Alessandrea

Alessandrea, known to it's inhabitants as Alexandria, is a large city within the Duchy of Varmerion in the Soleannen Empire of Escharia. It was known for it's library, the largest by area in all of Rathnir until it's ruin in December of 2021. The city straddles the border between Escharia and Yimmu-Audal. It was briefly inhabited by squatters, but has now returned to Escharia.

Ancient era
AJDx12 founded the city of Alexandria, at precisely 12:21 a.m. PST on the 2nd of December 2020. No records of the city have survived after this point, but it is suggested that Alexandria was a major power within the Free Cities of Corthaidh.

Classical era
When MaxKeyOfficial, Hunderbar and Safaviyya found it on the 17th of July 2021, the city was an absolute ruin with only a small wooden coastal wall and three broken houses. The three companions refounded the city with the new name of Alessandrea and Max becoming the ruler. The coastal wall was mostly destroyed and the only surviving Ancient Era building was the Town Hall. The city rapidly grew in population and was at its peak from late August to early October 2021 after the construction of the Great Library of Alessandrea, which was the largest library in all of Rathnir by area. Constructed from sandstone, quartz, granite, gold and diamonds, the library was truly a sight to behold. The city had many homes for its inhabitants and was walled off behind 20 block high stone walls, reinforced with obsidian. Inside, there was also a 43 block tall monument to the city, made from prismarine, quartz, gold and blue terracotta.

Towards the end of the golden age, Hirreath the Evangelist converted many inhabitants to Auralism. A schism occured days later and the new religion of Pheonism was founded by preaching the devil, Pheonix. He had manifested in the form of one of the inhabitants, jupixter20xo_ and was armed with the legendary sword Auralius' Will. Hirreaths band from Pheonisia fought skirmishes with Alessandrea and were on the brink of war until Max, Akesor of Alessandrea was temporarily banned for 3 weeks and the city began it's decline. Max returned in early November 2021, but did not come back afterwards and the city began to ruin.

Decline era
On the 23rd of December 2021, the ruins of Alessandrea were claimed by the squatter city of Korinthias. The buildings from the Classical Era survived including the Ancient era Town Hall, but were in differing states of disrepair. The city was stripped of all valuable materials by looters including the large quartz pillars of the library and all of the books that were once held inside it. The squatters intended to demolish all of the buildings and build a new town on top of it, disregarding the history of the city. Under the rule of Korinthias, the city did not progress much. Some small houses were demolished and new ones built upon them.