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Parye: This is the fabled Crystal City, built long ago. A city only magnified by the recent appearance of gaslights, a conciliatory gift from Kamarg. Parye has been a great city, built by artisan-architects and its beauty might not be rivaled anywhere else. Everywhere are the leaded glass windows and crystals the city is named for, giving the city an other-worldly beauty. Even the expansions and fortifications made in the last hundred years only slightly dim the famous beauty of this, the oldest and grandest lady outside Tilea.
Lyon: This immense, sprawling city is home to a thousand mansions. From the upjumped noveau riche through the oldest royal families in France, the aristocracy dwells here, at least part of the year. It is a city of parks and fountains, a pastoral repast which has become more and more important as the western side of France militarizes and more of the nobility engage in war for much of the year. It has become the hideaway, the haven of solace where the weary and wounded go to restore themselves.
Arles: This more somber and almost gloomy city sits near the disputed (pacifistically) border of Kamarg. The rebellion has never sat well with the French, but the Towers now stand and France has more pressing matters to concern itself with. Arles is the most heavily fortified Eastern city, and boasts of a large, well-trained army. Here you will find the few outwardly-mobile Kamargians, and a city full of people who resent them. Arles is also known as a significant stop on trade lines outwards towards the Empire, and much of its wealth comes from such. The army of Arles is considered the “Final Army” of France, as it is the sole body concerning itself with affairs other than the war with Britain.
Geneva: This is the growing capital of France. With fabled Parye so close to the war-torn western reaches, more of the established, the gentry, and the stable have been moving here, nestled in the safeness of the mountains. A steadily growing population and a high, protected vantage have much to recommend it, and Geneva has become a bastion for French culture and art, those of which not already fled to Tilea. The people of Parye are disenchanted with what they see as an usurper, and carpetbaggers aren’t welcome back west.
Lourdes: The gods of the French are traditionally the gods of Pax Romana. And this is their city. Chapels and cathedrals both share space here, and many are the specific and special oracles and altars that believers can pilgrimage to. These lands are said to be sacred and would repel any who would bring disaster to the French. Needless to say with the British around, these safe havens are devoutly hoped for, if not desperately believed in.
Orleans: With so much of the land converted to the art of war, Orleans is the breadbasket and provider. One of the busiest trading cities, Orleans has located itself on the great roads running east from Parye. It is the hub for French trade, and the Champagne and Bordeaux areas both brings their fare here for speculation. Due to such concentration, Orleans, a city with no grapes of its own, is thought of as the wine capital of France.
Deau Vere: This dire city-fortress exists on the lands that were once Calais. A network of redoubtable fortresses, Deau Vere houses the fighting men of France as they continue to skirmish and war with the British invaders. Deau Vere completely surrounds the black castle of Fellkirk, the French name for the English bulwark that defends the landing of the Shining Bridge.