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Coral City
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Coral City sits at the southern end of the Arc River's western
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delta, directly on the ocean on the whale coast. Coral City is the
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largest city in the kingdom next to Throne (though Mast is definitely
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the much more recognised city). Coral City is home not only to the
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Royal Navy Headquarters, but also to a booming manufacturing sector.
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Coral City is also known for its extensive civilian waterborne
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industries, to include whaling, saltwater fishing, and others. The
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Coral City Shipyards, alone, between the royal navy and the civilian
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shipmakers, employ almost 15,000 personnel at their sprawling facility
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just south of the Docks. The Royal Navy itself maintains an armada of
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20 war ships, and 40 transport ships, here in the bay south of Coral
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City, as well as the docks proper. Coral City is, also, largely
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unaffected by the Royal Trading Company's corruption. The city, being
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the only city on the coast to the south of Throne and north of the
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southern border, is under military law. Therefore, the commanding
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officer of the Royal Navy is also the commanding officer of the local
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garrisons. And on top of that, the Royal Navy just happens to be
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commanded by Crown Prince Archibald Braddock - the King's younger
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brother, and a decided enemy of government corruption and the Royal
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Trading Company itself. The Prince's loyalty to his brother, and his
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country, are unfailing - but he is in constant disputes with his
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brother over his involvement with the Trading Company.
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Coral City's industrial sector consists, mostly, of shipbuilders,
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textile manufacturers, and horse ranches. Much of the Royal Cavalry's
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horses are born and trained in facilities locate inside, or just
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outside of, Coral City. Much of the cloth that is sold in the kingdom
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is spun or loomed in Coral City (the only supplier bigger than Coral
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City is Mast, because it's closer to the foothills where wool is
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shorn). The ships built in Coral City are made from woods harvested to
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the south, around the gnollwood (a dangerous but profitable business -
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the Gnollwood is home to some very prize varieties of wood), or floated
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south down the Arc Delta from just south of the Elven Protectorate. And
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then, of course, there is the useful and lucrative Whaling industry in
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Coral City; Coral City is the nation's single largest provider of
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animal fats and oils, whether for cooking, lighting, or lubrication.
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Coral City also does not have the large and diverse bazaar that
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Mast hosts, not being as central a point. However Coral City is the
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launching point for all expeditions into parts unknown. Many
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Adventurers come to Coral City clutching some ancient map, charter a
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ship, and head off - some are never seen again, some return with booty
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from some ancient island, others return empty handed and destitute. But
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regardless, Coral City is every bit as much a hub for adventurers as
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Mast, and therefore its marketplace - while smaller than Mast - is no
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less diverse.
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Coral City does, however, have a booming agricultural industry,
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and is the breadbasket of much of the Kingdom. Not counting the seafood
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brought in by its commercial fishermen, farmers around Coral City
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produce a full 35% of the foodstuffs sold in the kingdom, as well as
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those sent to the Army. The Arc River Delta provides many miles for
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rice farmers to place down paddies, and the verdant fields along the
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coast to the south provide mediterranean growing conditions for a
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variety of fruits. The plains that are inland, just before the land
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turns to scrub, are quite healthy.
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Coral City is also the embarkation/disembarkation point for
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troops heading to and from the Long Watch and South Tower, if they are
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coming from Throne or Northgate (as transfers often do). The Arc
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River's western delta makes movements of troop columns through it
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almost impossible, so they are often moved by ships by the Royal Navy,
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making - again - Coral City a very important hub for military movements
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inside the kingdom.
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