The Sacred City
| Type | Ruined capital |
|---|---|
| Ruler | Beatrice Tidal |
| Notable sites | The mural, Amelia Lunala's room, the academy |
| Notable inhabitants | Nindra, Alistair Archibald |
| Status | In ruins; small community in residence |
| First appearance | Sacred 2: Flames of the Awakened |
The Sacred City was once the capital of Eslura, the place where all four elements converged. It is now a field of rubble and skeletal buildings, with moss and weeds coming up between every tile.
A small community lives there still, in tents and lean-tos made from salvaged cloth.
The mural
One mural survives, showing the four Sacred Rulers with their elements held out toward a five-fold symbol.
Beatrice Tidal destroys it, along with the city well, when her water power gets away from her. She rebuilds it later with land energy: a five-fold symbol grown out of vine and grass, golden petals opening across the whole of it. Alistair Archibald judges the new one better than the original.[1]
It is after this that the community there begins to believe in her.
The castle
Amelia Lunala's old room is inside the ruined castle: a broken bed, a stained-glass window carrying part of the Sacred Symbol, and a wardrobe still holding the gold Sacred cloak. A half-broken mirror hangs there, and Bea sees her mother in it.
It is in this room that Bea puts on the cloak and her eyes turn from green to gold, and the castle begins to crack apart around her panic.[2]
You must control your emotions! The castle will collapse.Alistair Archibald, Book 2
The academy
The city's rebuilt academy is run by Nindra, chosen Primarch by a vote of her class, which she did not want. Its forbidden books section is where Nindra learned what she knows about the Eyearke Stone.
Significance
By tradition the Sacred City is where a new Sacred Head trains. It is also where every line of the Veskadoth Tunnel System converges, which is why Obellius Kalaar is digging toward it.