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Alright, so I'm stealing this from the other City forum.
We need order and not just the type you can type. We need to clear up where districts and areas are. We need to know where the Houses to the rest of the city. people need to express where they want stuff and how they would like to see it.
So here is the deal.
This thread is out of character ((OOC)) only.
Planning, ideas and brainstorming welcomed.

You have to be a resident of Au Shinduago to post in here.

true true about all we have at the moment is the outskirts which ive been thinking we should probably gate the city entrances.
I do know from talks with a few others the city has a port with a connection to the surface via a poral on the lake, so we need a dock/ warehouse district preferably sectioned off with a wall with a gate gotta collect taxes on trade some how.
city square obviously is needed as youve pointed out, as its referenced numorous times in the "city proper" topic and elsewere.
A merchant district is also needed, we could also put links to whatever shops/guilds someones opened in the city.
Were also gonna need an acutual council chamber i dont know about you but calling meetings of the houses probably shouldnt be done at one of the houses, reguardless of weather or not theres space for it in the house, i'd immagine it would make others uneasy. I was also thinking in addition to the houses we should throw in a seat for guild representation, were the guilds, should we get any in city, could send a representative in interest of matters such as taxes as it does affect them,and are therefore in some small way entitled to an oppinion. i was thinking five seats, four houses and the merchant.
house districts heres a fun one as i cant remember the original layout of the city i'm not sure how to work these, there's been quite a few houses in this city at one point whos structures are there but no house, so the house districts might be the hardest, or we rework it compleatly.
A temple district might be nice Although my house currently holds the largest Vhaeraun temple in the city and is open to any faithful of Vhaeraun.
The masked lord is afterall allied with several deities, and i dont see why we cant have his allied temples in the city. And it will help to promote unity of some form in the populace, we cant be like the spider b***h and restrict everything, that just creates a powder keg and we've seen durring the conquest an actual example of what those do.

Um i may be forgetting something as i'm tired so feel free to add and suggest.
Also those of my forces not doing something battle or policing related , are doing there damdest to clear the rubble and help rebuild, so feel free when rping to coordinate efforts. i do have 2 groups of actual artisan/carpenters for aiding the reconstruction i just havent made it to my house yet to dispatch them, i do believe tho my first daughter was being escorted home so she could send them, after all the first house should be seen as both strong and willing to take action, and compassionate so as to maintain the peace so gotten through force of arms.

I must say for those of you shocked at the things i've done or said so far, my character has a unique mindset being half-drow half surface elf, so she has the drow quick temper and drive, yet the compassion and reasoning to do things a bit differently than most drow, if she is positive something works damn right she will use it.

I agree on all points and I've got really into the subject and have found that there is a constant among cities. The rich usually are centered around either the water source our main trade area. In between the trade area and the rich is the part where most shops are located. On the rim of this is where shady or poor doing shops and inns are located. Finally in the Poor district.

By adding the city Square we cut from the Normal. This allows shops and other goods to be the main interest in the city. Branching from there can be an entertainment district. Another branch can the rich district. And then another can lead to the port areas. At the fringe of the the city, possible by what is now know as the Outskirts can be the Poor district.
We can decide whether to put up walls before or after the poor district, it depends on how much chaos we want inside the city limits.

The only issue we face is the position of the city square. Its location must be close enough to the ports to allow the goods to get there, but far enough into the city to allow everyone access to it. From any direction. Plus, where are the Outskirts of the City?

I propose that the City center of Square be in the E5-E6 across and the E5 to G5 down. That way we have space for not only shops, but also for some entertainment.
That makes one district.

The next problem is with all those small box areas. I'm not sure where your Houses is, but I know mine is in one of those areas. By the upper left port. I was thinking those small boxes could be the location of either stations/checkpoints, or something. Plus we need a school center, a place where the wealth and powerful send their kids to be educated in things like how to properly add and subtract things. Very important for business. As you stated there should probably be a place for our Houses to converge and discuss things. I was thinking that could be near the school area.

A temple district is nice, but I think that could be placed near a Rich district or maybe in the school area. On the matter of feeding all of us. There should be a place to grow food and stuff. That way we're not going to starve if trade is bad one year or the trade ships don't come.

K map is stolen.
now placement hmmm...

I was thinking the food/ agriculture district could be placed on the northerly island in sector C2-C3 the river provides water for the crops, and if we raise roth (which is something similar to a sheep) it will keep the smell far from the city main.

the docks/ ware houses location now that i see the map were H2-I2 and I4
if i'm not mistaken and i'm not seeing much reason to change those.

As far as my house goes seeing as it has a northerly exit i will most likely place it in I9 provided my first daughter has no objections. with h10 being a temporay military barracks/storage area.

oh the outskirts are actualy off the map past f10

The problem with that, it that that is in the way of the trade routes. And it provides just enough room to allow it to be Port like place. Plus the more area you have for trade the more that will come. Plus it could be a place to build and make boats. And its rather small are to get food for such a large city.

I totally agree with that.


I was going to make the I9 area a poor section, but I can see the good in it. Though would you ming claiming H10 and I10 too. So we know whats going on in that isolated area.

The only question left is what to do with the area of I5 to I8 and the web of tunnels and squares in C5 to C7 across, and C5 to D5 to D7. Both of those areas are completely up for grabs.

I think the Poor district will have to be in the D1 to G1 area. With small pockets through out the city.

While I appreciate the work you are doing, Au Shinduago is my baby. I created it long before UnderGaia existed and I was invited to bring it along with my character over to this guild.. while I understand your trying to make it easier for people to grasp the locations, I'm adverse to you just randomly reassigning locations to everything that exists in my city because you want order. No offense but if you read the Map thread you'd see that parts of the city are already claimed and while the map has yet to be edited to reflect that, its far from just open to random grab and drop.
If your all keen on working this stuff out, then by all means please just include me so we can get it right and so you'll know where things actually go and where the various houses, districts and such are located. There is alot of the city and the houses that existed before the big dump happened, that are no longer in the threads, but that doesn't mean they don't or never did exist. I'm happy to work with you, if you work with me.