The Throne War:Multiverse:Atlantis

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Atlantis is the great sunken city from which Poseidon rules all the aquatic realms. It is the end point of the Atlantean Road, which covers areas that are vast worldoceans, and finally nothing but a world-undersea with no actual surface. Despite this, the oceans surrounding Atlantis have their own cycles of brightness and darkness simulating night and day, with rays of light descending from the upper waters. The whole area teems with marine life.

Within Atlantis itself, as well as the underwater Divine Road that leads from its last surface area to the city, travellers who would not normally be able to breathe underwater find themselves able to breathe normally. The city and its road are affected by airy-water that may be discomforting, but allows surface dwellers to breathe and move relatively normally, without drowning or feeling crushed by water pressure. Stepping off the road or out of the protective bubble of airy-water that surrounds the city, however, means that an individual must be able to adapt to breathe water on his own or swiftly drown. Airy-water also permits those beings who normally breathe water to continue to do so. Inside the city, there is even fire, with the airy-water allowing underwater torches and hearths to exist.

The city of Atlantis is the true version of the city that is just a legend on our own Earth. Long ago, it was a brilliant island, home to a powerful civilization. Having once worshipped Poseidon and governed a vast maritime empire, its people eventually turned to dark sorceries and decadence. Poseidon punished the island, sinking it, but the story does not end there. Of those who did not flee the city in time, only those Poseidon judged as corrupt were killed, while the others who sank found that Poseidon had changed them, turning them into water-breathing beings who could now live and renew their civilization below the sea. Some of these were very powerful sorcerers. To this day, Atlantis is a city rich in magic of all kinds, although the most powerful sorcerers and rulers of old Atlantis were among those who died or fled before the sinking of the city. Many of these became sworn enemies of Poseidon and the new Atlantean people.

Atlantis is a great metropolis with thousands of inhabitants. This includes the original old Atlanteans (many of whom have benefited from immortality or long lifespans as boons from Poseidon), as well as their descendents and other peoples (mostly sea-dwelling, but also land-dwellers). It has schools, bustling markets, majestic homes and palaces, and a few less-sightly areas.

At the center of it all is Poseidon’s imperial Golden Palace, from which he rules as King of the Deep. Poseidon’s wife Amphitrite, many of her fellow Nereids, and other water spirits live here during some or all of the year. Another regular inhabitant here is Triton, Poseidon’s son who sometimes rules in his stead when the King is away.

The city of Atlantis is a mix of classical architecture with undersea marvels—great palaces and temples of shell or coral. Sea-creatures swim through its alleys, and among its people one finds humans, the Atlantean humans (who look like humans but with deep green hair and eyes, and scaly skin), Nymphs, Tritones (mermen and mermaids, the numerous descendents of Triton), fishmen, and perhaps other stranger creatures.

Atlantis can serve as a place of adventure. It is surrounded by a dangerous and mostly-wild undersea realm. Atlantis itself is a vast city with intrigue and mystery. Aside from monsters and natural wonders, the evil old Atlantean sorcerers may still be plotting revenge against the city and its rulers, as may those Titans whose domain was over the waters and now find themselves usurped by Poseidon. Atlantis is also a potential home base for characters with strong ties to Poseidon or the other sea-gods. It is also a slightly less-busy place in terms of the presence and activity of deities than Olympus, and may even be a better place to study or obtain magical knowledge and power. ~from Lords of Olympus p.90-91