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Crystallize thought long and hard on which city to pick from, deciding on the city of Hyperes in Euros. It was a major demon city, and apparently his mother's ancestors had come from that city. Well, that was at least what Candy had told him, and he was sure his mother wouldn't lie about something so important. However, that isn't why he had picked it out.

It soon became time for Crystallize to present his city, taking a deep breath before speaking ", I chose the city of Hyperes in Euros that is being rebuilt. It is a major city for Demons, which I am a hybrid of. My mother, Candy, even says that is where some of my ancestors are from! However, that is not why I have picked it. I chose this city because it is a place that is starting to rebuild after the war, and shows that no matter how bad the situation, you can always keep going. As the saying goes, when you hit rock bottom there is only one more place to go, and that is up!"

Eun looked at the map, he wanted to go everywhere but it wasn't like he had time to talk about all the places in the below he wanted to go. After living in the village as an unwanted mutant in that little run-down hut. Eun was eager to see what all the below had to offer for adventure. He finally picked An'Chiale and said "I pick An'Chiale, I figure I could explore that city and then plan a trip to go see the city of Auster and see what that place is like. I've never been to any of the cities of the below besides here at school so someday I want to explore them all."

Eisetsu frowned she looked down at the book and up at the map, unsure where she would want to go. She rolled her eyes at her siblings. Such childish answers. She sighed and decided on Zayen at least a hub of manufacturing she might be able to learn something of interest. Eisetsu looked up at the teacher when it was her turn and said. "I would like to visit Zayen, I want to learn everything I can and manufacturing would be something I would like to learn when I'm older." She said simply. Next Eisetsu would find a city that had a library or maybe one of the univerity cities she did want to go to Leviathan University after all.

Natsumi decided to prepare her presentation about the dryad government since she was part dryad but didn't really know anything about dryads. She learned through her research that dryads were divided into many different tribes. Living in different territories. A long time ago each tribe had their own government, but now in modern day they have a shared government. Natsumi then made a poster to take to class with her featuring the Community Representative, Regional Council, and The roots. Natsumi frowned when she read what a driftwood was, she wondered why they weren't allowed to vote. Since they were elderly dryads shouldn't they have as much say as the younger roots. She understood seedlings, since freshlings would be too young to understand politics. She shook her head and took her posterboard to class to give her presentation.

"I decided to research the dryad government since I am part dryad but never knew my other parent. The dryad government is run by the community representative and the regional council. It takes 10 years for a Seedling living on their own at one address to become a Root, and roots are the only dryads that are able to vote in dryad society. Seedlings and Driftwood are not able to vote."

Irmi scratched that back of his head as he shyly went to look at the maps. He really didn't know much, or care that much for that matter, of the cities around him. All he knew was the school, really. The school and his friends, and that was enough for him. With a drawn out sigh through his sown lips, his green, skull eyes scanned the maps quickly until settling on a location. He wrote his entry for the assignment.

'Swirling Storms, if that can be counted as a city, seems pretty cool. The Nagas and the Bakenekos were separated from the rest of the world for years before they were able to come back to the rest of the world. They all must have had a hard time adjusting.'

Keenan gently stroked his large gills, something he did when bored in class. When the assignment was announced, he yawned at the thought of looking through the big map, and decided to just find something quickly that he could easily report on. He closed his eyes and let his finger land on a space, and the nearest city to that would be reported on. It ended up being Asphodel, capitol city of Demons. He laughed a little, looking more into it. "So Asphodel is the capitol city of Demons. It's Euros in the Asphodel Fields. It's interesting cause I wonder if Flo has been there, though they're a hybrid." He pondered this thought, resigning to ask when he saw the hybrid later.

Dessie: Dessie wasn't lazy. Okay, no she was really lazy, "I decided to do a report and research into the Demon Government." There was a collective sigh of some exasperated students who had put actual work into their research, but she ignored them, "At one point Demons were lead by a Monarchy, called Sovereigns. Anyone hat they married were called Leiges and Ladies or Lords. If they had kids, they were Princes, Princess, or Princen. But now that the Monarchy has receeded, there is a council and we elect governors." Dessie shrugged and sighed, "I don't get why anyone would be willing to give up that sort of power and position. Being a Soverign had to be the best thing ever!"

Oliver: Oliver disliked giving reports, but at the very least it was a simple one that didn't require a ton of reading, "So I decided to look into the Naga government. Their main deal is that they have one central figure, called a... Brood Mother. The Brood Mother is thought to be descended from the very first Nagas. It can be any gender too, not just females. Uhm, it has always been a pureblooded Naga, no byrids, and always someone of the original Brood Mother line. The chosen mate of the Brood Mother isn't really that powerful, but if someone wants to talk to the Brood Mother, they usually end up talking to the Mate. So I guess they're kind of important in that aspect? And that's what I learned about Naga Government."





Luno: "The government of the Fallen is my topic of choice," And it wasn't very much to report, but Luno found some interesting bits to point out, "Mostly, the structure of power in Fallen society is based upon age. Those who are older are always deferred to. On top of this, the main governing body is a council of elders called the Arch Regents. They are responsible for leading the nightmares in their land. It's an interesting system, though I can't help but wonder how it hasn't lead to outright nepotism. After all, blind loyalty to anyone can cause abuse of power, even in the most virtuous of people."

Nat: Nat stood up and cleared his throat before speaking, "I decided to look into the government of Fey. I was really interested in what sort government the Fey had. So, they are ran by Councils, with Councilors that are a mix of old and young. It's thought that they do this so there are a lot of different perspectives. They also want to have at least 95% agreement on something to make it pass, like a law. They prefer to have it unanimous, but that could take a long time to get accomplished I imagine. The other interesting thing is that to harm another Fey is super bad, and they'll be banished if it comes out that this has happened, regardless of their council status."

Orpheus liked history, but he didn't really care for idolizing people in the past. Still, he didn't want to disappoint Tethys. "Um... I chose Prince Aerath...because he's the first Geist prince that ever existed. I guess its special because Geists weren't really unified before that." He hoped that would suffice- at least Tethys didn't seem to want much more than that from him.












Fleur had decided that she was not going to use a Geist historical figure- since she was currently in a phase of ignoring her homeland since.. well, her parents seemed just fine ignoring her. "R-Rex Imara is cool.. Um... it must ha--have taken a lot of... c-courage to unite um... all of those... baphomet..." She really didn't know a lot about baphomet history, but they were neighbors to her people and she figured she might as well start.











It seemed like most people were choosing historical figures from Below, so Amai wanted to choose something different! While there weren't any notable Fey contributors to history that she knew of, she remembered her Mama telling her a little bit about some Dryad historical figures. "Iva of the Flood is really cool too! Being in charge of negotiations has to be really scary- and just the name is awesome." She beamed at Tethys, pleased with her answer.











Hoooow could everyone have missed Ava!? Their own Headmistress! On one hand, it was shocking, but on the other Fuyu supposed it made things easy for them: they didn't look like they were copying anyone. "Miss Ava is the best- she protects everyone here a-and is really good with magic- she's amazing." Fuyu hoped that maybe someday, they'd be as good at magic as Miss Ava was.