Alt Coulomb

Alt Coulumb is a major city on the continent of Kath. It is part of the New World and the home of deities Kos Everburning and Seril.

Description
At the city's center is the Holy Precinct, with the Sanctum of Kos at its heart. The Business District is located to the north, university campuses and upper-class neighborhoods are located in the south, the Pleasure Quarters and the sea are located to the east.

Religion
The people of Alt Coulumb worship the fire god Kos Everburning. The Church of Kos is led by its Cardinals. Technicians tend to Kos's ever-burning flame through worship and see to the maintenance and design of the engines and devices that convert Kos's flame to energy used to power the city.

The gargoyles of Alt Coulumb meanwhile worship his lover, Seril Undying. When the God Wars started, Seril went to war while Kos remained in Alt Coulumb. When Seril died and her gargoyles, rampant with grief, were driven from the city, Seril faded into obscurity.

Culture
Alt Coulumb is policed by Justice, formed from the remnants of Seril. For a wage, citizens allow Justice to take over them, encasing their bodies in a hard shell, connecting them to a sort of hive mind, and increasing their physical ability to enforce the law and protect Alt Coulumb.

Because Alt Coulumb makes its own paper, paper is a rare commodity, so instead of a newspaper, Alt Coulumb gets its news through the Crier's Guild. Criers wear orange and will sing the day's news, often accompanied with instrumentation, for tips.

Trains, taxis, and driverless carriages are common forms of transportation

The culture of Alt Coulumb seems to be based on that of New York City and Vatican City.