Located on the north hill of Agwilcress, the Mother Dragon Foundry (che ya-keen ag-wil bak-e-tone) is the prime facility of the Ayra Katrin Engineers. Its two large furnaces are used to forge metal and the product known as stormstone, the chief construction material used in the Agwilikan and Akelikan cities.

The foundry got its name because it produced almost all of the metal and stormstone that makes up the buildings and infrastucture of Agwilcress (which translates literally to Dragon City), so it came to be thought of as the city’s mother. The molds used to make stormstone pieces even picked up the nickname “eggshells”.

Recently the foundry expanded and added a second furnace higher up on the hill. The two furnaces are connected by a ramped tunnel, which in itself was an over-the-top engineering feat. The tunnel’s lower entrance is located under the arch seen on the left side of the first image.

“The Cube” is located at the foundry entrance, which was created as a test of the furnace’s maximum capacity. After its forging, the engineers weren’t sure where to put the monstrosity. They ultimately wound up dumping it off to the side of the entrance. An artist was commissioned to turn it into the foundry’s official sign. The sign depicts Salmandano, the legendary Prerart that was immune to fire, who also happens to be the foundry’s mascot. It also bears the insigia of the engineers and the words “The Mother Dragon Foundry / Ayra Katrin Engineers”.

The Agwil-Naryn word for engineer is “Otamajale”, which essentially means “machines master”.

Sitting just east of the Ayra Katrin Library is this set of buildings known as Civic Hill. Just across the street at the bottom of the image is the related Civic Square. (Haven’t quite got that area set up yet). The two areas contain offices for various civic functions like record-keeping and land management.

Military Square is the oldest of the “Squares” (the others being National, Academic, Civic, and Market) and was part of the original construction of Agwilcress. The entire city used to be a military complex, but after the fall of the original capital of Cresselecapera, the area was converted to be the heart of the Seven-Star Nation. This one block of barracks and training spaces was left intact and became the headquarters of the Seven-Star Army. The only other major structures remaining from those early years are the City Walls and the Residential Block. They all share the same reddish coloring scheme.

The design of Military Square evolved from an early version of the Kylal Palace. Over time, the palace changed to the point it no longer resembled its former self. About the only thing the buildings now share is the design of the arched roof and use of arched pillars. Here’s a view of that early version:
Yeah, those are Quake-era graphics.

So… already an update on the Garden.

The three outer rings now house pavilions, available to rent for various activities. Similar structures exist on Lucan Hill, the other major “nature” area of Agwilcress. Much of the garden now has a ground cover of sandy soil instead of grass; planters of various flora will eventually make their way on there. At the center of the garden is a sculpture incorporating a waterfall fountain and light fixtures shaped like berry plants.

The outer grassy track is often used for exercise and racing, and every year there’s the “Bisuwiki’s Run”, in which Prerarts dart around the track in recognition of legendarily swift Prerart, Bisuwiki. (There’s also going to be a statue of her here eventually.)

This park sits on the west side of Agwilcress. At the top of the picture there’s a glimpse of the clusters of cabins atop the Veli Cliffs.

Some new additions, including some hexagonal designs on the entrance’s floor, some railings and more hexagon designs around the underground residence openings, and some basic foliage. Not pictured are some additions the side walls of the building.

Also new are the four different symbols in the arches of the front face of the library. They represent the four primary divisions of the Ayra Katrin: Engineers, Enchanters, Spellcasters, and Scholars.

For reference, a picture from last time I posted about the library:

Guess I turned the lights way up this time.

Last time I updated the front entrance, I made the upper arch rounder, which also made the painting not fit the space as well. Recently I started work on fixing that, and now the Agwils adorning the doorway have a bit bigger and newer look. There’s also a new seven-sided star, symbol of the nation, placed on the floor.

I also came up with a new symbol of the Kylal family, seen in white in the middle of the new picture. It represents the horns of the family, which tend to stand more upright than most Agwilikans. (The symbol on the old picture is messed up due to some mirroring that went on at some point in construction.)

A view from inside the main courtyard of the Kylal Palace, situated between the ceremony hall and library. The window in the middle looks into the back of the ceremony hall. The dimly lit dome of one of the wings is visible on the left.

There’s a new design for a common type of pillar used on the palace, with a more circular arch and a blue diamond shaped stone inlaid into each one. The double doors got an update to have better defined edges, and most windows now have brass supports built into them.

The painting around the window represents Mibru, a species of rodent-like animals that are very common in the forests of the region.

An earlier view of the courtyard can be seen here.

The circle-shaped palace wing is used as the personal residence of the Kylal family. There are two wings to the palace, with the second one being for the Akelikan Kylals, despite the fact that they were killed off before the palace was built. Each wing contains sixteen equally sized rooms in addition to the pictured lobby.

The wings and the library all have a dome at their center of their floor plan. At the very top of the dome’s interior is a seven-pointed star, the national symbol.