When the knights launched a valiant charge under the princess's leadership, and Hao Ren unleashed a storm of flames and explosions before the Western Fortress, while the western gate of the Kingdom wailed repeatedly under the Chaos Tide's assault, the heartland of this ancient kingdom remained peaceful. Yet brewing beneath that peace was an oppressive, unsettling atmosphere.
White City had been built on the plains nearly three centuries ago, when Tarus I led his followers in constructing this magnificent city. It was a time when the Chaos Tide had receded and the Years of Turmoil had ended. Like the other continents, the Ansu Continent was in ruins and awaiting reconstruction. The Eagle Empire, which had once dominated the southern part of the continent, had been destroyed by the Chaos Tide. The survivors of the Eagle Empire and several nearby mountain kingdoms formed a new people, and Tarus I became the leader of this group. When he built the city, he had only wanted to provide his people with a shelter from the wind and rain. He had never expected that the age of abundance arriving soon after the end of the Chaos Tide would make him the founding monarch of a dynasty.
After undergoing numerous renovations and expansions, that former refuge had become Tarus's holy capital.
The name White City came from its color: eighty percent of the city's buildings were a sacred white. When the Chaos receded and sunlight once again shone upon the earth, White City gleamed like a holy white gemstone upon the land. This distinctive style also made it one of the most renowned and magnificent cities on the Ansu Continent. Even envoys from the Order State, which came from the Sanctuary, had once remarked, "This remote little country in a corner of the continent actually