Arrakis

= Arrakis = The former capital city of the Uraki province and region of Ankha. The city is now the Golden Cradle of the Eleanorian Realms. It is easily their most recognizable city, and has many notable landmarks.

The City of Gold
The city of Arrakis was once known as the City of Gold, unmatched splendor shining throughout the desert, all other cities near and around unable to match. However throughout it's many years the prosperity it once ran upon began to fade as more cities began to grow, it's fortunes turning upon the once great city. Slowly the city fell in disarray, until nothing but a husk remained, deteriorated and plundered of it's treasures, left as ruins and a mere ghost upon history.

Rediscovery
On the nearby territory of Nexus bordering the Southernlands laid a small town serving as the trade post of a wealthy local merchant, a woman by the name of Daniëlle. Due to the lack of natural resources that she could take advantage of in the area par for the plentiful amount of wood, thus she had to import great quantities of resources such as stone, glass and various others. One of the merchants that sold these goods was an underfoot outcast by the name of Bentu, attracted by the great prices that the merchant was willing to offer. Once he delivered his goods he decided to take a worn down path around the desert which he thought would have been a safer journey when he stumbled upon the ruins of the City of Arrakis.

Deciding to return to the wealthy merchant, Bentu relayed the information which caught the woman's attention. Travelling to the city together Daniëlle was immediately intent on turning this city to it's former splendor.

Reconstruction
Over but a short period of time, Daniëlle Kyani organized a loose operative government and began handing out orders, orders of reconstruction and expansion. People flocked to the great city in little time, constructing their own houses and expanding Arrakis far beyond the ruins of the old city. Overtime great constructs were built within the city, the Golden Palace of House Kyani, the Arrakis Colosseum, the great gates and walls of the new city. A caste system was implemented, organized governmental roles, etc.

The Assembly
Upon orders from her sister, then Princess Juniper Kyani set about organising the people of Arrakis into the Arraki Assembly, a political entity dedicated to running the city of Arrakis with the input of the citizens. This assembly, once put into operation allowed for more direct contact between the citizens, guildmasters, and royalty of the city. Many great things were done in this time and the city expanded to one of its greatest points yet, a golden age for the city of Arrakis. A tax system was implemented, allowing the city to run without it draining the wealth of the royalty, jobs system, more building jobs, more, more, more.

The Absence of the Royalty
After a time, although still running the governmental operations of the city, the two sisters, Juniper and Daniëlle found themselves busy. One, Juniper Kyani, found herself busy with her new title as High Princess of the Injah province, the other, Daniëlle Kyani found herself busy with international matters, leaving the operation of Arrakis and the (then) southernlands province as a whole to faulter...

The Return of the Princess and Establishment of the Regency
"'Tell the forests they'll need someone new to water them, I'm going home' - Juniper Kyani"Busy with national matters, unable to properly govern her own city anymore, Daniëlle Kyani made a request of her sister, that she come home to Arrakis and run the city in her stead, leaving her titles in Injah to another. Juniper Kyani accepted such a request, she would not let her home fall out of the hands of the family that had been running it, her family.

After returning, Juniper Kyani made a point to, while taking up her sister's position as head of the city, she would do it only as a regent, a position she had held once before, as such she refused the crown of her sister, and instead declared herself Princess-Regent.

After a brief period of returning to her city, Juniper Kyani

Construction and landmarks
Upon it's rediscovery the ancient city of Arrakis was a mere shadow of it's former self, rubble upon a desert plain. However, since then, massive efforts has restored and expanded the great city far past its former glory. While construction and repairs are a constant of like in Arrakis, they keep the city strong and expanding.

Many Landmarks dot the great city, such as the Nomad, The Colosseum, and the Myrie Palace.

--The Nomad--                                                                                   --The Myrie Palace--


==== The Colosseum                                                                                                                                                                      --The Mare Nostrum-- ====