Zemniaz

Zemniaz was one of several flying cities during the Age of Arcanum and home to the society of Zeidel. It was destroyed during the Calamity, when it crashed into what is now known as the Zemni Fields of Wildemount.

Society
Zemniaz was home to the society of Zeidel, an erudite and powerful one. Halas Lutagran unhappily described it as "a half-cocked mageocracy steeped in extremely bureaucratic ways of governance". The city was overseen by a council and held public debates on major issues, including one on the moral implications of conducting magical experiments on prisoners of Ghor Dranas, and another on the war with the gods.

History
Zemniaz was built during the Age of Arcanum, and was smaller than its rival Aeor. It was one of several floating cities in Exandria and, like the others, levitated using brumestone. One of the Vestiges, the Mythcarver, was forged in the city's limits, as a collaboration between both a master arcanist and a blacksmith, remembered as a champion and astonishing singer who would become its first wielder.

Zemniaz crashed during the Calamity, like all other floating cities, sometime after the fall of Aeor. It landed in the Zemni Fields in Wildemount, where survivors would eventually establish the Dwendalian Empire. The Zemnian language and the culture of the Empire is descended from the language and culture of Zeidel.

Notable people

 * Halas Lutagran, an archmage who served on the council of Zeidel and eventually left due to frustration with its restrictions.