Chateau (city)

Chateau is the capitol of, and largest city within, the Celestine Empire.

Description
Beyond the ocean of farm fields and green orchard lies a city of silver. Glittering white marble and delicate blue spires drape across the skyline of this world class metropolis. The strumming of lutes, soothing baritones of singers, and pings of chisel against stone ring throughout the city 24/7 for the artisans here never sleep.

Boulevard Royale
Stretching seductively from Lake Celestia all the way to the Imperial Palace are fields of trimmed grass, quaint hedge mazes, and fabulous marble statues of the Celestine Empire's greatest heroes and leaders. Popular among noble families, there is ample room for children to play, adults to relax, and poets to woo their hearts desire.

Lake Celestia
Resting at the edge of the titular crystalline lake are dozens of mansions, manors, villas, and boat houses- both modern and ancient; some even date back to the Old Empire. Their spectacular styles vary wildly, and posh beach parties can always be found, but the real treasure are the yachts that light up the lake every night with lanterns and fireworks.

TASCHEN
The most important and influential design studio in the Core Empires, TASCHEN is the epitome of avant-garde. Their almost otherworldly shop and sales floor features everything from furniture to kitchenware, tablecloths to clothes- all of it highly sought after by cutting edge collectors.

Le Fusil
Tucked in a shady corner between wealthy and poor districts lies what may be the most comprehensive weapons library in the Celestine Empire. Le Fusil carries everything from prehistorical Druidic maces and Old Empire gladius, to modern muskets, but their most prized possessions are pre-embargo Alfaxmos blades.

Canal Street
All along the riverfront, Celestine shopkeepers display their fine wares; peacocking for the wealthy nobility with fine, delicate window displays, bombastic criers, and dazzling signage. Anything and everything can be found here, but items of disreputable quality will spell doom for even the lowliest of Canal Street merchants.

LeBuela
The finest restaurant in the Core Empires. Wait lists are measured in years, and the entire dining experience is radically turned on its head. No detail is overlooked in LeBuela's strange dishes, and Chateau's nobles practically fight to be seen in the stone garden patio.

The Colonial
A monolithic black cube haunts the main drag, filling Chateau with the absolute latest music and dance. Anything but highbrow, The Colonial makes tremendous efforts to showcase artists from all over the World; most famously obscure talent from the colonies.

Royal Museum of Empire
Grand white marble columns surround the extravagant gardens and grounds of the largest Old Empire structure in Celestine lands, the Royal Museum of Empire. Formerly a Pantheon honoring the Gods of the Imperial Cult, the massive structure now holds the vast riches accrued by the Celestine Emperors over the millennia.