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The Pocket Guide to Sentinel
By: Halmacar the Philosopher
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--The Orange lines are the main roads leading through the city, the dark blue lines are city aquaducts and the green patches are city gardens.
Introduction: The Great City of Sentinel, Jewel of the Iliac Bay and second capital of the Imperial Provence of Hammerfell stands as one of the principle cities of the Iliac Bay, dominating the badlands that surrounds it great wall's for miles on end. The city itself is massive and diverse, with people coming from all over to see the sights such as the Great Bazaar, the famous Sentinel Theater, the Great Temple devoted to the Yokudan Pantheon or the Sentinel Palace, home of the king of Sentinel. These sights are just a few that Sentinel has to offer, with its marvelous and complex infrastructure and its unique and beautiful architecture, making it one of Nirn's most precious assets next to the Imperial City.
A History, taken from Major realms of the Iliac Bay: Sentinel is the Capital of Hammerfell: Sentinel sits on the edge of the Iliac Bay. It is most definitely a merchant power, for it sits on a rocky run of hills, and the barren plains behind it offer no good soil before they run into the desert sands of the Alik'r. It borders Ayasofya in the east, Antiphyllos and Myrkwasa in the west. Its principal street is a vast marketplace stretching from the harbor all the way to the badlands gate. Sentinel Palace is the oldest and largest Redguard architectural monument, quickly built during the Ra Gada firestorm to ward against the Bretons and added to ever thereafter.
The major deity of this Kingdom is Arkay. The military force of Sentinel is the Order of the Candle. They replaced the defunct Knights of the Moon as the official protectors and warriors of the kingdom of Sentinel. The lords Vhosek of the Moon and K'avar are the commanders and the knights follow their order implicitly. In Sentinel, no order, guild, or organization is treated with more respect than the knights of the Order of the Candle.
Sentinel was ruled by King Camaron and Queen Akorithi. They have four children. Arthago was the firstborn. Unfortunately he has poor health, therefore the King decided to "remove" him. The official record says that the Underking took the boy. Princess Aubk-i is the second child of King Camaron and Queen Akorithi, Prince Greklith and Prince Lhotun follow.
The War of Betony: The War of Betony was a major conflict that still makes people cringe and swear to this day. It was a war so terrible it consumed thousands of lives and effected not only Sentinel and Daggerfell, the principle combatants, but the entirety of the Iliac Bay. Like many wars, this one was started over land; more specifically, the tiny Island of Betony, south of Daggerfell that held strategic importance for both kingdoms. Starting in 3E 402, the war consumed the Iliac Bay in a fiery wave of death and destruction that decimated the Kingdom of Reich Gradkeep, now Anticlare, and came to its bloody climix at the Battle Cryngaine Field, in which King Lysandus of Daggerfell was slain by an unmarked arrow (Later it was found out he way killed by a noble of Wayrest). This victory was short lived for Sentinel, who soon met complete and utter defeat at the hands of King Lysandus's son, Prince Gothryd, who forced Sentinel to sue for peace. Later, Gothryd married Aubk-i, the Princess of Sentinel, to marry him and seal the deal.
After the War: The Rule of Sentinel fell to Queen Akorithi, who ruled in the stead of Prince Greklith who was at the time too young to rule. Under her rule, Sentinel expanded its reach far from the badlands surrounding the city, across the entire southern Iliac Bay from Abibon-Gora, beyond the Dragontail Mountains, to the edge of Mournoth, Orsinium's territory. Her death, brought on by a devastating plague left the massive Kingdom in the hands her only surviving son of the plague, King Lhotun, making him one of the most powerful kings in all of Tamriel.
The City: The City is divided up into Eight Districts, each one, unique in its own way and very important to the social structure of the city, and especially its defense. The individual districts are as followed.
Poor District
Middle District
Rich District
Palace District (Which includes the Great Bazaar)
Temple District
Docks
Forbearer District
Crown District
*
The Poor District
The Poor District is where societies unfortunate live out their days. This district is attached to the main Sentinel Gate, and while its not the most beautiful district of the city, it gives visitors the impression of how diverse the city truly is. The Poor District also serves as the cities Foreign Quarter, along with the Middle District for the more wealthier travelers, where people all over the world usually stay when visiting the city.
The Middle District
The Middle District is the first thing a traveler would come to if entering the city from the north, and better represents Sentinels interests abroad, as the merchant princes make their homes in this district. The district is large, and not as heavily populated as the Poor District, which in fact has the largest number of people living in it, compared to the other districts, but the Middle District has the second largest population, off setting the possible bad impression people get from entering the Poor District. The merchants and traders of the city make their home here, along with the middle class sect of society, giving the district its name. As one might guess, the district is a large improvement, visually, from the Poor District, and is perhaps the most active portion of the city, aside from the Great Bazaar in the Palace District, making it the friendliest and most 'cultured' section of the city.
The Rich District
The Rich District shows the lavish life the richest of the richest of Sentinel live. This district is the most visualy stunning, and not surprisingly, the least populated. Unlike the other districts, the Rich district is marked by large manors of the nobles, the streets are wider, cleaner, and not as active as the others. The rich tend to stick to their manors, throwing lavish parties for each other and living the way their money has bought them, as kings. The most notable structure in the Rich District is the Great Sentinel Theater, a lavish and extravagant building where the great performers of Sentinel put on the most famous morality plays, famed through out Nirn.
The Palace District
The Palace District is the most busy and famous of all the districts. This is the commercial center of the city, where the Great Bazaar surrounds the palace that looms overhead. Here is where anything and everything can be found, if you need it, look no further than the Sentinel Bazaar. This sect. of the city remains the most popular of all, where people mengel and meet, sell and barter, where everything short of a mans soul can be bought or sold.
The Temple District
The Temple district is the religious center of Sentinel and the least busy. Here the Great Pantheon looms over the lush and beautiful gardens that surround it. Perhapses the most well guarded sect. of the city, only Ansei, monks, religious orders of the city, and of course the privileged can enter its walls. Inside the District walls lies the cities food stores, a massive granary that can only be accessed by those charged by the king.
The Docks
The Docks of Sentinel remain a bustling place, day and night. Home of the Great Sentinel fleet, the cities warships can be seen floating out in the Harbor or in their berths while merchant ships sail in and out, loading and unloading. Here, the smell of fish is strong and the salty air of the sea hangs over everything. As of recent, the docks have become more and more active, as its the current base of operations for the war effort under the Kahn, Bomilkar Barca of the Aliki'r and his army of fifteen thousand men. None the less, food and supplies regularly run in and out of the docks and into the city, making it easy to get lost in the confusion.
The Forbearer District
The Forbearer district is, as the name implies, very faction specific. Here, the open loyalists of the Forbearer's live out their lives, separated from most of the others in the city so they can live their lives out with their fellows. This by no means means that they aren't allowed to venture out into the city, it simply implies that they have their own spot in the city in which they can be with those of their own kind. Notable building in this district are the mansions of the rich and the Forbearer Beuro, which also acts as a palace for the current leader of the Forbearer faction leader, located in the Western Corner of the District.
The Crown District
The Crown District, like the Forbearer District, is very faction specific. Notable buildings in the area are the rich manors and the Crown Beuro. Its noticeable that the Crowns district is much more lavish and well designed than the Forbearer District, mainly because of their allegiance and the fact that they are richer than the Forbearer's, having more nobles then anything in the city, or richer merchants.
City Loyalists: Traditionally, Sentinel is a Forbear city, and was one of the Principal reasons the Crowns threw such a fit when Thassad II moved the capital from Hegathe, a Crown city, to Sentinel in the years before Hammerfell's assimilation into the Empire. Like most of the other cities in Hammerfell, the people of Sentinel harbor a strong civic pride that transgress Forbear and Crown. This is one of the main reasons for the district system, separating those faction loyalties into their own quarters of the city to avoid any conflict that might erupt from a mixing of the ideas.
Aqueducts: (Dark Blue Lines on the map)
Sentinel has one of the largest and most sophisticated aqueduct systems on Nirn, which run through the entire city, delivering fresh drinking water to the citizens, filtering out the salt water from the sea and purifying it for drinking. These large structures dominate every district in the city, and are vital for the cities survival.
By: Halmacar the Philosopher
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j76/Titus-lord/Sentinel-3.jpg
--The Orange lines are the main roads leading through the city, the dark blue lines are city aquaducts and the green patches are city gardens.
Introduction: The Great City of Sentinel, Jewel of the Iliac Bay and second capital of the Imperial Provence of Hammerfell stands as one of the principle cities of the Iliac Bay, dominating the badlands that surrounds it great wall's for miles on end. The city itself is massive and diverse, with people coming from all over to see the sights such as the Great Bazaar, the famous Sentinel Theater, the Great Temple devoted to the Yokudan Pantheon or the Sentinel Palace, home of the king of Sentinel. These sights are just a few that Sentinel has to offer, with its marvelous and complex infrastructure and its unique and beautiful architecture, making it one of Nirn's most precious assets next to the Imperial City.
A History, taken from Major realms of the Iliac Bay: Sentinel is the Capital of Hammerfell: Sentinel sits on the edge of the Iliac Bay. It is most definitely a merchant power, for it sits on a rocky run of hills, and the barren plains behind it offer no good soil before they run into the desert sands of the Alik'r. It borders Ayasofya in the east, Antiphyllos and Myrkwasa in the west. Its principal street is a vast marketplace stretching from the harbor all the way to the badlands gate. Sentinel Palace is the oldest and largest Redguard architectural monument, quickly built during the Ra Gada firestorm to ward against the Bretons and added to ever thereafter.
The major deity of this Kingdom is Arkay. The military force of Sentinel is the Order of the Candle. They replaced the defunct Knights of the Moon as the official protectors and warriors of the kingdom of Sentinel. The lords Vhosek of the Moon and K'avar are the commanders and the knights follow their order implicitly. In Sentinel, no order, guild, or organization is treated with more respect than the knights of the Order of the Candle.
Sentinel was ruled by King Camaron and Queen Akorithi. They have four children. Arthago was the firstborn. Unfortunately he has poor health, therefore the King decided to "remove" him. The official record says that the Underking took the boy. Princess Aubk-i is the second child of King Camaron and Queen Akorithi, Prince Greklith and Prince Lhotun follow.
The War of Betony: The War of Betony was a major conflict that still makes people cringe and swear to this day. It was a war so terrible it consumed thousands of lives and effected not only Sentinel and Daggerfell, the principle combatants, but the entirety of the Iliac Bay. Like many wars, this one was started over land; more specifically, the tiny Island of Betony, south of Daggerfell that held strategic importance for both kingdoms. Starting in 3E 402, the war consumed the Iliac Bay in a fiery wave of death and destruction that decimated the Kingdom of Reich Gradkeep, now Anticlare, and came to its bloody climix at the Battle Cryngaine Field, in which King Lysandus of Daggerfell was slain by an unmarked arrow (Later it was found out he way killed by a noble of Wayrest). This victory was short lived for Sentinel, who soon met complete and utter defeat at the hands of King Lysandus's son, Prince Gothryd, who forced Sentinel to sue for peace. Later, Gothryd married Aubk-i, the Princess of Sentinel, to marry him and seal the deal.
After the War: The Rule of Sentinel fell to Queen Akorithi, who ruled in the stead of Prince Greklith who was at the time too young to rule. Under her rule, Sentinel expanded its reach far from the badlands surrounding the city, across the entire southern Iliac Bay from Abibon-Gora, beyond the Dragontail Mountains, to the edge of Mournoth, Orsinium's territory. Her death, brought on by a devastating plague left the massive Kingdom in the hands her only surviving son of the plague, King Lhotun, making him one of the most powerful kings in all of Tamriel.
The City: The City is divided up into Eight Districts, each one, unique in its own way and very important to the social structure of the city, and especially its defense. The individual districts are as followed.
Poor District
Middle District
Rich District
Palace District (Which includes the Great Bazaar)
Temple District
Docks
Forbearer District
Crown District
*
The Poor District
The Poor District is where societies unfortunate live out their days. This district is attached to the main Sentinel Gate, and while its not the most beautiful district of the city, it gives visitors the impression of how diverse the city truly is. The Poor District also serves as the cities Foreign Quarter, along with the Middle District for the more wealthier travelers, where people all over the world usually stay when visiting the city.
The Middle District
The Middle District is the first thing a traveler would come to if entering the city from the north, and better represents Sentinels interests abroad, as the merchant princes make their homes in this district. The district is large, and not as heavily populated as the Poor District, which in fact has the largest number of people living in it, compared to the other districts, but the Middle District has the second largest population, off setting the possible bad impression people get from entering the Poor District. The merchants and traders of the city make their home here, along with the middle class sect of society, giving the district its name. As one might guess, the district is a large improvement, visually, from the Poor District, and is perhaps the most active portion of the city, aside from the Great Bazaar in the Palace District, making it the friendliest and most 'cultured' section of the city.
The Rich District
The Rich District shows the lavish life the richest of the richest of Sentinel live. This district is the most visualy stunning, and not surprisingly, the least populated. Unlike the other districts, the Rich district is marked by large manors of the nobles, the streets are wider, cleaner, and not as active as the others. The rich tend to stick to their manors, throwing lavish parties for each other and living the way their money has bought them, as kings. The most notable structure in the Rich District is the Great Sentinel Theater, a lavish and extravagant building where the great performers of Sentinel put on the most famous morality plays, famed through out Nirn.
The Palace District
The Palace District is the most busy and famous of all the districts. This is the commercial center of the city, where the Great Bazaar surrounds the palace that looms overhead. Here is where anything and everything can be found, if you need it, look no further than the Sentinel Bazaar. This sect. of the city remains the most popular of all, where people mengel and meet, sell and barter, where everything short of a mans soul can be bought or sold.
The Temple District
The Temple district is the religious center of Sentinel and the least busy. Here the Great Pantheon looms over the lush and beautiful gardens that surround it. Perhapses the most well guarded sect. of the city, only Ansei, monks, religious orders of the city, and of course the privileged can enter its walls. Inside the District walls lies the cities food stores, a massive granary that can only be accessed by those charged by the king.
The Docks
The Docks of Sentinel remain a bustling place, day and night. Home of the Great Sentinel fleet, the cities warships can be seen floating out in the Harbor or in their berths while merchant ships sail in and out, loading and unloading. Here, the smell of fish is strong and the salty air of the sea hangs over everything. As of recent, the docks have become more and more active, as its the current base of operations for the war effort under the Kahn, Bomilkar Barca of the Aliki'r and his army of fifteen thousand men. None the less, food and supplies regularly run in and out of the docks and into the city, making it easy to get lost in the confusion.
The Forbearer District
The Forbearer district is, as the name implies, very faction specific. Here, the open loyalists of the Forbearer's live out their lives, separated from most of the others in the city so they can live their lives out with their fellows. This by no means means that they aren't allowed to venture out into the city, it simply implies that they have their own spot in the city in which they can be with those of their own kind. Notable building in this district are the mansions of the rich and the Forbearer Beuro, which also acts as a palace for the current leader of the Forbearer faction leader, located in the Western Corner of the District.
The Crown District
The Crown District, like the Forbearer District, is very faction specific. Notable buildings in the area are the rich manors and the Crown Beuro. Its noticeable that the Crowns district is much more lavish and well designed than the Forbearer District, mainly because of their allegiance and the fact that they are richer than the Forbearer's, having more nobles then anything in the city, or richer merchants.
City Loyalists: Traditionally, Sentinel is a Forbear city, and was one of the Principal reasons the Crowns threw such a fit when Thassad II moved the capital from Hegathe, a Crown city, to Sentinel in the years before Hammerfell's assimilation into the Empire. Like most of the other cities in Hammerfell, the people of Sentinel harbor a strong civic pride that transgress Forbear and Crown. This is one of the main reasons for the district system, separating those faction loyalties into their own quarters of the city to avoid any conflict that might erupt from a mixing of the ideas.
Aqueducts: (Dark Blue Lines on the map)
Sentinel has one of the largest and most sophisticated aqueduct systems on Nirn, which run through the entire city, delivering fresh drinking water to the citizens, filtering out the salt water from the sea and purifying it for drinking. These large structures dominate every district in the city, and are vital for the cities survival.
I'm hesitant to add anything in about the Sentinel Cannon's, mainly because there is so little info about them other than a reference in a joke book. This is what I got so far, I'll probably add more in once I know more, but if you would, give me some feedback please. Thanks you all very much.
