Literature
Children of Dragons, Book 1, Chapter 7
[DEVIATION]
Kewin loved observing the passersby in Esmer’s central plaza as he stepped off the train. He could always spot the newcomers to the city, overcome with its sheer size and its spires of magically grown stone towers, connected by a web of bridges where carriages and city transports raced on magical rails. Plants, trees, and waterfalls flowed from outcroppings, terraces, and spaces built into the buildings’ facades, which made sheer drops into what appeared to be bottomless canyons, leading into the massive undercity where he grew up.
Inte’s first and oldest city dwarfed all others, seeming to expand forever from the view of the Central Plaza. The outer rim of the circular court was decorated with commemorative statues, the tallest being Esmer himself, the hero of centuries ago who bested the mad elf mage Khamiroka, who had allowed his studies into rune magic to corrupt his soul and nearly cast the world into ruin.
“Nearly as
