governed under the Province of Eden within the first First Empire of Plagatéa, where it was originally a small natural island. At this time the first settlers came from the Xillion folks and ancient elven race of Frühlingsend to expand its boundaries to establish the castle district of the island itself. Not much is known from it, as Eden itself broke free from the First Empire of Plagatea after its downfall.

Archaeologists who examined the records of Neko Island found a sudden collapse after a strange event with the rulership who died under mysterious circumstances, which forced the people to flee from the city. As a result, the city became a ghost-town with spirits who dwell within. It was only when Lunaris that conquered the land showed interest in resettlement.

Tsukikage Foundation
After an unknown time of years, Priestess of Lux, Nico Nagaheart, out of guidance of Lux and grant from the royal court of Lunaris, settled Neko Island in the midst of the moonlight and called it Tsukikage on the 9th of March. In the early years of Tsukikage, the castle was half-completed and the buildings were long empty. In this time, an early shrine of Lux and construction was focused on the castle itself to finish its state. She even met Aepollonier who learned the early history of the island, and helped develop it.

Life was simplistic and a rural island for the early part of Tsukikage. Periodic undead attacks were common, but the people fend off the skeletal attacks. When august approached, the island underwent massive population and industrialization to become one of the main manufacturing hubs in the empire. Alongside the new construction of a sacred temple island known as Sun Island.

Geography
Tsukikage is located within the Ostumin Sea, and is known for its temperate climate. As both warm waters from the south come to intermix with the cold waters from the north. Neko Island is known to be emerald as it faces heavy rains in the summers, and snowfall in the winters. As such plant life and grass in the pre-Tsukikage days were heavily forested.

In modern times, the primeval forests were chopped down by the early settlers in place of bamboo and other man-made gardens. The common natural hazards faced in Tsukikage are flooding, snowstorms, earthquakes, and tsunamis.

Demographics
Tsukikage is made up of 5,620 residents, many settlers from across Lunaris. The largest of the groups are Moon Elves and Nekojin, while a small population of Sun Elves, Humans, and various spirits dwell.

Government
Tsukikage, or Barony of Tsukikage, is under the rulership of the current Baron of Tsukikage Glacia Luon. It is a heredity system where known members of the resident Luon family passed down the title to their offspring from the descendants of Nico Nagaheart. The baron title holds autocrat powers to enact local laws and policies.