Night-Kirin City

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Night-Kirin City
Original Name	夜麒城
Type	Neutral Character (AI); city
Affiliation	Gallop Plains; governed by Landen Gallop
Status	Restored and expanding from ancient ruins
First Appearance	80

Background / History

Night-Kirin City endured the Godborn, Goblin, Beastmen, and Human civilizations, each leaving magical ruins within its boundaries. Lord Kaul, the legendary Rune Mage and ancestor of Ben Kaul, researched these ruins and participated in an earlier reconstruction of the city before ascending to Legend. 98

At its height, the city was a major industrial and commercial center of the Gallop Plains. It contained more than one hundred Magic Towers, including towers belonging to a Legend and Grand Archmages; its defensive and environmental Magic Arrays covered the city walls, while workshops, markets, and streets illuminated the night sky. Salt, iron, and mana-conductive metals from surrounding regions were processed and traded through the city. 150

The city later collapsed during a Magic Tide, leaving its massive walls, Royal Palace, industrial facilities, and underground systems in ruins. 150

Landen Gallop began developing the ruins in early 997. His initial plan was to relocate the territory's residents to the plains, restore salt production, and house the original 4,000 Gallop Plains residents in Night-Kirin City by winter. 145 The advance party reached the city in February, established a field headquarters in the Royal Palace cellar, and began surveying its districts and surviving structures. 149 152

Tania's advancement using the ley line beneath the city reactivated the palace-area Magic Arrays. The walls, towers, palace roofs, and other ruined structures began repairing themselves, marking the restoration of the city's original urban functions. 241 288

Geography & Districts

Night-Kirin City is a square, orderly northern-plains city comparable in scale to Dragon Tooth City. Its enormous stone walls are built from blocks roughly four to five meters square. 80 150

• Royal Palace / Padmira Palace Mountain — Central royal complex containing underground ruins, sealed palace areas, hidden chambers, a dungeon, and the city’s core magical systems. 152 391
• Northern District — Planned as a winter settlement for Barbarian tribes and livestock, with forage warehouses, slaughterhouses, meat-processing workshops, and meat warehouses. 152
• North City — Location of the Gallop Bank, Gallop Chamber of Commerce, and Northern Khan Court administrative district. 585
• Northwest District — Intended site of the city’s Magic Academy and a future Magic Tower for talented apprentices. 152
• Southern District — Contains farms, mills, grain warehouses, docks, and extensive enclosed fields. 152 435
• Industrial New District — Eastern industrial zone built around ancient iron-smelting ruins and blast furnaces. 191
• Commercial District — A walled, busy district containing shops, taverns, and a temple; it is regularly patrolled by Gallop Academy knight students. 731
• Temple District — Includes major road junctions near the Teleportation Hall and is subject to knight patrols. 729
• Market and Fair — The market serves primarily Mana-Wielders and includes magic shops, while the fair sells everyday goods for Mana-Less residents. 435

Infrastructure & Magical Systems

City Magic Array

The underground Magic Furnace and array stabilize the magical environment in the palace district and can automatically repair stone structures, including the city walls. A Fairy Queen is required at the center of the system. 199

• Reactivation repaired cracks in walls, restored towers and palace structures, and returned collapsed roofs to their original forms. 241
• Tania regards the city’s Magic Furnace as her future throne. 397
• The city’s restored arrays became the legal basis for recognizing the recovery of its urban functions. 288

Ley Lines and Energy Network

Night-Kirin City is linked to the Industrial New District through an ancient magic-transmission array. A crystal vein beneath the industrial area stores magic power transmitted from the city’s Magic Furnace. 499 508

• Landen later developed Magic Furnaces capable of linking the Magic Web, magic arrays, and ley lines. 416
• His planned network would connect furnaces from the Salt Mine to the western border, with teleportation arrays beside each furnace. 421
• The city’s magical environment improved after Landen returned and its systems became more active. 397

Teleportation

The underground ruins contain a teleportation portal connected to Dragon Tooth City. 279

• Night-Kirin City registered its location crystal with the Dragon Kingdom branch of the Starry Sky Magic Society. 279
• Its first practical service with Dragon Tooth City opened on May 18, using a one-way fifteen-minute morning window. 280
• The city later restored a fixed Teleportation Hall, allowing travelers to enter and leave without relying solely on the underground ruins. 392

Governance

Landen designed a dual feudal-and-nomadic administration for the territory: Night-Kirin City would operate alongside the Gallop Tribe, with the two systems supporting one another economically and administratively. 145

Office / Institution	Function
Archon of Night-Kirin City	Nominally held by Landen during the early restoration; practical execution was handled by Lannia. 145
Lord’s Manor and Territory Joint Council	Highest level of the territory’s planned administrative structure. 145
City departments	Managed documents, appointments, finance, taxation, patrols, defense, construction, education, judiciary matters, warehouses, transport, grain, workshops, commerce, and manpower statistics. 145
Northern Khan Court	Administrative structure integrating former chieftains of the Eight Tribes as formal officials. 585

Landen later obtained seals and signets of Night-Kirin City, the Gallop Kingdom, and the royal family from the palace, establishing himself as the city’s effective master. 391

The city’s ownership and the right to appoint its Archon became matters of dispute among the Human Empire, Dragon Kingdom, Girislav Kingdom, and Gallop Family. 243 288

Economy & Industry

Night-Kirin City was historically built around trade, processing, and magical industry. Its modern recovery similarly emphasizes manufacturing, transport, agriculture, and commerce. 150 191

Industrial New District

The Industrial New District occupies ancient iron-smelting ruins east of the city. Its original blast furnace was designed by the God Emperor and completed through the participation of Legendary figures, Archmages, Fairy Queens, and Great Fairies. 191

• Restoration began with camps, protective walls, brick production, and exploration of the ancient industrial caverns. 191
• The district’s blast furnaces were eventually connected to a Magic Furnace. 267
• Despite its historical importance, the site lacked nearby mines, coal, and other conventional resources, making renewed iron production difficult. 191

Agriculture and Supplies

• The southern district combines fields, granaries, mills, warehouses, enclosing walls, and docks. 435
• The northern district supports nomadic populations through livestock-related storage and processing facilities. 152
• The city was intended to receive winter food supplies through Dragon Tooth City during its earliest redevelopment. 145

Trade

Night-Kirin City produces and trades magic-patterned goods, potions, scrolls, jewelry, and Magic Pattern Cabinets. 464 694

• Magic Pattern Cabinets are mass-produced by Junior Mages using Exquisite Orbs to control pre-formed Mage Hands. 694
• Most cabinet transport routes use underground rivers navigated by the Finless Porpoise Clan’s sound magic. 694
• The city’s trade center accommodates chambers of commerce from across the Gallop Plains and beyond. 887

Education

Gallop Academy is Night-Kirin City’s principal educational institution for knights, mages, and Mana-Wielders. 435 543

• The city recruits talented Mana-Wielders through potential tests and mana-attribute screening. 543
• The Tower of Purity proposed sending 4,000 students and 500 teachers annually, though Landen favored beginning with a smaller pilot intake. 541 542
• Landen’s recruitment plan divided responsibilities among Night-Kirin City, the Tower of Purity, and the Imperial Capital School: the city provides location and official establishment, the Tower provides education, and the school supplies funds and potions. 588
• The city’s magical environment and institutions offer Mana-Less residents improved opportunities for bloodline awakening. 588 873

Security

Much of Night-Kirin City remained ruined or sealed during its reconstruction. At one point, nearly seventy percent of the area inside the walls was closed off, while accessible districts were separated by low walls and patrolled continuously by Gallop Academy students. 731

• Outside noble families began repairing and occupying parts of the city, increasing public-security pressure. 412
• Beastmen, assassins, rats, and goblins have infiltrated or occupied parts of the city and its underground passages. 412 413 569
• Knight apprentices patrol streets and earn points for their service. 412
• The Dragon Knights offered to help defend the city, but their proposed price was substantial control over Night-Kirin City and potentially the Royal Palace. 412

Relationships

• Landen Gallop — Restorer, governor, and effective master of the city; organized its administration, infrastructure, industry, and education. 145 391 588
• Tania Magic Web — Fairy Queen associated with the city’s core array and Magic Furnace; used the city’s ley line during her advancement and oversaw magical affairs. 199 241 508
• Queen Padmira — Historic Queen of Night-Kirin City; linked to the Royal Palace and possesses knowledge of the city’s former ley-line and industrial systems. 180 508
• Ben Kaul — Researcher and adviser on the city’s ruins, arrays, industrial history, and magical infrastructure. 98 150 199
• Gallop Family — Claims historical ownership through bloodline and political inheritance; internal factions have contested Landen’s authority. 288 508
• Dragon Tooth City — Teleportation partner and early source of winter supplies and external connections. 145 279 280
• Tower of Purity — Educational partner seeking to send students and teachers to Gallop Academy. 541 588
• Finless Porpoise Clan — Transport partner operating underground-river routes for Magic Pattern Cabinets. 694

Trivia

• Night-Kirin City’s former prosperity was such that magic reportedly reflected in the sky above it. 150
• Its walls are made from exceptionally large stone blocks, leaving Landen initially unable to determine how they had been quarried, moved, or assembled. 80
• Frenco of the Ankylosaurus Tribe initially mistook the northern settlement area for the city itself; he had not yet passed through the actual city gates. 435
• The city’s restoration drew attention from Legendaries, Demigods, noble houses, and foreign powers calculating how many high-ranking individuals it could support. 243