Locus Verity

Overview

Locus Verity is the premier intellectual capital of the Sovereignty of Scieles. Situated at the southern tip of the great jungle lakes, the city acts as a serene bastion of order against the untamed, humid wilderness of the east. It is a city designed with mathematical symmetry, where every street corner and lecture hall is positioned to maximize civic flow and contemplative silence.

The University of Sociological Calculus

The city’s most prestigious institution is the University of Sociological Calculus. Here, the greatest minds of the Age of Reason work to refine the equations that govern Scielesian society. Their primary goal is the prevention of conflict through predictive modeling, ensuring that wealth distribution, resource allocation, and population growth remain in a state of perfect, equilibrium.

Architectural Landmarks

• The Glass Conservatory: A massive, multi-tiered botanical garden that houses rare specimens from the eastern jungles. It is not merely a park but an active laboratory for medical alchemy and agricultural optimization.
• The Archives of Cultural Delusions (Southern Branch): A heavily guarded, windowless structure of reinforced granite. It contains artifacts and texts recovered from jungle ruins, kept under constant surveillance to ensure no 'divine resonance' or irrational ideologies leak into the public consciousness.
• The Obsidian Docks: Unlike the bustling commercial docks of Port Thalassa, these docks are used by scholarly expeditions and canal-barges transporting exotic reagents for study. The water here is kept crystal clear through a series of filtration charms—officially categorized as 'aqueous purification logistics.'

Culture and Intellectual Life

In Locus Verity, status is measured by one's contribution to the collective knowledge of the Sovereignty. The citizenry consists largely of students, researchers, and the support staff required to maintain their lifestyle. Public debates are a common form of entertainment, though they are strictly moderated to adhere to the principles of the Age of Reason.

The presence of the 'God-Shaped Holes' in history is a subject of intense academic fascination here, though always through the lens of archaeology and mathematical failure rather than spirituality. To the scholars of Locus Verity, the past is a puzzle to be solved, and the future is a formula to be perfected.