Great Glade, also known as the Big Steam, was the largest and most influential of the three great cities in the Third Age of Flight. The flag of Great Glade was a red banderbear on white ground[1].
History
It grew around the Free Glades, a settlement originally established in the Second Age as a safe haven for those fleeing from hardship and tyranny. In Great Glade, the original Free Glades formed the smallest but the most ancient of the city's twelve districts. Its economy was chiefly based upon the phraxdust obtained in the mines of the nearby Twilight Woods, which was used to power everything from sky ships to phraxmuskets. Like the ancient city of Sanctaphrax, Great Glade's Cloud Quarter served as the seat of knowledge and academia in the Edge.
Economy
While the city served as a bustling centre of trade and opportunity, it evolved into something very different from the original vision of its founders. Unlike the original Free Glades, Great Glade was not free from poverty and corruption - the merchants and mine owners lived in the luxury in the city's wealthy districts, while the poor slowly worked themselves to death in the phraxmines.
Districts of Great Glade
- Northern Outer City
- Southern Outer City
- Free Glades
- Silver Pastures
- New Undertown
- East Glade
- Copperwood
- Cloud Quarter
- Ambristown
- New Lake
- The Ledges
- Old Forest
Map of Great Glade
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References
- ↑ The Immortals, Chapter 23