Changdo

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Changdo

(City)

Titles

The Imperial City

Nation

Po Li

Size

Metropolis

Population

145,800

Government

Theocracy (Eternal Emperor)

Ruler

Oracular Council

Images of Changdo

Source: Dragon Empires Gazetteer, pg(s). 34 (1E)
Tian Xia World Guide, pg(s). 175 (2E)

A fortune teller reads the fate of an infant in Changdo.

Changdo (pronounced CHANG-dew), also called the Imperial City, is the capital of Po Li and was the original capital of Lung Wa, the empire that dominated Tian Xia until the death of Aroden.

Geography

The Imperial City is in western Po Li, at the junction of a lake and river that feed the Sea of Ghosts' southern tip.

Changdo is divided into three major zones: the inner forbidden zone home to the Oracular Council and their families and servants; its edges filled with mansions, lords, and clerks; and the outer city of merchants and commoners.

Government

The Oracular Council maintains Po Li's worship of the Eternal Emperor and protects the Five Dragon Throne that awaits the emperor's reincarnation in the forbidden city.

History

In 444 IC, the Battle of the Bloodsworn is waged at Changdo between the mountain yaoguai Ougang and his qlippoth allies against the dragon siblings of Yixing. The battle ends with the deaths of Yixing's emperor Aolin and his forest dragon sibling, the latter of which sacrifices an opportunity for resurrection to instead revive Aolin.

In 6898 IC, Lung Wa moved its capital to Changdo and began construction on the massive statue of the Eternal Emperor that dominates Changdo's skyline. Lung Wa collapsed 208 years later, and the statue would never be completed.

References

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