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=== Holy City ===
The Holy City is set behind a third set of walls, inside the inner city.  It is entirely owned and run by the Church of the Holy Faith.  While the Golden Lions patrol outside the walls, members of several of the Churches military orders – specifically the Order of the White Rose and the Order of the Heart of God – provide protection within the walls of the Holy City.  While technically a district, there is no commercial activity within the walls of the Holy City – what services are there are directed entirely at the clergy and activities of the Church, and are not for sale.  No one is allowed inside the walls of the Holy City without invitation by one of the ranking Church hierarchy, save on certain holy days or on feast days, when the Cathedral of St. Xavier’s is opened to the general public for worship and feasts.  The rest of the year, services held there are open only to those who tithes provide more than a baseline level of support to the church – primarily the nobility and upper classes.