Fontaine Compendium — The Nation of Justice

Around the Nation

Notable Locations

From flooded plazas to floating theaters — a shortlist worth the detour.

The Court

Seat of Fontaine's judicial system, where public trials double as civic spectacle — marble halls, high verdicts, higher theater.

Fortress of Meropide

A submerged fortress serving as both prison and refuge. Life inside runs on its own quiet economy, far from the sun.

Romaritime Harbor

The nation's working port — canals, cranes, and bridges arched high enough for tall-masted ships to pass beneath.

Palais Mermonia

A grand hall reserved for opera, public address, and state occasions. The acoustics carry a whisper to the back row.

The Steambird

Part theater, part research station — a vessel that drifts above the city on the quieter days of the year.

Fontaine Research Institute

Where the nation's engineers keep the machinery of the flooded districts running, one gear at a time.

Who You'll Meet

Notable Residents

The nation's affairs — legal, criminal, and everything between — tend to run through a small circle of names.

Furina

Hydro Archon

The presiding figure of Fontaine's courts and public ceremony — theatrical in manner, exacting in judgment.

Neuvillette

Chief Justice

A reserved official known across the nation for an almost inhuman consistency in matters of fairness.

Wriothesley

Warden

Runs the Fortress of Meropide. Calm, pragmatic, and unusually well-liked by those in his charge.

Lyney & Lynette

Illusionists

A pair of stage performers whose act blurs the line between trickery and something more real.

Freminet

Diver

Quiet, careful, and most at ease several fathoms down — the sea suits him better than the surface does.

Navia

Company Head

Leads a prominent local trading house and is fiercely protective of the people working under her.

Charlotte

Journalist

Chronicles the nation's affairs for a local paper — sharp questions, sharper deadlines.

Clorinde

Duelist

Moves between the city's legal and less-legal circles with equal, unhurried ease.

Worth Knowing

A Few Curiosities

Much of the city's architecture takes its cues from Belle Époque Paris — wrought iron, glass domes, and a taste for ceremony.

The lower districts flood on a seasonal cycle, and locals plan errands around the tide boards, not the clock.

Public trials are treated as entertainment as much as law — seats fill up early on a big docket day.

The Fortress of Meropide runs almost entirely on its own internal economy, cut off from daylight.

Before You Go

Traveler Notes

Much of the lower city floods on a seasonal cycle — pack accordingly, and check the harbor boards before setting out.
Public trials at the Court are open to visitors and are, by local consensus, the best free entertainment in the nation.
Currency exchange is easiest near the main plaza in the early morning, before the queues form.
The harbor stalls are worth visiting at dusk, when the day's catch is freshest.
Bridges near Romaritime Harbor are built tall enough for tall-masted ships — mind the traffic below if you're prone to vertigo.