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 +====== Metrol ======
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 +| name           = Metrol
 +{{metrol.jpg}}
 +| caption        = 
 +| aliases        = 
 +^ Grosseur       | Metropolis
 +^ Pays           | [[Cyre]]
 +| area           = [[terres_des_lamentations]]
 +| government     = 
 +| local ruler    = 
 +^ Population     | 
 +| races          = [[Humain]]s, "ghostbeasts"
 +| religion       = [[La Légion Souveraine]]
 +^ Limite Achat   | 
 +| asset limit    = 
 +| alignment      = 
 +| source         = 
 +| map            = 
 +</panel></WRAP>
 +{{metrol_and_colossus.jpg}}
 +**Metrol**, called the **Rising City**, is the former capital of [[Galifar]] and of [[Cyre]], once a great metropolis standing beside the [[Cyre River]] on the kingdom's eastern border, and now a ruined city lying on the eastern boundary of the [[terres_des_lamentations]].
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 +====== Histoire ======
 +Once, all of Cyre was known as "Metrol", until the realm was renamed in 32 AR for its then ruler, [[npc:roi_cyre_ir_wynarn|Cyre]], a scion of [[npc:roi_galifar_ir_wynarn_i]]. It was once the capital of all [[Galifar]].
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 +A cabal of insane [[sorcerer]]s who revered a group of [[gibbering|mouther]]s was once based in Metrol itself. They were destroyed decades ago by [[Vashkal|the Black]], an [[orc]] [[gatekeeper mystagogue|mystagogue]] of the [[Gatekeepers]].
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 +In 994 YK, weeks before the Mourning, Metrol itself was threatened by [[Karrnath]]i armies. At this time, the first [[warforged|colossus]] was produced and swiftly sent north to reinforce the capital.
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 +On the [[Day|of Mourning]] on 20 [[calendrier#Olarune|Olarune]], 994 YK, according to eyewitness reports of those who got out of the city in time, the dead-gray mists of the Mournland billowed out of the royal palaces of Vermishard and blanketed the unprepared city of Metrol. It fell swiftly, and from there the mists engulfed the whole of Cyre, causing the annihilation of the realm. This seems to be the mists' first appearance, leading some to theorize Metrol was the source and center of the Mourning, yet others placed it in [[Making]].<ref name="FN-p83"/> Queen [[Dannel|du Wynarn]] is presumed to have died in Metrol.
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 +In the aftermath, magebred humanoids escaped from [[Clifftop]] arrived in Metrol and occupied the government buildings and other key areas, including the royal palaces of Vermishard. Over the next few years, they excavated tunnels linking Metrol and Clifftop and gave the ruins the appearance of being haunted.
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 +Recently, in 998 YK, it's been reported that powerful "restless spirits" (or living humanoids to a few witnesses) emerged from the Mournland near Metrol and raided camps and small settlements in the lands just outside, in [[Karrnath]] and the [[Talenta|Plains]], kidnapping folk and leaving few survivors.
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 +On the [[Jour du Deuil]] in 994 AR, according to eyewitness reports of those who got out of the city in time, the dead-gray mists of the Les Terres des Lamentations billowed out of the royal palaces of Vermishard and blanketed the unprepared city of Metrol. It fell swiftly, and from there the mists engulfed the whole of Cyre. This seems to be the mists' first appearance, leading some to theorize Metrol was the source and center of the Mourning, yet others placed it in [[La Fabrique]].
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 +======Description======
 +Some parts survived with just superficial damage, even seeming untouched, and look a lot like did before the [[Deuil]], bar the ever-present dead-gray mists and the emptiness. But many other wards are shattered, with buildings knocked over and crushed.
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 +Many buildings in Metrol sit upon towering, sky-scraping columns of stone, for which it was known as the Rising City. The city's beauty survived only in the hearts and memories of the surviving Cyrans.
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 +After the Mourning, some parts survived with just superficial damage, even seeming untouched, and look a lot like they did before the [[Mourning]], bar the ever-present dead-gray mists and the emptiness. But many other wards are shattered, with buildings knocked over and crushed.
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 +{{ :Metrol map.jpg?250|//A map of Metrol.//}}
 +Notable locations in old Metrol include:
 +  * The royal palaces of Vemishard, seven in number; including Royal Vermishard, which was orbited by floating gardens;[5]
 +  * The Cathedral on the Hill, also called the Cathedral of the Légion Souveraine, dedicated to [[La Légion Souveraine]];and the center of worship for its followers;[1][2][3][4][5]
 +  * The Metrol Arena, where games, competitions, celebrations, and performances were held; 
 +  * The Vault, nicknamed the "golden palace", both mint and treasury for Galifar, housing treasures of the realm too valuable to be put on display; and[5]
 +  * The [[Gare]], once the gateway to the west.
 +These are thought to remain wholly or mostly intact in the ruined city. There was once a [[House|Bombardier]] workshop there and [[House|Phiarlan]]'s Demesne of Shadow was based in Metrol (but was reestablished in [[Sharn]] after the Mourning).
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 +{{:Workshop.jpg ?250|//A Maison Bombardier workshop in Metrol, before the fall.//}}
 +Curiously, the Mourning seems to have wreaked geographical damage as well. A good number of Metrol's structures have apparently been relocated, rearrangeld, or even rotated, even while they remain intact. Entire city blocks have been found miles away or to have turned 90° from where they are on pre-war maps. The Gare remains undiscovered.
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 +The streets are quiet and empty during the day, but are filled with violence and havoc at night when the ghostbeasts emerge, prowling and howling.
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 +The [[River Melandor]] and Starmantle Bay run right through the city.
 +[[File:Workshop.jpg|thumb|right|250px|//A House Bombardier workshop in Metrol, before the fall.//]]
 +Curiously, the Mourning seems to have wreaked geographical damage as well. A good number of Metrol's structures have apparently been relocated, rearranged, or even rotated, even while they remain intact. Entire city blocks have been found miles away or to have turned 90° from where they are on pre-war maps. The lightning rail station remains undiscovered.<ref name="FN-p83"/><ref name="ECG-p92"/>
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 +The streets are quiet and empty during the day, but are filled with violence and havoc at night when the ghostbeasts, misshapen monsters, and other creatures emerge, prowling and howling and killing those they catch.<ref name="ECS"/><ref name="ECG-p92"/><ref name="RftLW-p221"/>
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 +[[File:Metrol and colossus.jpg|thumb|250px|right|//The ruins of Metrol, with the warforged colossus Norr sitting in stasis.//]]
 +The warforged colossus WX-5, "Norr", still operational, sits slumped amid the ruins of Metrol, near one of the towering stone pillars.
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 +The [[River|Melandor]] and Starmantle Bay run right through the city.
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 +======Inhabitants======
 +"Ghostbeasts" wander the city at nights. These ghostbeasts are described by scavengers as being vaguely Humainoïde, with hairless, translucent skin. They apparently glow, as with a pale, internal light. Some scavengers believed they are [[ghost]]s of slain citizens, others that they are guardian spirits placed by the Cyran royal family to defend the city, and the rest didn't care, just trying to slay them if they crossed paths, for the ghostbeasts slaughtered those they caught out after dark.
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 +{{:Donata.jpg |The self-proclaimed Empress Donata, within the royal palace of Vermishard}}
 +In fact, unknown to most, the ruined city is inhabited by a secret order of [[magebred]] humanoids based in the royal places of Vermishard and perpetuating the myth of these spirits. The magebred are led by the self-proclaimed Empress [[Donata]] and have a small feudal society based on some notion of superiority.<ref name="ECG-p92"/><ref name="ECG-p96"/>
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 +The Mournland scavengers either stay well away from Metrol, or else venture in to loot it of lost wealth.<ref name="ECS"/> They're increasingly common here, at least in daylight. It's an enticing place for adventurers, explorers, and fortune hunters alike, owing to its former status as capital of Cyre and a once great city of the Kingdom of [[Galifar]], the bounty of riches once held there, and the chance to uncover the cause of the Mourning.<ref name="FN-p83"/> In particular, the [[Ikar's|Salvage]] band focus their attentions on Metrol's outskirts, and have been the only group to have any fortune here, but won't speak of how they've been so successful.
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 +The Les Terres des Lamentations scavengers either stay well away from Metrol, or else venture in to loot it of Perdu wealth.
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 +No living creatures dare dwell here.
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 +======Interest======
 +{{:mournland_-_five_nations.jpg?250|//A map of the Les Terres des Lamentations c. 998 AR, with Metrol marked on the north-eastern edge.//}}
 +Even the powerful cannot resist the lure. Recently, as of 998 AR, King [[npc:kaius_iii]] of [[Karrnath]] proposed to [[Maison Orléans]], [[Maison Normandin]], and Prince-in-Exile [[npc:oargev_ir_wynarn]] of [[Nouvelle Cyre]] a joint project to re-open the [[Train Fulgurant]] running from the east into Metrol. and the gateway to the west, so its loss was enormous just to Maison Orléans. To this end, the four parties combined are offering bounties for information on the status of the Gare and the Orléans guildhall. However, the station, if it still exists, seems to have been displaced from its original location, making it difficult for seekers to find. While Maison Orléans believes that the Cyre lines are still intact, they haven't dared try to run a commercial coach on them. Indeed, some explorers report that a lot of //[[conductor stone]]s// have been stolen, leaving gaps so large that coaches will be derailed.
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 +The twisted geography of the ruins has sparked increased interest in discovering the cause of the Mourning, or at least how it occurred in Metrol.
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 +======Organizations======
 +A cabal of insane [[sorcier]]s who revered a group of [[gibbering mouther]]s was once based in Metrol itself. They were destroyed decades ago by [[Vashkal the Black]], an [[Orc]] [[gatekeeper mystagogue|mystagogue]] of the [[Gardiens]].
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 +======Appendix======
 +=====See Also=====
 +  * [[Metrol (Guerrier de Fer)]]
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 +Metrol (Ruined Metropolis): This great city was once the capital of Cyre. Now it lies empty, waiting forlornly along the Cyre River for its people to return. Parts of Metrol have been shattered, its buildings crushed and tumbled by whatever force decimated the nation. Other portions of the city escaped with only superficial damage; aside from the absence of people and the dead-gray shroud of mist that hangs over the area, it looks much as it did before the nation fell. While the days in Metrol are quiet, the nights bring a cacophony of chaos and violence to the streets of the fallen metropolis—at night, the ghostbeasts prowl and howl and wail.
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 +The scavengers who plunder Metrol for abandoned riches have described the ghostbeasts as vaguely humanoid in shape but with hairless, translucent skin that appears to glow with a pale inner light. Some of the scavengers believe that the ghostbeasts are guardian spirits left behind by the royal family of Cyre to protect the city. Others say that they are the ghosts of the city’s dead. Most, however, don’t care what they are. They either avoid the place or attempt to kill the creatures if they get in their way.
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 +Structures still believed to be more or less intact in Metrol include the royal palaces of Vemishard; the great Cathedral on the Hill devoted to the Sovereign Host; the huge lightning rail station that once served as the gateway to the west; and the wondrous Metrol Arena, where great games, performances, celebrations, and competitions once enthralled the crowds.
 +{{tag>["Géographie"]}}
 +{{tag>["Khorvaire"]}}
 +{{tag>["Cyre"]}}
 +{{tag>["Les Terres des Lamentations"]}}
 +{{tag>["Villes"]}}