HiArch City

Hiarch city is a city in Valan's occidentalis colony, the main city there. It's name came from ancient history. It is a prospering area, full of Timber. It is where the original Olympics were hosted in New Valan's 1896 Olympics.

Ancient Beginnings
In ancient times, HiArch City was the capital of the South Cnut Empire. It was founded as a medieval city with a castle in the center in the year 1066. It began as a village of thatched huts but soon grew. As it became the capital of the South Cnut Empire, It's power grew.

Anarchy
Then, anarchy broke out in the Cnutian Revolution. The Empire collapsed leaving anarchy. HiArch city was abandoned in 1233. It lay like this for centuries. The buildings became ruins.

Modern-Day
After 1895, HiArch City was rebuilt as a hub for the Occidentalis colony of New Valan. It exported Timber and was a popular tourist destination for the country due to the abandoned castle. HiArch City lasted in Valanian hands until 1912, when the Fictian Empire negotiated the purchase of the colony and annexed it, even though Valan still has production cities in the area. Notably, this put the former capital of one of the Kingdom of Fictia's historical worst enemies, the South Cnut Empire, into Fictian hands.