Glowstone Isles

Glowstone Isles Special Autonomous Zone Glowstone Isles
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Capital and City	Moonlit Bastille
Government
Semi-Autonomous Self-governing State
Currency	Union Rouble (UR) (UR)
Time zone	UTC-9
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy
Driving side	wherever
Calling code	+28b
Internet TLD	.CR_GL

The Glowstone Isles are a special region of Crown Royal Goverment. It was a broken-off piece of Indefinite Color before it arrived in Sparkalia.

Glowstone Isles

The Glowstone Isles fell near the Crown Royal sometime in 1400 AR. While being part of the Crown, they retain their sovereignty over the laws of their land. The Glowstone Isles house about 30'000 people and have a total area of about 50 Square-Kilometers. It consist of about 20 steep islands of different size close together. The island cluster is located 20km from Vladirostock, having fallen onto a dead volcano upon arrival. The isles contain a certain type of rock that glows faintly white, reminding of moonlight. This makes the isles shimmer slightly at night. The capital is the Moonlit Bastille, rebuilt ruins of a fallen fortress, where most of the population resides. Over a certain time, two smaller towns had formed in the Glowstone Isles.

Glowstone Isles Autonomous Area

The Glowstone Isles is designated as the Glowstone Isles Autonomous Area [GIAA]. As the Glowstone Isles are a Special Autonomous Zone, the Glowstone Isles can decide for themselves who goes in and out. It's also a general no-fly zone for most commercial flights. As the Moonlit Bastille's uncountable towers were deemed a flight hazard by the Crown Aviation Board. Fey-owned ships frequently shuttle to and from Vladirostock, as they were granted special permission to do so by the Crown.

Moonlit Bastille

The Moonlit Bastille is the capital of the Glowstone Isles, and is the size of a small city built with Glowstone. When the Bastille fell from the sky with the rest of the land, many parts of it were shattered. The survivors of the lands gathered themselves in the ruin to take shelter and slowly built a small fey-city. The Bastille is always full of activity. It expands, as it is slowly built up ever grander. The Bastilla is filled with many large towers piercing the sky. The architecture was layered, with uncountably many bridges connecting all the parts of the huge castle.

At night, the city shines like the moon's surface. This serves as a great tourist attraction, usually drawing in small crowds of people to watch this phenomenon.

Mirror-Haven

Mirror-Haven is a small port-town further away from the capital. It gains it's name from the unusually reflective water, that seems to make all light more vibrant. The potent reflection of light makes dawns and dusks especially spectacular, bringing in a melodic and magical atmosphere. The town is full of melody.

Echo-Pick

Echo-Pick is a small town in the side of a mountainous island. It was originally a station for mining the precious Glowstone. The mountain seems to be larger on the inside, to have some other anomalous properties, as any tunnel mined, no matter how deep, has not yet been able to reach an end. The deeper one goes, the more one hears strange echoes.

The Best Court

The highest governmental body of the Glowstone Isles is the Best Court, formed every 7 seasons. A series of 7 competitions is held, 5 in Moonlit Bastille, 1 each in Mirror-Haven and Echo-Pick. In each competition 7 judges are randomly selected to give out points. The 7 highest pointed individuals are given the title of the Best and form the Best Court. The population then votes one of them as leader by approval voting, giving them the title of the Bestest.

The current Bestest is Winster. His wings vibrant aquamarine and lavender. He became one of the Best twice, but was only recently voted Bestest his first time.