Matao

Tower: Erudae

Nation: Boutia

Religion: Matao followed the faith of Orion and Ajax.

History: Matao started off as a crater village. However the tower gave them knowledge and guidance. They were quickly able to build a successful port city, and soon became the capital of Boutia and established their own strong territory.

Matao built universities and libraries across the world, and also created the Order of Collectors, a special order that collects stories and oral lore and documents and saves them.

In the height of their power, Matoa had the technology and manufacturing means to create the first airship hundreds of years before their time. The airship was considered a marvel of engineering, and under the guidance of Kiliru Heroshi, the airships were later studied and mass produced.

Matao was destroyed during the Crater Hell Battle fall during the Great War. While fighting against the Eldra and Ajax, Desmond unleashed a powerful black magic spell that destroyed the crater rim and allowed the ocean to flood the city. After Matao fell, the airship was lost, the people scattered, and any who stood against Desmond were terrified of his power after they saw what happened to Matao. The Adol Empire rose to power shortly after.

Culture: Favors education, innovation, and industry. Due to the nature of their tower, they place great emphasis on education, and built a system of world famous universities all around the world.

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Region: Matao was built around a tower discovered in a large crater in the western water edge of the nation of Boutia. The have dense pine forests and open sage grass fields, hills and mountainous terrain, and ocean facing cliffs.

Economy: Matao specialized in private education and library systems. But they were also a flourishing shipping and trading nation, especially since they were the only capital city with a tower that also functioned as a port. While their location was terrible for land based travel, it was a perfect sea based port since any traders had to sail around the southern horn of their nation.