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#1
elrodian
May 29, 2008 15:42:39 so my story is off to Metrol and i am looking at the map and there is 7 palacesand they are linked and they are all over the but what are they. They could not all be the were the royal family lives so what are all of them for.
#2
octaviusiii
May 29, 2008 21:23:17 Well, palaces don't necessarily mean residences. The White House, for example, is also the center of the United States executive branch: it has the offices of the president, his advisors, support staff, legal experts, their support staff, etc. A palace may also be used as a meeting place for a legislature, like the House of Lords in the UK. If the royal family was really self-centered, they may have built multiple palaces for themselves and not used all of them.

Since they're connected by tunnels, my guess is that they were all used primarily as government offices and, if Cyre had a legislature, as legislative chambers.
#3
elrodian
May 30, 2008 15:24:07 well i know that palaces are not always use by the Royal to live but i bee come on there is 7 and they are right nexts go each other and they are like by sky walks. i could get 3 maybe 4 but 7 and they are all over the ctiy and takeing up most of the spaces.
#4
octaviusiii
May 30, 2008 19:50:31 That does pose quite a conundrum, if they aren't part of the government in general.
#5
shady314
May 31, 2008 0:18:30 Which map? If it's online link it. If it's in a book say which one and the page #. You'll get more replies.
#6
skyodin
May 31, 2008 1:10:22 Palace complexes can be big. According to Wikipedia, the Forbidden City (the Ming dynasty Imperial palace in Beijing) "consists of 980 surviving buildings with 8,707 bays of rooms[1] and covers 720,000 square metres". The Kremlin in Moscow apparently has four palaces and four cathedrals surrounded by the Kremlin Walls and towers. Versailles in France is also famously big.

Powerful kings show off their wealth and prestige by pouring money into the construction of palaces and other projects. I wouldn't be surprised if all of the rulers of the Five Nations had huge palaces. If nothing else, they might have seen it as a game of one-upmanship.
#7
elrodian
May 31, 2008 10:33:03 it is in the book Five Nation on p 82.

i understand that SkyOdin But they take up most of the city

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#1 elrodian May 29, 2008 15:42:39	so my story is off to Metrol and i am looking at the map and there is 7 palacesand they are linked and they are all over the but what are they. They could not all be the were the royal family lives so what are all of them for.
#2 octaviusiii May 29, 2008 21:23:17	Well, palaces don't necessarily mean residences. The White House, for example, is also the center of the United States executive branch: it has the offices of the president, his advisors, support staff, legal experts, their support staff, etc. A palace may also be used as a meeting place for a legislature, like the House of Lords in the UK. If the royal family was really self-centered, they may have built multiple palaces for themselves and not used all of them. Since they're connected by tunnels, my guess is that they were all used primarily as government offices and, if Cyre had a legislature, as legislative chambers.
#3 elrodian May 30, 2008 15:24:07	well i know that palaces are not always use by the Royal to live but i bee come on there is 7 and they are right nexts go each other and they are like by sky walks. i could get 3 maybe 4 but 7 and they are all over the ctiy and takeing up most of the spaces.
#4 octaviusiii May 30, 2008 19:50:31	That does pose quite a conundrum, if they aren't part of the government in general.
#5 shady314 May 31, 2008 0:18:30	Which map? If it's online link it. If it's in a book say which one and the page #. You'll get more replies.
#6 skyodin May 31, 2008 1:10:22	Palace complexes can be big. According to Wikipedia, the Forbidden City (the Ming dynasty Imperial palace in Beijing) "consists of 980 surviving buildings with 8,707 bays of rooms[1] and covers 720,000 square metres". The Kremlin in Moscow apparently has four palaces and four cathedrals surrounded by the Kremlin Walls and towers. Versailles in France is also famously big. Powerful kings show off their wealth and prestige by pouring money into the construction of palaces and other projects. I wouldn't be surprised if all of the rulers of the Five Nations had huge palaces. If nothing else, they might have seen it as a game of one-upmanship.
#7 elrodian May 31, 2008 10:33:03	it is in the book Five Nation on p 82. i understand that SkyOdin But they take up most of the city