Old Town

The most ancient of the wards, the Old Town preserved much of Academy City’s picturesque medieval architecture.

The Old City Hall and the Civic Museum
The historic City Hall - office now moved to a modern building in the Academy Ward - is now host to a museum detailing the history of Academy City, its heritage and its heroes.

The Richter School of Chivalry
Stormsurge Dojo's long-standing rival martial arts school, this one teaches the virtues and skills of European knights. Attendees can learn how to ride horseback, fight with a longsword, practice the chivalric code, try on armour and otherwise live the medieval life for their stay.

The Florentian Thermae
This Renaissance gem in the Old Town was designed by the Italian architect Pierluigi Navarro in the Imperial style. It fell into disuse during the Victorian age but has recently been carefully restored from old paintings and photographs, using donated statues and almost 300 000 hand-painted tiles, all made by volunteers. It has also been refurbished with state-of-the-art water, heating and cooling systems. It is by far Academy City's classiest place to bathe, swim, eat, get a massage, exercise and socialise. The halls are known for excellent acoustics and many talented singers unwittingly entertained dozens of people by humming to themselves while sitting in the correct spot. Discreet staff discourages those with less than stellar voices.

Lowfield Cross Churchyard
Located in in the oldest part of Old Town Ward, in this place rest the remains of citizens and fallen heroes, in its grounds, in addition to the gravestones, there is an old chapel where ceremonies were officiated for the deceased, also under the chapel there is a small section that were used as catacombs that, unluckily for some, connect somewhere with the city maintenance tunnels. This cemetery and his structures are a loci of chaotic psychic energy that changes in relation to the cycle of the day and night.

Magna Virum Academia
Located on the edge of the Old Town, this brick gothic complex was founded by the legendary Trimegistos and is Academy City's original institution of superpowered training. Resembling a fortress more than a regular building, it did serve as a temporary shelter for the citizenry during times of war. While regular schooling and training activities have since moved to a different location, it is still in use as a museum of heroic history, covering the entire timespan from Gilgamesh to Palace Man. The hallowed halls and vine-draped walls have not totally lost their original purpose though, as the modern Academy uses it to present the most prestigious guest lecturers and conduct the most solemn of ceremonies.