Halitus

Halitus is the capital of Minervae, and also the unofficial capital of all of Halcyon. It was initially intended to be a 'Steampunk Victorian' type city, but the idea transformed into more of a clockwork city. The entire city is based upon giant gears underneath that turn to power all the city's buildings. Water from the rivers that the town is in the middle of flow through the town and power generators which turn the gears.

Lore
Year 515: The Altimus Air Fleet was traveling from Vestal to a new continent that was recently discovered by a sole adventurer. The continent was supposed to be full of lush greenery, thriving wildlife, and beneign locals. The fleet had started off in the direction that the sailor had given them, but it got caught in an unnatural storm early in the journey. They landed on an uncharted island and named it Halcyon. Their landing site was named Halitus.

The people of the Altimus Air Fleet decided to stay. They were, after all, the highest regarded members of society from Vestal: The most brilliant engineers and architects were put in the fleet to kick-start the new world, and, though they'd found a different one than they intended, they would start it here.

They built the city in stages, first setting up temporary shelters, then cutting the stone. The architects and engineers worked out the city's system - one of the most brilliant in their history. Enough tools and machinery had survived the storm to take the gears and pieces of their crashed airships and repurpose them into Halitus. Soon, they had a city that was hundreds of years ahead of its time. The stone that the city was built from symbolizes the timelessness that the founders were hoping for, as does the clockwork underneath. Years go by, but Halitus still strives.

Economy
One of the major reasons Halitus is so successful, besides the fact that it's a capital, is its control of the rivers going inland. It holds trading rights along the oceanic passageways into the mainland. It also gets money from travelers moving through its many transport hubs; nearly all major cities link back to Halitus, and Halitus holds the only ways off of Halcyon (via ships or teleporters).